Get To Know Vin Vashishta
Speakers Bio
Vin Vashishta is an award-winning AI thought leader, best-selling author of ‘From Data to Profit,’ 3X founder with a successful exit, and CEO of V Squared AI, one of the first pure play data and AI consulting firms. The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and The Information have showcased Vin’s insights and pragmatic futurism.
He brings 30 years of experience in leadership, technical strategy, and hands-on technical product delivery. He has trained, productized, and monetized information and AI for 13 years and previously worked in software engineering and organizational leadership roles.
Mission, Vision, & Purpose
Over 85% of AI projects fail to deliver a return on investment because they start with technology, not a business problem. I’m fixing that by empowering companies and training people to stop experimenting with AI and start monetizing it.
Define, align, and manage the business and technical transformations that turn C-level AI visions into products, productivity, and revenue. Since 2012, V Squared AI has worked with large enterprises to deliver over $3.7 billion in value.
My frameworks are built from working in the trenches. My practitioner-to-strategist journey allows me to bridge the critical gap between technical teams and the boardroom, ensuring that AI initiatives are not only technically sound but commercially viable.
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About
Vin Vashishta has been a LinkedIn Top Voice in AI since 2017, a Gartner Ambassador, and an Onalytica Top 10 Thought Leader in data and AI since 2016. Vin is a featured thought leader for NVIDIA, Salesforce, SAP, IBM, ServiceNow, and Juniper Networks. Over 8000 students have taken his Data and AI Strategy, Product Management, and Executive Leadership classes.
He defined data and AI organizations as value creators for enterprises, literally ‘writing the book’ on value-centric data and AI. V-Squared has helped Global 2K, SMB, and startup clients generate over $3.7B.
Vin developed over 100 strategic frameworks to reduce the costs of AI initiatives and accelerate the path to profitability for AI investments. They fill critical gaps in strategy planning, innovation management, transformation, culture change, monetization, organizational development, product design, data governance, and go-to-market.
Vin’s technical expertise is in complex and dynamical systems modeling.
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What People are saying about vin vashishta
Vin's speaking on AI is a breath of fresh air in a space filled with so much noise. While many focus on AI what-ifs, Vin's speaking is always rooted in what leaders are actually talking about from his work with clients.
Mark Freeman II
Author of 'Data Contracts' & Tech Lead @ Gable.ai
Vin’s ability to translate complex concepts into real-world applications, supported by best practice examples and clear interpretations, provides invaluable guidance to customers, clients, and partners.
Elaine Benfield
Founder & CEO @ Benfield Connection
His hybrid mastery of technical, business, and strategic skillsets positions him perfectly in his ability to solve business problems in a way that doesn’t alienate anyone (technical or not).
Dr. Ada Nwobodo
Clinician & Founder @ Stealth Startup