About the Event

Discover the transformative potential of artificial intelligence with Venkat Srinivasan, Founder & Managing Director of Innospark Ventures, who will share his perspectives as an AI researcher and Venture Capitalist to explore the opportunities and challenges that AI poses in the present day and discuss what we might expect from AI in the business world in the coming years.

Lunch Provided. Registration required. A virtual livestream of this event will also be available:

This event is part of the Nardone Family Seminar Series at the Center for Emerging Markets.

About Venkat Srinivasan

Venkat Srinivasan is the Founder and Managing Director of Innospark Ventures, which invests in founders and ideas that leverage advanced AI to create a differential and disruptive impact on the economy and society. He was previously Founding Chairman and CEO of Rage Frameworks, an AI-based company that was sold to Genpact. Prior to Rage Frameworks, Venkat was the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of eCredit.com, the leading provider of credit, financing, and receivables management solutions for business-to-business and business-to-consumer commerce. Venkat is an expert in knowledge-based systems architectures, and computational linguistics for business process automation.

Venkat has spent the last 25 years contributing his research and acting as a thought leader to both the business community and the academic world. Prior to founding eCredit.com in 1993, Venkat served as an Associate Professor of Finance at Northeastern University's Graduate School of Business in Boston, MA. Venkat holds a Ph.D. In Finance from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio. He has served on CEM's board since 2012.

About the Nardone Family Seminar Series

Made possible by a gift from David R. Nardone, this seminar series brings scholars and practitioners to Northeastern University to share insights on emerging markets.   

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