Babak Hodjat — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Chief AI Officer at Cognizant, specializing in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Co-founder of Sentient Technology (formerly Genetic Finance LLC), a distributed AI company.
Co-founder of Dejima Inc., where his patented agent-oriented technology became the inspiration for Siri.
Author of 'The Konar and the Apple'.
Holds a Ph.D. in Machine Intelligence from Kyushu University, Japan.

Biography

Babak Hodjat is a British computer scientist and entrepreneur, currently serving as the Chief AI Officer at Cognizant. He is a specialist in artificial intelligence and machine learning, known for his patented work on agent-oriented technology that served as the inspiration and basis for Apple's digital assistant, Siri. He has co-founded several companies in the tech sector, including Sentient Technology and Dejima Inc.