Paksy Plackis-Cheng

At-a-Glance

Currently serves as VP Commercial Growth at Accelevate.
Founder of CoChief and impactmania, and Co-Founder of Staex.
An EU-funded researcher in artificial intelligence, contributing to the EU's multi-year research program on AI high-risk systems and authoring an expert report on AI human recommendation systems.
Led a deep tech startup to break-even in less than 3 years.
Spearheaded a public-private consortium launching an industry-first Web3 drone corridor, honored with the Berlin State Deep Tech Award 2024.
Played a leadership role in supporting $200M tech sales in a Mobile Internet startup that went public with a $6.9 billion IPO.
Served as a Senior Fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).

Biography

Paksy Plackis-Cheng is an EU-funded researcher in artificial intelligence (AI) and the machine-to-machine economy, bringing over two decades of leadership at the intersection of technology, business, and global innovation across more than 20 countries. She currently serves as VP Commercial Growth at Accelevate and is the founder of CoChief and impactmania, as well as a co-founder of Staex.