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Devaki Raj
CitizenshipUSA
EducationOxford University, Oxford, UK

M.Sc., Applied Statistics, Keble College

B.A. (Hons) Biological Sciences, Balliol College

Devaki Raj, who grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts, is chief digital and AI officer in the strategy office at Saab, Inc. and CEO and co-founder of CrowdAI.[1][2][3][4][5]

Career

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Devaki Raj completed her undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Oxford in Biological Sciences and Statistics.[6] Subsequently, she worked at Google on a variety of projects, including Maps, Energy, and [X].[7][8] She co-founded CrowdAI in 2016 and was awarded VentureBeat's 2022 Women in AI AI Entrepreneur Award,[9] named one of Inc and Forbes' Magazines’ 30 under 30, and participated in The White House Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response Executive Forum.[10][11] Under her leadership, CrowdAI was named one of America's Most Promising Artificial Intelligence Companies by Forbes’ 2021 AI 50 list, was a CVPR Deep Globe Competition finalist and an NVIDIA Deep Learning Inception Awards finalist, and participated in the NeurIPS AI for Social Good Workshop.[12][13][14]

CrowdAI rose to prominence in the AI community by developing a leading end-to-end, “no-code”, computer vision platform. The software prioritized mass user accessibility, enabling enterprises to take their existing image and video data and to build production-ready computer vision models on their own.[15] Previous customers included Fortune 500 companies as well as flagship AI programs at the Department of Defense's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and U.S. Southern Command.[16][17][18][19] CrowdAI solutions have supported a variety of missions, including mapping wildfires for first responders in California, assessing post-hurricane damage in South America, as well as improving manufacturing quality, to name a few.[20][21][22][23]

For the last seven years, Devaki Raj has served as the CEO and co-founder of CrowdAI, a Silicon Valley–based leader in artificial intelligence and computer vision. CrowdAI was acquired recently by Saab Inc., where she is now the Chief Digital and AI Officer (CDAO) in the Strategy Office.[24][25]

She is currently serving on The National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC), a Federal Advisory Committee sponsored by the Department of the Interior and on the board of  The Alliance for Commercial Technology in Government. On September 14, 2023, Devaki testified before the U.S. Senate on AI procurement.[26]

On December 5, she was invited to Senator Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's AI Executive Forum.[27]

Awards and honors

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  • Senator Chuck Schumer's bipartisan Executive AI Insight Forum (2023)[28]
  • Full Committee Senate Testimony to the U.S.Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs (2023)[29]
  • Rebellion Research's Top 10 Women in the World of AI (2023)[30]
  • Eric Schmidt's International Strategy Forum North American Fellow (2023)[31]
  • Marie Claire's First Annual Power List (2022)[32]
  • The Women Disrupting Disruptive Industries, Forbes’ Magazine (2022)[33]
  • Venture Beat's Women in AI and AI Innovation Awards winner (2022)[34]
  • Forbes 30 under 30 Science, featured honoree (2019)[35]
  • Henry David Thoreau Scholar (2007–2010)[36]

Community service

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  • The Alliance for Commercial Technology in Government, Washington, D.C., Board Member (2022–2023)
  • Community Technology Network, San Francisco, California, Board Member (2015–2018)
  • Julia Robinson Math Festival, Mountain View, California, Chair (2014)[37]
  • JUMPSTART, San Francisco, California., Jnr. Board Member (2012–2014)
  • PSI Asia-Pacific Summer Institute, Statistics Instructor (2013)[38]
  • Oxford University Volunteer Society (OXHub), Steering Committee Member (2008–2009)

References

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  1. ^ Piguet, Audemars. "Audemars Piguet BrandVoice: Tech Trailblazers: The Women Disrupting Disruptive Industries". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  2. ^ Homme, Karina (2020-09-14). "Join us online Sept. 30: How government can put AI into action". Azure Government. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  3. ^ Salian, Isha (2019-02-20). "AI in the Sky: Startup Uses Satellite Imagery to Assess Hurricane, Fire Damage". NVIDIA Blog. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  4. ^ "Computer vision startup CrowdAI launches with $10M Series A funding". SiliconANGLE. 2021-04-08. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  5. ^ Fleiss, Alex (2023-10-07). "The Top 10 Women In The World Of AI In 2023". Rebellion Research. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  6. ^ "Devaki Raj | The Henry David Thoreau Foundation". www.thoreauscholar.org. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  7. ^ Wiggers, Kyle (2021-04-08). "Computer vision development platform CrowdAI raises $6.25M". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  8. ^ Constine, Josh (2017-01-05). "CrowdAI sells artificial-intelligence-as-a-service". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  9. ^ Muse, Dan (2022-07-20). "Women in AI and AI Innovation Awards winners". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  10. ^ House, The White (2023-11-28). "Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on Humanitarian Aid". The White House. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  11. ^ "The AIs That Bind: It's All about the Process | Tech Unmanned | CSIS Podcasts". www.csis.org. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  12. ^ Takahashi, Dean (2018-03-10). "Nvidia Inception highlights 4 AI startups for enterprise applications". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  13. ^ Ohnsman, Alan. "AI 50 2021: America's Most Promising Artificial Intelligence Companies". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  14. ^ Takahashi, Dean (2018-03-10). "Nvidia Inception highlights 4 AI startups for enterprise applications". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  15. ^ Wiggers, Kyle (2021-04-08). "Computer vision development platform CrowdAI raises $6.25M". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  16. ^ Macias, Amanda (2019-04-09). "Air Force officials handed out more than 200 contracts worth $75 million in one week. Here's how they did it". CNBC. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  17. ^ "The AIs That Bind: It's All about the Process | Tech Unmanned | CSIS Podcasts". www.csis.org. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  18. ^ "Air Force Adds 36 Companies to $950M Joint All Domain C2 Support IDIQ". GovCon Wire. 2021-01-13. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  19. ^ "Department of the Interior Appoints New Members to National Geospatial Advisory Committee — Federal Geographic Data Committee". Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  20. ^ Brewster, Thomas. "Project Maven: Startups Backed By Google, Peter Thiel, Eric Schmidt And James Murdoch Are Building AI And Facial Recognition Surveillance Tools For The Pentagon". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  21. ^ "Five insights about harnessing data and AI from leaders at the frontier | McKinsey". www.mckinsey.de. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  22. ^ Simonite, Tom. "The National Guard's Fire-Mapping Drones Get an AI Upgrade". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  23. ^ Raj, Devaki. "Council Post: Enlisting Pentagon Aid In Fighting Wildfires For The Long Haul". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  24. ^ "Saab completes acquisition of CrowdAI in the U.S." Start. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  25. ^ "Shaping the Future: Devaki Raj, Saab Strategy Office's New Chief Digital and AI Officer". Start. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  26. ^ "Governing AI Through Acquisition and Procurement". Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  27. ^ Miller, Gabby (2023-12-08). "US Senate AI 'Insight Forum' Tracker | TechPolicy.Press". Tech Policy Press. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  28. ^ Miller, Gabby (2023-12-08). "US Senate AI 'Insight Forum' Tracker | TechPolicy.Press". Tech Policy Press. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  29. ^ "Governing AI Through Acquisition and Procurement". Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  30. ^ "The Top 10 Women In The World Of AI In 2023". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  31. ^ Medina, Gabe (2023-02-22). "Schmidt Futures Hosts Inaugural International Strategy Forum Global Summit". Schmidt Futures. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  32. ^ Christina Vuleta (2022-11-22). "Marie Claire's 1st Annual Power List". Marie Claire Magazine. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  33. ^ Piguet, Audemars. "Audemars Piguet BrandVoice: Tech Trailblazers: The Women Disrupting Disruptive Industries". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  34. ^ Muse, Dan (2022-07-20). "Women in AI and AI Innovation Awards winners". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  35. ^ "Devaki Raj". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  36. ^ "Devaki Raj | The Henry David Thoreau Foundation". www.thoreauscholar.org. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  37. ^ "Devaki Raj | The Henry David Thoreau Foundation". www.thoreauscholar.org. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  38. ^ "Instructors & Staff". PSI International for Data Science, Survey Methodology & Statistics. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
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