Babak Hodjat
Evolutionary AI | Machine Learning Research | AI Innovation
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Babak Hodjat is an AI scientist and entrepreneur who co-founded Sentient Technologies, one of the most well-funded AI startups in history, and currently serves as VP of Evolutionary AI at Cognizant. He is a pioneer in evolutionary computation, having developed technologies that evolve AI solutions to optimize business outcomes. With over 80 patents to his name, he has shaped the field of applied artificial intelligence across domains from finance to natural language processing.
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