Dr. Radhika Dirks
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Meet Dr. Radhika Dirks
Acclaimed as a Forbes ‘Women in AI to Watch’ and one of the top 30 women shaping the future of AI, Dr. Radhika Dirks personifies tech-savvy leadership. She is a global AI advisor to Fortune 500 companies, international organizations, and Heads of State.
As the trailblazing CEO and Founder of three AI companies in Silicon Valley, she has spearheaded revolutionary AI that have found potential cures for cancer and predicted the rise of ISIS. She was also the mastermind behind XLabs, the only AI moonshot factory outside Google.
Experience
Dr. Radhika Dirks was the visionary CEO and founder of XLabs AI, leading audacious AI moonshots aimed at advancing humans. Under her leadership, Ribo AI spun out of XLabs uncovering more than 40 potential new cancer drugs for 11 cancer types – all using AI.
Prior to XLabs, she was CEO and founder of Seldn AI which accurately predicted global socio-economic disruptions, including the rise of ISIS. Dr. Dirks was also a founding member of Shell’s $1.4B venture capital group and COO of Rotary Gallop.
Dr. Dirks is a trusted advisor to Heads of State and Fortune 100 leaders, predicting the course of disruptive tech. Her command of the future comes from a rock-solid foundation: a Ph.D. in Quantum Computing and an MS in Nanotechnology, both from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
With 22 peer-reviewed publications and over 360 citations to her name, Dr. Dirks has an undying passion for pushing the envelope in next-gen computing and technology. Her contribution to quantum computing, particularly her development of the world's best sources of entangled photons, underscores her commitment to decoding the mysteries of the universe and transforming them into practical, life-changing technologies.
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