Dr Ankur Narang

I bring a rare combination of deep technical depth, business scaling experience, and ecosystem-building capability across AI, enterprise software, deep tech, and venture creation. Over 30 years, I have worked across research labs, startups, scale-ups, and large enterprises, holding senior AI, technology, and innovation leadership roles. My background includes 65+ publications, 20+ granted US patents, AI/product leadership in companies serving millions of users, and building commercial AI systems that have delivered measurable business impact.

As an advisor or board member, I help companies move from technology potential to commercial outcomes. I am especially effective at helping founders sharpen product strategy, define AI and deep-tech moats, build GTM partnerships, recruit technical leadership, structure enterprise pilots, and prepare for fundraising. I also bring a strong network across India, the US, UAE/GCC, academia, enterprise technology, cloud, and investor ecosystems.

The companies that would benefit most from my expertise are early-stage to growth-stage startups in agentic AI, enterprise AI, vertical SaaS, deep tech, quantum computing/sensing, AI infrastructure, edtech, fintech, healthcare AI, and industrial AI. I am particularly valuable where the company has strong technical IP or founder capability, but needs help converting that into scalable products, enterprise credibility, strategic partnerships, and investor-ready growth.