Ayesha​ ​Khanna​ ​is​ ​Co-Founder​ ​and​ ​CEO​ ​of​ ​​ADDO​ ​AI​,​ ​an  artificial​ ​intelligence​ ​(AI)​ ​advisory​ ​firm​ ​and​ ​incubator.​ ​She  is​ ​a​ ​strategic​ ​advisor​ ​on​ ​artificial​ ​intelligence,​ ​smart​ ​cities  and​ ​fintech​ ​to​ ​clients​ ​such​ ​as​ ​SMRT,​ ​Singapore's​ ​largest  public​ ​transport​ ​company,​ ​SmartDubai,​ ​which​ ​is  transforming​ ​the​ ​city's​ ​governance​ ​and​ ​service​ ​delivery,  and​ ​YES​ ​Bank,​ ​one​ ​of​ ​India's​ ​largest​ ​banks.​ ​In​ ​2017,  ADDO​ ​AI​ ​was​ ​featured​ ​in​ ​​Forbes ​magazine​ ​as​ ​one​ ​of​ ​four leading​ ​artificial​ ​intelligence​ ​companies​ ​in​ ​Asia.   

Prior​ ​to​ ​founding​ ​ADDO​ ​AI,​ ​Ayesha​ ​spent​ ​more​ ​than​ ​a  decade​ ​on​ ​Wall​ ​Street​ ​developing​ ​large​ ​scale​ ​trading,​ ​risk  management​ ​and​ ​data​ ​analytics​ ​systems.​ ​Ayesha​ ​was  co-founder​ ​of​ ​the​ ​​Hybrid​ ​Reality​ ​Institute,​​ ​a​ ​research​ ​and advisory​ ​group​ ​established​ ​to​ ​analyze​ ​the​ ​social​ ​and​ ​economic​ ​impact​ ​of​ ​accelerating technologies.​ ​She​ ​directed​ ​the​ ​Future​ ​Cities​ ​Group​ ​at​ ​the​ ​London​ ​School​ ​of​ ​Economics, and​ ​has​ ​been​ ​a​ ​Faculty​ ​Advisor​ ​at​ ​Singularity​ ​University.  

Ayesha​ ​has​ ​been​ ​named​ ​one​ ​of​ ​Singapore's​ ​leading​ ​female​ ​entrepreneurs​ ​and​ ​a​ ​leading Asian​ ​fintech​ ​influencer​ ​by​ ​​Fintech Asia. ​She​ ​also​ ​served​ ​on​ ​the​ ​Singapore​ ​Ministry​ ​of Education’s​ ​Steering​ ​Committee​ ​on​ ​future​ ​skills​ ​and​ ​applied​ ​learning​ ​for​ ​emerging industries.   

Ayesha​ ​is​ ​author​ ​of​ ​Straight​ ​Through​ ​Processing​ ​(2008)​ ​and​ ​co-author​ ​of​ ​Hybrid​ ​Reality:  Thriving​ ​in​ ​the​ ​Emerging​ ​Human-Technology​ ​Civilization​ ​(2012).​ ​She​ ​has​ ​been​ ​published and​ ​quoted​ ​on​ ​technology,​ ​innovation​ ​and​ ​smart​ ​cities​ ​in​ ​The​ ​New​ ​York​ ​Times, BusinessWeek,​ ​TIME,​ ​Newsweek,​ ​Forbes,​ ​Harvard​ ​Business​ ​Review,​ ​Strategy+Business, and​ ​Foreign​ ​Policy.​ ​She​ ​has​ ​presented​ ​at​ ​major​ ​financial,​ ​technology​ ​and​ ​other​ ​industry  conferences,​ ​provided​ ​high​ ​level​ ​government​ ​briefings,​ ​chaired​ ​symposiums​ ​such​ ​as​ ​AI  Asia,​ ​and​ ​spoken​ ​at​ ​TEDx​ ​events.   

Ayesha​ ​has​ ​a​ ​BA​ ​in​ ​Economics​ ​from​ ​Harvard​ ​University,​ ​an​ ​MS​ ​in​ ​Operations​ ​Research  from​ ​Columbia​ ​University​ ​and​ ​is​ ​completing​ ​her​ ​PhD​ ​on​ ​smart​ ​city​ ​infrastructures​ ​at​ ​the  London​ ​School​ ​of​ ​Economics.   

 She​ ​is​ ​the​ ​Founder​ ​of​ ​​21C​ ​GIRLS​,​ ​a​ ​charity​ ​that​ ​delivers​ ​free​ ​coding​ ​and​ ​artificial  intelligence​ ​classes​ ​to​ ​girls​ ​in​ ​Singapore.​

​Ayesha​ ​lives​ ​in​ ​Singapore​ ​and​ ​Berlin.  Read Less ^