Adi Prakash

At Sentient Ventures, we are an AI Venture Studio co-building, funding, and scaling companies at the digital–physical frontier. We partner with bold founders, visionary investors, and leading partners to transform breakthrough ideas into real-world ventures. Our model unites strategy, technology, and capital under one roof, accelerating execution, reducing risk, and creating repeatable pathways to scale. Sentient Ventures is powered by four integrated engines: - The Sentient Guild: A curated network of operators, investors, and technologists embedded to accelerate ventures. - Sentient Capital: Flexible funding structures aligned with growth milestones, from equity to venture debt to hybrid instruments. - Sentient Solutions:The build engine, designing and delivering industry-grade AI solutions with startup speed. - Sentient Research: The exploration arm, incubating frontier technologies that seed the next wave of digital–physical ventures. Founded by former Amazon executives with a proven track record of driving large-scale transformation at Fortune 100s and scaling high-growth startups, Sentient Ventures builds companies that matter, markets that grow, and ecosystems that endure. Whether you’re a founder ready to build, an investor seeking differentiated exposure, or a partner shaping the future, Sentient Ventures turns AI from potential into impact.

For more than a decade, the North Texas Angel Network (NTAN) has connected early stage companies with angel investors to help private investors make private deals with private companies. Over its 10-year history, NTAN members have invested in excess of $10 million into startup organizations. Notable investments, totaling more than $1 million each from NTAN members, include Ikonopedia, Natural Dental Implants, Tella Firma, and Vital Arts & Science. In 2018, angel investments were made into Natural Dental Implants, Haxiot, Stocked Robotics, teleCalm, and TeVido, among others. Annually the organization reviews several hundred business plans and presents approximately 50 investment opportunities for hands-on analysis, due diligence and investment consideration to its membership of more than 60 individual, accredited investors. The non-profit, member-led organization reviews investment opportunities across industries, including medical device and service companies, software and hardware technology, and construction innovation, among others. One of the oldest and largest networks in Texas, NTAN is a member of the Angel Capital Association and the Alliance of Texas Angel Networks. Please visit the website to learn more about membership as an angel investor or to present your business for seed funding consideration by our members.

Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing. The ultimate benefit of cloud computing, and AWS, is the ability to leverage a new business model and turn capital infrastructure expenses into variable costs. Businesses no longer need to plan and procure servers and other IT resources weeks or months in advance. Using AWS, businesses can take advantage of Amazons expertise and economies of scale to access resources when their business needs them, delivering results faster and at a lower cost. Today, Amazon Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world. With data center locations in the U.S., Europe, Singapore, and Japan, customers across all industries are taking advantage of our low cost, elastic, open and flexible, secure platform.

Sculptor is a leading global alternative asset manager and a specialist in opportunistic investing. For 30 years we have pursued consistent outperformance by building an operating model and culture which balance the ability to act swiftly on market opportunity with rigorous diligence that minimizes risk. The success of our model is driven by a global team that is predominantly home-grown, long tenured and incentivized to put client outcomes first. With offices in New York, London, Hong Kong, and Abu Dhabi, we invest across credit, real estate and multi-strategy platforms in all major geographies. Please visit our website for Important Disclosures https://www.sculptor.com/terms-of-use

From gaining new experiences in different roles to acquiring fresh knowledge and skills – at UBS we believe that you should never stop growing and learning because life never stops teaching. We know that its our people – with their unique backgrounds, skills, experience levels and interests – who drive our ongoing success. Ready to be part of #teamUBS and make an impact? Find out more at ubs.com/careers. UBS works with individuals, families, institutions, and corporations around the world to help answer some of lifes questions – whether through award winning wealth management advisory, investment banking and asset management expertise, or private and corporate banking services in Switzerland*. In June 2023, Credit Suisse became a UBS Group company. With our large and diverse team operating internationally, we have a presence in all major financial centers in more than 50 countries. Although we all come from different backgrounds and specializations, two things unite us: the conviction that we’re stronger together, and the will and curiosity to constantly innovate. That’s the key to us unlocking our full potential (and what we look for in everyone who joins us). It’s also why we’re regularly recognized as an attractive employer.* * Our awards https://www.ubs.com/awards Social Media Legal Terms: http://www.ubs.com/social-legal