From Startup to Exit

Jai Jaishima is a Seattle-based technology entrepreneur with expertise in AI enabled product development and data science. Jai has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with a focus on AI/Image Processing/Information Retrieval from the University of Washington. Over a nearly 30 year career, Jai has founded or held leadership roles at four start-ups that leveraged AI/Machine Learning to build software applications. He was CTO at Hitch Works Inc., acquired by Service Now in 2022, which deployed AI/Large Language Models (LLMs) to help employees and their employers take a skills-based approach to work and career progression. Jai was also CEO and Founder at Appnique which developed privacy preserving advertising technology solutions using AI/LLMs. At Microsoft, AOL and RealNetworks, Jai led pioneering initiatives in the digital distribution of music and video content that also ensured that user privacy was respected and the rights of creators and copyright holders were protected.