Pratik Desai

Pratik Desai is a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur, computer scientist, and the founder of KissanAI, a pioneering agritech startup transforming agriculture with generative AI. Born into a farming family in Gujarat, Desai leveraged his expertise in artificial intelligence, semantic web, and knowledge extraction to develop platforms that make advanced technology accessible to underserved farming communities.

He holds a PhD in engineering and has previously co-founded multiple technology ventures in Silicon Valley. As founder and CEO of KissanAI, Desai pioneered KissanGPT, a breakthrough voice-based generative AI copilot that supports Indic languages and helps overcome literacy and language barriers in agriculture.

He continued this innovation with the Dhenu series, the world’s first agriculture-specific large language models and among the first fine-tuned models developed in the country. Currently, he is focused on building an agentic agriculture knowledge platform that connects agribusinesses with farmers, enabling highly accurate and impactful use cases across the sector.