Sri Ambati

CEO of H2O.ai

Pabitra Moharana·Published 2025-12-24T10:47:42.204+05:30Updated 2024-03-10T05:30:00.000+05:30

Key takeaways

Sri Ambati founded H2O.ai in 2011 to democratize AI for global organizations.
Under his leadership, H2O.ai serves over 20,000 organizations, including Fortune 500 companies.
Ambati has a strong background in technology, co-founding Platfora and holding roles at DataStax and Azul Systems.
He has pursued theoretical neuroscience research at Stanford and UC Berkeley.
Ambati is a recognized speaker and frequently featured in major publications like the Wall Street Journal.

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Sri Ambati founded H2O.ai in 2011 with the goal of democratising AI. As the CEO and board member, he has led the AI cloud platform company to become a trusted provider for over 20,000 global organisations, including Fortune 500 firms like AT&T, PayPal, and Capital One, as well as 250,000 data scientists worldwide.

Frequently featured in publications like the Wall Street Journal and CNBC, Ambati is also a prominent speaker at events such as Ai4 and Money 2020.

Before H2O.ai, he co-founded Platfora (acquired by Workday) and held leadership roles at DataStax and Azul Systems. Ambati also pursued sabbaticals in theoretical neuroscience at Stanford and UC Berkeley, and holds an MS in maths and computer science from the University of Memphis.