Ankur Teredesai
Ankur Teredesai is Chief Executive Officer at CueZen and Founding Director of the Center for Data Science at University of Washington, where he is also a Professor. He founded CueZen, which is still running, and previously founded KenSci, which was acquired. His expertise includes AI for health, machine learning, and behavioral modeling.
Seattle Startup CueZen Raises $5M Led by Point72 Ventures for AI-Powered Personalized Health Coaching Software
Seattle startup CueZen raised $5 million led by Point72 Ventures to advance its AI-driven personalized health coaching software used by healthcare organizations and the Singapore government. Founded in 2021 by Ankur Teredesai and others, CueZen integrates wearable and clinical data to promote healthy habits and improve health outcomes.
Shirish Nadkarni explains how to judge startup ideas and why incumbents are hard to beat
Veteran entrepreneur Shirish Nadkarni excerpts lessons on evaluating startup ideas, arguing founders must assess ideas against incumbents, market dynamics and strategic perspectives rather than early positive feedback. He emphasizes incumbents’ advantages and the difficulty of displacing established players without exploiting major industry transformations.
Providence spinout Tegria acquires Seattle AI health startup KenSci; founders depart, Sudarshan Chitre named CEO
Tegria, a Providence spinout, has acquired Seattle-based healthcare AI startup KenSci, which uses machine learning to predict patient risk and reduce costs; terms were not disclosed and KenSci’s founders will depart while about 50 staff will be retained. KenSci has raised $30 million to date and Sudarshan Chitre becomes CEO following the acquisition.
Organizations
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CueZen Executive Officer, Director 2024–present, Chief Executive Officer 2021–present · current
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University of Washington Professor 2014–present, Founding Director - Center for Data Science 2010–present, Associate Professor 2007–2014 · current
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ACM SIGKDD & Annual KDD Conference General co-Chair KDD 2019 conference 2018–2019 · past
Education
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University at Buffalo Ph.D., Computer Science · 1998–2001
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The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda B.E., Computer Science · 1993–1997
