Aishwarya Srinivasan

Aishwarya is a Senior AI Advisor at Microsoft for Startups helping startups build optimized and scalable AI applications. She is a Top Voice for AI and Machine Learning, known for her passionate advocacy of responsible AI. She’s worked as a Data Scientist at Google Cloud, and IBM, where she helped drive AI innovation and research. She’s also the founder of Illuminate AI, a community with over 25k members, dedicated to mentoring and supporting people looking to break into the AI field. With a strong belief in the power of open-source, Aishwarya has served as a Developer Advocate for Deepchecks and PyTorch Lightning, contributing to the community in meaningful ways. Her dedication to advancing AI has earned her accolades like Trailblazer of the Year by Women in AI and Women of Influence by Business Journal in 2022. Aishwarya has earned a Master’s degree in Data Science from Columbia University, where she contributed in Applied ML research projects on Scikit-learn, Aishwarya’s career has taken her across the globe, leading AI projects and working with clients in London, Dubai, Istanbul, and India. She’s deeply committed to inspiring the next generation of AI professionals, regularly sharing her insights with over 500,000 LinkedIn followers and organizing events to foster learning and growth.