Jason Cohen is the Founder & CEO of Simulacra Synthetic Data Studio, an AI platform for synthetic data generation in the consumer research industry. Jason was previously the Founder & CEO at Gastrograph AI, an AI platform for modeling and predicting human sensory perception and consumer preference. Jason's background and expertise is in sensory science, tea tasting, and topological data analysis for machine learning. 

 

Before founding Simulacra SDS and Gastrograph AI, Jason was the Founder and Executive Director of The Tea Institute at Penn State, an interdisciplinary tea research institute, which oversaw 20+ researchers in 5 fields of study on Chinese, Japanese, and Korean tea. Jason has published 2 books on Chinese tea, and has a pipeline of future books he'd like to finish.

 

 

 

Vinay Indraganti, Founder & CEO BCD iLabs

Vinay Indraganti, a visionary leader in AI-powered food innovation, is revolutionizing R&D as Founder and CEO of BCD. Obsessed with turbocharging product development, Vinay is pioneering a new era in food science through groundbreaking AI-driven Design of Experiments, shattering traditional R&D timelines and propelling food formulation into the future. His game-changing approach not only accelerates product launches but also unlocks unprecedented flavors, textures, and nutritional profiles. Vinay's AI-driven platform is catalyzing a revolution in food formulation. As Co-founder of the AI for Food Global Initiative , Vinay stands at the vanguard of the AI-driven food tech revolution, author of The AI for Food Movement. Through his leadership, Vinay is not just reimagining how we conceive, create, and produce food - he's actively shaping a more sustainable and efficient future for the global food industry.