Adi Prakash

Adi Prakash is a founder, investor, and former Amazon executive with over two decades of distinguished leadership across global functions in financial services, private equity/venture capital, technology, and startups. He is currently the Founder & CEO of Sentient Ventures, an AI-native firm designed to help growth and expansion-stage companies scale smarter, faster, and more sustainably. Sentient operates through four interconnected divisions—Strategy & Advisory, Solutions, Capital, and Research—offering clients and ecosystem partners a one-stop platform to harness AI as a true force multiplier. Prior to founding Sentient Ventures, Adi spent over five years at Amazon Web Services as the Americas Head of Strategy and Advisory Services, where he built and led a high-caliber team of specialists—former industry CXOs, top-tier consultants, and startup founders—focused on Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Supply Chain Optimization, and Data Monetization. He and his team worked directly with Fortune 500 boards and CXOs to accelerate their digital journeys and drive measurable impact across North America, Latin America, and Canada. Adi brings a rare blend of enterprise fluency, startup hustle, and investor discipline. His leadership style has been described as “boardroom meets battlefield”—combining strategic depth with hands-on execution. He actively serves on boards, mentors founders, and invests across the Americas and Asia, with a focus on building platforms that thrive amid volatility and change.