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Carlo Almendral: Managing Director at DEFIANT.ai and a Serial Entrepreneur

This week, Stephen Ibaraki has an exclusive interview with Carlo Almendral.

Carlo AlmendralCarlo Almendral is the managing director at DEFIANT.ai, an accelerator for AI startups. He's a serial entrepreneur who had previously started venture-backed companies in games, financial inclusion technology, ecommerce, education, and data science. He has released over 30 technology products with millions of users.

In Carlo's philanthropy work, he is currently heading the Innovation Council for The United Nations' World Food Programme, served on the Board of Governors for The Commonwealth Club, and is a founding board member at For The Women Foundation, a school that teaches women with financial need in Manila data science and machine learning for free.

Carlo taught data science at UC Berkeley and social entrepreneurship at San Francisco State University and the University of San Francisco.

LinkedIn PROFILE: Carlo Almendral

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