Dhairya Pujara
I work across education, entrepreneurship, AI, and venture building. Most of it comes down to the same thing: noticing the real problem, building something useful, and making sure it works beyond the presentation.
Companies, programs, ventures, and a book.
They are different kinds of work, but I approach them the same way.
I like building things that have to face real people, real constraints, and the real world.
Ycenter
Human-centered innovation, experiential learning, and problem-solving programs for universities, organizations, and governments.
↗ 02EPIC AI
An applied AI capability company helping people learn, build, assess, and prove what they can do with AI.
↗ 03Human Health Platform
Capital and commercialization support for validated science, university IP, and founders moving from technical promise to market adoption.
↗ 04Ants in the Room
An upcoming book about noticing the small signals, tolerated weirdness, and everyday behaviors that shape how we solve problems.
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What the work
has added up to.
A few numbers from the programs, companies, partnerships, and ventures I have helped build.
Rooms I have been invited into
Organizations I have worked with
A few acknowledgements along the way.
The work matters more than the list, but these were meaningful markers along the way.
Books, podcasts, BBC Radio, Entrepreneur, Philadelphia Business Journal, Times Media Group, and other conversations about entrepreneurship, education, and social impact.
I speak about problems—how we live with them, break them apart, and build our way toward better solutions.
I have spoken with students, founders, executives, researchers, and public-sector teams around the world. My talks are practical, story-led, and built around the audience in front of me—not a standard deck with the logo changed.
Formats
- Keynote talks
- Workshops
- Guest lectures
- Fireside chats
Topics I often speak about
- Finding the real problem before solving the wrong one
- Entrepreneurship as a way of thinking—not only starting companies
- AI beyond the hype: practical use, learning, and capability
- Turning ideas into experiments, prototypes, and useful work
- Moving research and intellectual property toward the market
Ants in
the Room
A playful, story-led book about the small things we dismiss, the questions we fail to ask, and the strange everyday art of solving problems.
The elephant is obvious.
The ants are not.
Have a difficult problem—or a room full of people?
Speaking · Workshops · Partnerships · Ventures