Dr Akshika Wijesundara
Co-Founder @ SnapDrum & Senior AI Consultant @ United Nations
Co-Founder @ SnapDrum & Senior AI Consultant @ United Nations
Akshika (Aki) Wijesundara is an AI leader with a PhD in Machine Learning and extensive experience mentoring startups at Google’s AI Accelerator. With a career spanning both research and applied AI, Aki has taught over 5,000 students worldwide how to design and deploy production-ready AI systems.
He has worked across cutting-edge areas of applied AI, from LangChain and RAG pipelines to observability and large-scale deployment. As a researcher and educator, Aki bridges the gap between theory and practice, making complex systems approachable and actionable for engineers, founders, and product leaders.
Aki is also a frequent speaker and advisor to organizations adopting AI, helping them transition from experimentation to production at scale.
Akshika (Aki) Wijesundara is an AI leader with a PhD in Machine Learning and extensive experience mentoring startups at Google’s AI Accelerator. With a career spanning both research and applied AI, Aki has taught over 5,000 students worldwide how to design and deploy production-ready AI systems.
He has worked across cutting-edge areas of applied AI, from LangChain and RAG pipelines to observability and large-scale deployment. As a researcher and educator, Aki bridges the gap between theory and practice, making complex systems approachable and actionable for engineers, founders, and product leaders.
Aki is also a frequent speaker and advisor to organizations adopting AI, helping them transition from experimentation to production at scale.