Ankur Patel

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Ankur Patel is an accomplished AI entrepreneur, author, and advisor, currently serving as the Founder and Head of Data at Glean, a company that specializes in utilizing natural language processing to enhance vendor spend intelligence within accounts payable solutions. Glean aims to empower finance teams by providing insights into spending trends and identifying anomalies in billing, thereby improving accountability and cost management.1 5

Professional Background

Before co-founding Glean in January 2020, Ankur held significant roles in various organizations:

Vice President of Data Science at 7Park Data: Here, he led the development of data products leveraging alternative data for hedge funds and corporate clients. His work involved creating a natural language processing-based platform for entity recognition and resolution.2 6
Data Science Lead at ThetaRay: Ankur was instrumental in building anomaly detection systems using unsupervised learning algorithms to assist major banks and insurance companies in combating fraud and money laundering.4 6
Founder of R-Squared Macro: He established this machine learning-based hedge fund, focusing on macroeconomic strategies while managing a team dedicated to data science and portfolio management.3 4
Early Career: Ankur began as an analyst at J.P. Morgan and later became the lead emerging markets sovereign credit trader at Bridgewater Associates, the largest global macro hedge fund.1 2

Education

Ankur Patel graduated cum laude from Princeton University, where he received a Bachelor’s degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He was awarded the Lieutenant John A. Larkin Memorial Prize for his outstanding economics thesis.4 6

Publications

He is also an author of notable books on artificial intelligence and machine learning, including:

Hands-on Unsupervised Learning Using Python
Applied Natural Language Processing in the Enterprise (both published by O'Reilly Media) .1 3

Current Endeavors

In addition to his role at Glean, Ankur is actively involved in advising startups and writing about trends in AI through his newsletter. He resides in New York City.3 4