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Ike Kavas

Senior Vice President of AI & Innovation at Ephesoft, a Kofax company

Ike Kavas, Founder & CEO at Stealth AI Startup

Ike Kavas is a seasoned entrepreneur and esteemed leader in the AI and machine learning landscape. He is currently the Founder & CEO of a stealth AI startup.5 Kavas is also an investor in ExpertGuru.ai and serves as a Board Member at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School.

Previously, Kavas founded Ephesoft, an AI tech company specializing in data extraction from documents, where he earned his first patent. Ephesoft was bootstrapped for 7 years, later raised money from VCs, and was acquired by Kofax. Kavas is an award-winning Tech CEO and recognized as an Inc 500 Alum.

Key Facts about Ike Kavas

  • Founder & CEO of a stealth AI startup5
  • Investor in ExpertGuru.ai
  • Board Member at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School1
  • Previously founded Ephesoft, an AI data extraction company, which he bootstrapped for 7 years before acquisition by Kofax3
  • Award-winning Tech CEO and Inc 500 Alum4
  • Holds a patent on supervised machine learning for document classification and extraction1
  • Serial entrepreneur with three ventures and successful exits1

Kavas is passionate about helping the next generation of business leaders and first-time founders build their own legacies through entrepreneurship. He embraces values of elevating others in the community and is actively engaged with programs like the CEO Leadership Alliance of Orange County (CLA-OC).12

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Experience

Senior Vice President, AI & Innovation at Ephesoft, a Kofax company (August 2022 - Present)
Board Member, Pepperdine Graziadio Business School (February 2022 - Present), CEO and Founder, Ephesoft, Inc. (December 2017 - September 2022), Various roles at Kofax including Professional Services Manager and Senior Consultant (2003 - 2010)

Education

BS in Electrical & Electronics Engineering - Computer from Anadolu University (1993 - 1999)

Location

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area