Ankur Patel

Founder & CEO at Multimodal

Overview

Ankur Patel is Founder & CEO at Multimodal [1][3], a company building agentic AI to automate complex workflows in finance and insurance [2]. Patel has spent over 15 years building AI and machine learning systems across financial services, including roles at J.P. Morgan [9], Bridgewater Associates [8], ThetaRay [6], and 7Park Data [5]. Prior to Multimodal, Patel co-founded R-Squared Macro [7] and Glean.ai [4], which was acquired by Pipe [2]. Patel holds a B.A. cum laude from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs [10] and has authored two books with O'Reilly Media on unsupervised learning and applied machine learning [2].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

Founder and CEO of Multimodal, where we’re building agentic AI to automate the most complex workflows in finance and insurance. I’ve spent the last 15+ years building AI/ML systems across the financial services industry, from J.P. Morgan and Bridgewater to high-growth startups like ThetaRay and 7Park Data (acquired by Vista Equity). Before Multimodal, I co-founded two ventures: R-Squared Macro and Glean.ai (acquired by Pipe). This is my third startup and the most ambitious yet. Along the way, I’ve written two books with O’Reilly Media: Hands-On Unsupervised Learning Using Python and Applied…

Career history

  1. Founder & CEOJun 2023 to presentMultimodal
  2. Founder and Head of DataJan 2020 to May 2023Glean
  3. VP, Data ScienceSep 2018 to Dec 20197Park Data
  4. Data ScientistJun 2017 to Sep 2018ThetaRay
  5. Founder and Chief Investment OfficerJan 2012 to Dec 2016r-squared macro
  6. Fixed Income TraderMar 2010 to Dec 2011Bridgewater Associates
  7. Corporate Strategy AnalystSep 2009 to Feb 2010J.P. Morgan
  8. Founder and Head of DataGlean.ai

Education

  1. B.A., cum laude, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International AffairsPrinceton University

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