Raj Pai is a seasoned investor and operating executive with a unique 360-degree view of the deep tech landscape, from pioneering government R&D to scaling and backing venture-backed startups. Through Paiconic Capital, he focuses on global investments in Aerospace and the future of Digital Twins in physical Artificial Intelligence. Raj served as Chief Technologist for the Aviation Systems Division at NASA. Prior to NASA, Raj spent three decades in Silicon Valley as a successful engineer, product leader, and executive at Informatica, AutoGrid (Schneider Electric), Tibco, and Aster Data (Teradata).
Raj is an alumnus of IIT Bombay and the University of California at Berkeley.