Dinkar Jain Keynote Speaker
- VP Product Management (AI, Marketplace & Ads) at Uber
- Co-authored HBR article 'How Network Effects Make AI Smarter'
- Created 'Management in the Age of AI' course & trademark
Dinkar Jain's Biography
Dinkar Jain is a Silicon Valley–based AI and product leader who has built and scaled businesses at Uber, Meta, Amazon, Google and Twitter. He sits at the intersection of algorithms, markets and management, helping executives understand how AI is transforming competition, value creation and the future of work. A compelling keynote speaker and educator, he makes complex technology legible and actionable for boardrooms and global audiences.
As VP Product Management at Uber, Dinkar led AI, Marketplace and Ads, steering global systems for pricing, promotions, dispatch, membership and monetisation. At Meta he headed Ads Artificial Intelligence & Delivery and the Remote Presence Platform, shaping the machine-learning engines behind one of the world’s largest advertising and communications platforms. Earlier roles at Amazon, Alphabet, Twitter and Boston Consulting Group, and his current work advising high-growth AI companies such as Foundry, give him an end-to-end view of how data, algorithms and business models fit together.
Dinkar is co-author of Harvard Business Review’s “How Network Effects Make AI Smarter,” now also a chapter in the 2024 HBR Press book Generative AI: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review. He designed and taught the graduate course “Management in the Age of AI” at Santa Clara University and UCLA Anderson, and is developing it into a global learning platform backed by a registered trademark. Drawing on keynotes at Michigan Ross’s Business+Tech Literacy Download and India’s NXT Conclave 2025, he helps leaders navigate AI strategy, governance, talent and regulation with a clear-eyed, optimistic and pragmatic lens.
Dinkar Jain's Speaking Topics
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Management in the Age of AI: a practical playbook for leaders
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Building AI products for billions: lessons from Uber and Meta
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Designing marketplaces, pricing and incentives with AI
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Responsible, sovereign AI: data, ethics and regulation
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Leading high-impact product teams in a fast-changing tech landscape