Wearable Devices adds Pankaj Kedia to its Advisory Board as Executive Advisor

Wearable Devices Ltd. (Wearable Devices), a technology growth company developing AI-powered touchless sensing wearables, announced the appointment of Pankaj Kedia to its advisory board as an Executive Advisor.

In this role, Kedia will help the company to accelerate the adoption of its technologies and grow its B2B and B2C product lines, a statement said.

Kedia has played pivotal roles in incubating and growing a range of smart device categories and use cases over the last 25+ years. Most recently, at Qualcomm Inc., Kedia founded the wearables business and established Snapdragon Wear as the pre-eminent leader in the wearables segment. Previously, at Intel Corporation, Kedia held leadership positions helping the company launch laptop PCs, tablets, handhelds, and smartphones in the industry. Kedia’s knack for establishing new device categories, along with his current AI and ML focus, will provide a big boost to realizing Wearable Devices’ vision.

Kedia founded and currently serves as the Managing Partner of 2468 Ventures, an investment and advisory firm to accelerate the deployment of AI in products and technologies across businesses and consumers.

Asher Dahan, Chief Executive Officer of Wearable Devices, said, “We are thrilled to have Pankaj Kedia join our advisory board as an Executive Advisor. He is widely regarded as a thought leader in the mobile, IOT, wearables, and AI spaces. His proven expertise in strategy and business development will allow us to accelerate opportunities in next generation AI-related use cases, products, and technologies. We look forward to collaborating with Pankaj and believe that his support will play an integral role in establishing Wearable Devices as the leading player in the technology industry.”

Kedia stated, “I am delighted to join Asher Dahan and the Wearable Devices executive team in a senior advisory role. The company has made tremendous progress in innovating and inventing AI and neural-based interfaces and is well-positioned to bring new modes of gesture-based interactions to the breadth of smart devices around us. I look forward to helping the company accelerate the deployment of its innovations, establishing AI-based gestures as the de-facto standard in the industry across wearable, AR/VR, smartphones and other smart devices, and bringing moments of delight to consumers worldwide.”

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