Artificial Intelligence International Institute (AIII)

Dr. James Ong has 38+ years of experience as an entrepreneur, tech executive, venture builder, author and professor and enjoys his journey of ecosystem building for impactful outcomes, bridging scientific research, startups, and impact investment.   He founded Artificial Intelligence International Institute (AIII), a think tank advocating Sustainable AI for Humanity and is co-author of “AI for Humanity: Building A Sustainable AI for the Future” (ISBN: 9781394180301) published by Wiley.   He is Adjunct Professor at SUTD and AI Mega Centre, a member of the National Supercomputing Centre Singapore (NSCC)’s new Strategic Resource Allocation Committee (SRAC) and Head of AI, Chair of AI Subcommittee and Professional Council Member at Global Fintech Institute (GFI). He is also CEO of Origami Frontiers, a venture building firm, Venture Partner at Delight Capital and Partner at Hashtaqs.   James is active in the AI ecosystem globally and co-founded the inaugural AIMX world summit 2023 in Singapore advocating for AI4Good and AI Governance,  the Tech4SDG Alliance for Asia and the World Wide Educator Conference (WWEC) AI + Education Institute. He also appointed as International Advisor for World AI Conference (WAIC), as Industry Co-Chair for IEEE CAI (Conference on AI) 2024 and has also collaborated with UNIDO, UNESCO and UNU.   James started his career as an AI scientist in 1986 at leading US MCC research lab on advanced AI Fifth Generation Computer research and was one of the pioneer senior executives at Trilogy, an AI pioneer and enterprise software startup. He received his PhD from University of Texas at Austin specializing in AI for Governance and Business Process Automation.