Deepak Sekar

Dr. Deepak Sekar is one of the most prolific inventors in the world today, with 280 issued patents to his name. Motivated by his daughter's experience with online learning during COVID, he co-founded Creatium, a 40 person company where he serves as the CEO. The company has invented AI that makes interactive learning practical in an online environment. Creatium (formerly Prof Jim) was recognized by HolonIQ as one of the most promising edtech companies in North America in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Its client list includes a dozen of the world's most prestigious brands in education and workforce training. Prior to his journey with his kids' education, he got tired of cooking his food at home, and invented a robot that automatically made his dinner. That invention led to him founding and leading a startup called Chowbotics—which scaled to become the biggest food-making robot company in the world (by volume and revenue) when it was acquired by Doordash. Chowbotics was recognized by Fast Company as one of the world's most innovative companies. The New York Times named Chowbotics one of the food trends of 2019. Deepak's dream job is to be a university professor someday, and mentor students to achievement and happiness. When he's not inventing or building his inventions into companies, he climbs mountains in some of the world's most fun places like Yosemite, Nepal, Alaska, Colorado and Tanzania. He received a B. Tech from IIT Madras, and a MS and PhD from Georgia Tech, all in engineering.