Curriculum Vitae
Ayush Prakash. Montreal. English and French. ORCID 0009-0003-5287-9694.
Books
AI for Gen Z
What artificial intelligence means for the first generation growing up inside it.
Book
The Transcendence of Technology
A Spiritual Return for Humanity.
Upcoming
Publications
The Infinity of the Brain and the Void of the Machine
With Karl Friston.
The Montreal Review
The Risks of AI and Social Media for the Developing Brain
With Dr. Ran Anbar. What clinicians see in young people who grew up inside algorithmic systems.
Psychology Today · Nov 2025
Experience
·
Director of Corporate Strategy, New Sapience Dec 2025 – Present
Deterministic-AI company built by veterans of DARPA, NASA, and the NSA. Business operations and institutional capital strategy, working on non-LLM machine cognition alongside the technical founding team.
·
Director, Center for Innovating the Future
Toronto strategy innovation lab housing Mantic Publishing, Co-Existing with AI, and the Ayush Prakash Podcast. Research agendas, editorial programs, and convening concepts on responsible AI, public trust, governance, and human cognition.
·
Creative Director, New Sapience Feb 2023 – Dec 2025
AI narrative, editorial strategy, and investor communications behind two equity rounds raising $3.5M from 2,000+ investors.
Public Scholarship
·
The Ayush Prakash Podcast
150+ published conversations with researchers, scientists, and philosophers since 2021, including Karl Friston and Avi Loeb. 21 published essays.
Education
·
Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy
Toronto Metropolitan University, 2023.