AI Speaker Series: Building Cognitive Infrastructure with AI

Join us for the AI Speaker Series featuring Saurabh Mishra, moderated by Roland T. Rust. Mishra will introduce the concept of cognitive infrastructure — the integration of data, domain expertise, institutional memory and AI systems to improve decision-making under uncertainty. Focusing on infrastructure and real assets, he will discuss how domain-trained AI can augment human judgment, strengthen risk assessment and support better high-stakes decisions. 

Saurabh Mishra is CEO and co-founder of Taiyo.AI, a vertical AI platform focused on infrastructure, construction and public-sector decision-making. He previously held senior roles at the World Bank, IMF and IFC and served as director of the Stanford AI Index. Mishra has taught at UC Berkeley, Sciences Po, Bocconi and INSEAD and works with governments, investors and engineering firms on applying AI to complex, capital-intensive decisions. He earned a Ph.D. in reliability engineering from the University of Maryland’s Clark School of Engineering and was among the first scholars to focus on AI and megaproject management.