DJ Patil is an entrepreneur, investor, scientist, and leader in public policy. He has held senior roles in industry, academia, and government and his work has been featured in two Michael Lewis books.

Notable early stage investments include Figma, Confluent, Ola in India, Monte Carlo, Chronosphere, Sumologic, Peoplehood, RelateIQ, and Rebellion Defense.

He is a board member for Devoted Health where he was a member of the founding team and CTO with the mission to build a health care system that takes care of every member like they were family. Previously he led the product teams at RelateIQ which was acquired by Salesforce, and was founding board member for Crisis Text Line which works to use new technologies to provide on demand mental and crisis support. At LinkedIn he was Chief Scientist, Chief Security Officer and led the data efforts which included recommendation systems like People You May Know, Who Viewed My Profile, and Jobs You May Like; new technologies like Kafka; co-coining the term Data Scientist. 

Dr. Patil public policy work includes being appointed by President Obama to be the first U.S. Chief Data Scientist where his efforts led to the establishment of nearly 40 Chief Data Officer roles across the Federal government. Establishing new health care programs including the Precision Medicine Initiative (now the NIH All of Us program) and the Cancer Moonshot, new criminal justice reforms including the Data-Driven Justice and Police Data Initiatives that cover more than 94 million Americans, as well as leading the national data efforts. He also has been active in national security and for his efforts was awarded by Secretary Carter the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service which is the highest honor the department bestows on a civilian. 

As a member of the faculty at the University of Maryland, his research focused on nonlinear dynamics and chaos theory and he helped start a major research initiative on numerical weather prediction. As an AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow for the Department of Defense, Dr. Patil directed new efforts to leverage social network analysis and the melding of computational and social sciences to anticipate emerging threats to the US. He has also co-chaired a major review of US efforts to prevent bioweapons proliferation in Central Asia and co-founded the Iraqi Virtual Science Library (IVSL). And if you’ve read this far, he barely graduated from high school because of his math grades, but lucked out because of his local community college.

9 years ago I posted this card that I kept in my White House notebook as a reminder of how we were going to maximally serve the public. It's taken off in a way I never expected. From stickers to posters, I'm thrilled it has helped so many. Here's the backstory of how the card came to be: https://lnkd.in/gJxpJSMe

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Investor, entrepreneur, public policy, former U.S Chief Data Scientist

I can’t stop thinking about what is happening in Minneapolis & the rest of the country. Simply put, no one should be killed. It doesn’t matter if you are a protestor or law enforcement. No parent or child should ever have to go through the pain that we’ve seen. Personally, I’m hurting seeing what is happening. 

The demonizing of a mother of three and an ICU nurse for veterans is despicable and vile. This is simply unacceptable. 

I have so many thoughts about the many points of hypocrisy around this issue. But one thing I know for sure is that I wouldn’t feel ok with this happening in a neighborhood where my kids or loved ones were walking around. 

Thank you to the first responders,local police, and national guard who are stepping up to help their local community. To the people protesting, may you be safe. To the Federal law enforcement being put in this untenable situation, be the light and do what’s right.

These are basic civic rights and they need to be respected. Good trouble.

Treat others as you’d want to be treated. 🇺🇸

Just a reminder that every day is MLK day in that it is our job to be the light & love that drives out the darkness & hate. Fight cynicism and take care of each other

Tomorrow Maya Shankar's book is out! I got to work with her in the White House and see her impact directly. It's an important book and you're going to be better off after reading it! Don't just take my word for it, take Brené Brown, Adam Grant, Malcolm Gladwell and others! Get it at your local book store and online!

Dry January? Protein? Fiber? Got questions? We've got the answers. Here's my interview with Zeke Emanuel on his best selling new book Always Eat Your Ice Cream. This was super fun to do and we cover lots of ground. Hope you'll give it a watch. Commonwealth Club World Affairs

On Feb 9, I'll be interviewing Robert Wachter on his new book which is *the* most comprehensive look at AI & healthcare. 

Going to sell out so get tickets now! https://lnkd.in/gJCq2dqt

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Hey You! What are you doing next Tues? If you're into healthcare or how to take care of yourself -- this event it for you! I get to interview my friend & colleague Zeke Emanuel. 

Why should you come to this event? Zeke's book is full of practical advice and wisdom. He was also one of the architects of the ACA and we'll talk about where the world is headed on healthcare, AI, and much more! 

A few tickets left so get them now! 
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Commonwealth Club World Affairs

I really would love to see this as a feature film! Especially as a mathematician, this is close to my heart. Also if you want to be inspired watch The Man Who Knew Infinity!

AI Mathematician, Data Scientist, Engineer and Statistician.

ANNOUNCING 🎬 The team behind The Man Who Knew Infinity is reuniting to honor Maryam Mirzakhani.

I am thrilled to announce MARYAM: The Mirror and the Map, a feature film about the brilliant Maryam Mirzakhani—the first woman to win the Fields Medal.

Writer/director Matt Brown, with Manjul Bhargava and I as associate producers, are reuniting for this project. We spent years ensuring Ramanujan’s math was portrayed authentically in The Man Who Knew Infinity (starring Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons), but math history didn't stop in 1920. It is time for the next chapter.

Maryam’s life was a cinematic arc of resilience. As a girl in war-torn Iran, she sketched math on a fogged bathroom mirror to block out the chaos—sketches that eventually turned into the geometry of curved surfaces that revolutionized the field.

This project is deeply personal. Manjul Bhargava stood on stage with Maryam in Seoul in 2014 when they both won the Fields Medal, a historic moment for mathematics. We aren't just telling a story; we are honoring an icon and a friend.

Developed at the Infinity Arts Foundation, the project is gathering momentum. I’m also proud to share that Axiom Math is championing the educational campaign, ensuring this story inspires the next generation through future university screenings.

Maryam belongs in culture, not just in textbooks.

Read more about the vision here: https://lnkd.in/eCuPQd7F
#MaryamMirzakhani #WomenInSTEM #Mathematics #Film #TheManWhoKnewInfinity #MathEd Axiom

New podcast is out. I'm going to definitely get in trouble on this one.

🎿 It's Friday, so let's get smarter 🎿 

AI isn’t early—or late. It’s uneven. And that’s what makes it dangerous.

This week on CMO Confidential, DJ Patil returns with a clear-eyed view of where AI actually is—beyond the hype cycles and boardroom panic.

DJ explains why AI adoption today is “lumpy,” why most companies won’t see real financial impact until 2027, and why delegating AI to a task force or consultant is a guaranteed failure mode. The biggest risk isn’t technology—it’s culture, cadence, and leadership time allocation.

We cover:
👀 Why AI-native talent hasn’t even graduated yet
👀 How boards should think about ROI (pennies → nickels → dollars)
👀 Why executives must use AI themselves—or step aside
👀 What marketers need to do now to stay relevant in a 2–3 person future org

#CMOConfidential #AILeadership #ExecutiveDecisionMaking #MarketingLeadership #BoardGovernance #FutureOfWork

Next week on the show: Meta CMO and VP of Analytics, Alex Schultz

Ayush Singh Auren Hoffman 📚 Andy Pearson Peter Caputa Lara Hood Balazs Fred Reichheld Femke Anna van Zanten ✣ ✩ Mark Owens, MBA Becca Chambers ✨ Elav Horwitz Seth Matlins Steven Winokur Tom Goodwin Heidi Therese Dangelmaier Ida Rezvani Urvi Patel Ulrich Klenke Usman Humayun Conor Grennan Chris Pelletier Yosef Johnson Mike Linton Jeff Culliton

What's real in AI+healthcare? This one is is going to be 🔥 🔥 🔥! Robert Wachter new book is THE best overview on AI's potential (and risks) for healthcare. Monday Feb 9 at Commonwealth Club World Affairs! Hope you'll join us in person! 

Get your tix now! https://lnkd.in/gJCq2dqt

Its impressive how many women hitters there are in venture from 15 years ago. Lots of room to improve (especially for people of color). Feels like how different it was when I was a kid and you couldn't be Indian and a CEO or even in venture

Super slick. If you're into protein design, you should check out what Namrata A. & team are building

Founder @ Diffuse Bio

Announcing a unified pipeline for end-to-end protein binder design and experimental validation at scale 🤖🤝🏾🧬

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Computational protein design hits a bottleneck at the lab bench: there is friction between design generation and validation. Even with SOTA models, we’ve seen that difficult therapeutic targets often require screening thousands of candidates to find a functional hit.

In DiffuseSandbox, you can now generate up to 10,000 designs and then with one click immediately request experimental screening with RamaX, with data back in 1-2 weeks!

DiffuseSandbox currently supports Diffuse Bio DSG models, as well as open-source models like Boltzgen and Bindcraft.

Start designing and screening protein binders at scale now:

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📖 Read the full breakdown: https://lnkd.in/gN5mPwff

One week away! I've been reading Robert Wachter's book & I'm convinced if you want to work on healthcare + AI this is a **MUST READ*** Get your tix here:  https://lnkd.in/gJCq2dqt

Already a NYT best seller! We've got a few tickets left with Zeke Emanuel. You'll get to hear directly from (and ask questions to) one of the key architects of the Affordable Care Act and one of the best thinkers on how to take control of your own health! This is going to be 🌶️ 🧨 🔥 

A few tickets left so get them now! 

Commonwealth Club World Affairs
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