Solving for the net positive impact of AI on culture and commerce.
At Kai Roses we combine roots in media, sport, and blockchain with the rigor of retail, telco, and data science to build essential tools for creators and develop AI competency for businesses.
Meghna Sinha
Meghna Sinha is the Chief AI Officer at Kai Roses, Inc. She is a trailblazing AI executive, strategist, and advisor with over 26 years of experience delivering responsible, enterprise-scale AI transformations across Fortune 50 companies.
Her leadership is defined by measurable, high-impact results, including establishing the AI Center at Verizon as the company's first VP of AI, which became the foundation of their AI practices and contributed over $1 billion in business impact. Her work has set new standards in telecommunications, focusing on personalizing customer experience, risk and bias mitigation, and model operations automation.
Meghna’s career spans significant roles at Target (VP of Data Science) and IRI / Circana (Chief Analytics Officer & VP of Advanced Modeling), where she honed deep expertise in analytics, statistical modeling, and machine learning during transformative business initiatives within the retail and CPG industries.
Beyond her corporate impact, Meghna is deeply committed to the ethical advancement of AI, serving as a Distinguished Fellow with AI2030 - a non-profit dedicated to mainstreaming responsible AI. She is also a Senior Industry Fellow at UC Irvine Center For Digital Transformation, researching sustainable AI competency and the societal and economic impact of AI-driven workforce augmentation.
Meghna’s leadership bridges technical depth with a human-centered vision, ensuring AI works for both business and society. She is a notable thought leader and industry speaker.
Josh Friedberg
Josh Friedberg is the Chief Product Officer at Kai Roses, Inc. A former professional skateboarder, he co-founded 411 Video Magazine (411VM), a seminal media platform in skateboarding.
As Executive Director of the International Association of Skateboarding Companies, he led major cultural initiatives, including the Skateboarding Hall of Fame and Innoskate in partnership with the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
He helped bring skateboarding to the Olympic Games as Skateboarding Director at World Skate and guided the sport through its Olympic debut in Tokyo as CEO of USA Skateboarding during a global pandemic.
In 2021, Josh embraced blockchain and NFTs, co-founding 288 Spirits in 2022, joining 10KTF in 2023, and leading Yuga Labs’ Made By Apes program in 2024. As CPO at Kai Roses, he is focused on building essential tools for creators.
AI Literacy
The Kai Roses Foundation effort supports AI literacy and responsible implementation,grounded in creator data sovereignty as a core principle for ethical and sustainable use of AI.
Contributions
Shaping AI Without the Hype: How Women Turn Technology Into Real-World Impact
Twenty accomplished women came together to write a book about how real-world impact can be achieved without the hype. This collection of stories by Michaela Hermans will build an instant bond among professionals and practitioners doing the hard work to translate technology into real-world impact. Meghna was honored to have been chosen to write the foreword for this very important and powerful book.
How to Lead AI-Driven Transformation: Aligning Data, Talent, and Culture at Scale
What does successful transformation look like when AI, data, and culture are all in play? In this candid and insightful session, two transformation leaders—Robin Gordon of Hippo Insurance and Mary Burke of Experian—join moderator Meghna Sinha to unpack how enterprises are navigating the messy middle of digital transformation.
Fellowships
AI2030
Meghna Sinha
Distinguished FellowAI 2030 is a global initiative aiming to harness the transformative power of AI to benefit humanity while minimizing its potential negative impact. Focused on Responsible AI, AI for All, and AI for Good, we aim to bridge awareness, talent, and resource gaps, enabling responsible AI adoption across public and private sectors.
UC Irvine Center For Digital Transformation
Meghna Sinha
Senior Industry FellowThe Center for Digital Transformation (CDT) is at the forefront of addressing strategic issues at the intersection of business and technology in the age of AI. CDT's mission is to develop and disseminate thought leadership to elevate the discourse on technology, especially AI, to ensure that business executives, faculty and students, and society are prepared for future success.