wAI Industries has announced the addition of global innovators Jimmy Nguyen and Kent Wakeford to its Board of Advisors, marking a major step in the company’s evolution from a research-driven venture into a disciplined product organization. Founded by Abu Abdullah Ashar, Ahsan Mashkoor, and Abdul Wahab Amin, wAI Industries has spent the past few years building an artificial intelligence research and development focus that now produces AI products for international markets. With strategic investment and guidance from sAi Venture Capital and Ahsan Jamil, the company has been able to mature its operating model, shifting from a high-velocity R&D outfit to a structured technology company with a stronger rhythm and clearer global ambitions.
As the company positions itself to expand beyond South Asia and the Middle East into the United States, the addition of Nguyen and Wakeford brings both deep policy insight and frontier technology expertise to its leadership. Jimmy Nguyen is widely recognized as a global leader in blockchain and emerging technologies, known for his executive roles and policy contributions across the Bitcoin and enterprise blockchain ecosystem. Kent Wakeford, co-founder and co-CEO of Form Bio and co-founder and former COO of Colossal Biosciences, has been at the forefront of computational biology and de-extinction science, including Colossal’s pioneering work on the dire wolf initiative. Their combined expertise is expected to guide wAI Industries in scaling innovation while strengthening foresight into frontier technology policy and regulation.
Company leadership emphasized that these appointments represent more than an advisory expansion. The inclusion of blockchain and computational biology expertise reflects wAI Industries’ vision to drive cross-disciplinary innovation that addresses global challenges. Nguyen’s experience in policy and enterprise technology will provide the company with sharper tools for navigating regulatory environments, while Wakeford’s track record in pushing the boundaries of life sciences through technology complements wAI’s ambition to merge artificial intelligence with transformative domains. Together, they are expected to shape strategy, accelerate market entry in the United States, and reinforce the company’s role as a global player in the AI ecosystem.
wAI Industries framed the announcement as part of its broader mission to build impactful partnerships that enable innovation at scale. With a foundation in AI product development and a leadership team supported by strategic investors, the company now sees itself better positioned to solve complex problems across industries. The presence of high-profile advisors signals a growing recognition of wAI Industries in the global technology landscape, as it aligns its expertise with emerging fields such as enterprise blockchain, computational biology, and policy-driven innovation. The company described its expanded advisory group as a collective of giants, reinforcing its belief that progress comes from building on the contributions of global pioneers.
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