
Neeti brings over two decades of industry experience to her doctoral research at the Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge. She has held senior executive roles in business development and strategic partnerships at Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, GE Healthcare, VMware, and Broadcom. Based in San Francisco, she is the Founder and CEO of AI Partnerships, advising organizations navigating the AI ecosystem, particularly those working with major platforms such as Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Meta, Broadcom, Tesla, Apple, and NVIDIA.
Her research focuses on the intersection of AI innovation, ecosystem strategy, and the evolving role of partnerships in shaping the AI technology stack. She is especially interested in big-tech platform dynamics, emerging AI strategic partnerships and ecosystems as well as their governance models, and commercialization strategies influence responsible AI deployment.
Outside of her professional life, Neeti is passionate about yoga and is a lifelong learning. She brings a global, cross-disciplinary perspective to both her research and community engagement.
She holds advanced degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA), Indian Institute of Technology (India), Harvard Business Analytics Program (USA), De Montfort University (UK), and the School of Planning and Architecture (India).

- Institute for Manufacturing
- 17 Charles Babbage Road
- Cambridge CB3 0FS
Research
- Artificial Intelligence
- Asset Management
- Business Model Innovation
- Computer Aided Manufacturing
- Decision-Making for Emerging Technologies
- Design Management
- Digital Manufacturing
- Distributed Information & Automation Laboratory
- Ecosystems, Platforms & Strategy
- Fluids in Advanced Manufacturing
- Healthcare
- Industrial Photonics
- Industrial Resilience
- Industrial Sustainability
- Inkjet Research
- Innovation and Intellectual Property
- International Manufacturing
- Manufacturing Industry Education Research
- NanoManufacturing
- Science, Technology & Innovation Policy
- Strategy and Performance
- Technology Enterprise
- Technology Management
- Service Alliance
- University Commercialisation and Innovation Policy Evidence Unit