Rohit Anabheri is the Founder and CEO of LotusPetal AI, an AI-native platform transforming how federal contractors respond to RFPs, manage bids, and navigate procurement intelligence. He is the author of the forthcoming book The Intelligence Dividend: Transforming AI from a Cost Center to a Growth Fund, which reframes enterprise AI adoption around measurable returns rather than experimentation budgets.

Over more than two decades as an entrepreneur, Rohit has built and led six ventures across generative AI, cybersecurity, blockchain, deeptech, biotech, and clean energy. His technical work spans applied generative AI systems, autonomous cyber threat detection, and the design of AI systems optimized for robustness and fairness — with production deployments in high-stakes environments including federal contracting and critical infrastructure. Beyond building companies, Rohit advises governments and policy bodies on the responsible deployment of AI, contributing to conversations on data privacy, algorithmic transparency, and safeguards against AI misuse. He is a consistent advocate for inclusive, multi-stakeholder policy processes that keep pace with the technology itself.

At AI4 2026, Rohit will draw on his LotusPetal AI case study and the frameworks in The Intelligence Dividend to challenge the prevailing enterprise view of AI as an efficiency lever — and offer a practical model for treating AI as a compounding growth asset.