Pranay Pasula is a Senior AI Research Scientist at JPMorgan AI Research. He leads initiatives in reinforcement learning, lifelong learning, transfer learning, and deep learning, fields that serve as the building blocks for powerful interactive foundation models like ChatGPT and GPT-4, and has published peer-reviewed research in each. He received his Masters in Computer Science from UC Berkeley after giving up a fast-moving career in the Energy industry in order to pursue AI research and applications full-time. During his free time, he enjoys competing in tennis, reading classic literature, rehabbing wildlife, and being outdoors.