Rahul Sood

Rahul Sood is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Irreverent Labs, an artificial intelligence and gaming startup based in Seattle, Washington. He previously founded VoodooPC, a luxury gaming computer manufacturer that was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2006, where he subsequently served as the Chief Technology Officer for HP's Global Gaming Business. Following his tenure at HP, Sood joined Microsoft as the General Manager of Microsoft Ventures, launching the Bing Fund and overseeing the corporation's global startup accelerator programs and seed investments. In 2014, he established Unikrn, an esports betting platform that raised over $30 million in venture funding before being acquired by Entain in 2021. His current professional focus centers on leveraging generative AI and blockchain technology to develop advanced video generation models and interactive entertainment experiences for the broader global technology and gaming markets.