Ishgun Singh Arora is a San Francisco-based tech entrepreneur, machine learning expert, and LaunchX Alum who is on a mission to help brands navigate the biggest shift in internet behavior since the invention of the search engine. He is currently the co-founder of XLR8 AI, a fast-growing, bootstrapped tech startup specializing in Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). XLR8 AI helps enterprise clients reverse-engineer how AI models select data, allowing them to surface organically in responses generated by ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude. An alumnus of Carnegie Mellon University, Ishgun has launched six distinct ventures by age 25, ranging from a profitable virtual education platform during the pandemic to a venture-backed Web3 digital fashion company. Today, Ishgun’s entrepreneurial journey has come full circle as he is currently one of LaunchX’s Strategic Partners.

Ishgun was the President of High School LaunchX Club in 2016 and Regional Director of LaunchX Asia and Australia 2017. As part of his role, he organized the Asia conference in Thailand.