Himanshu Gupta

Himanshu Gupta is an Indian American climate policy expert, engineer and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer of [https://climate.ai/ ClimateAI], a climate adaptation technology company recognized by Time magazine as one of the best inventions in 2022. Gupta was elected as a [https://www.weforum.org/press/2025/04/from-grammy-award-winning-artist-to-unicorn-founders-meet-the-young-global-leaders-class-of-2025/ Young Global Leader] by the World Economic Forum and was awarded the UP Gaurav Samman, the highest civilian honor by his home state in India, presented jointly by the Vice President of India and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Insider Magazine named him among the top 100 global leaders in AI. He is known for conceiving influential ideas in climate adaptation, such as adaptation credits and supply chain climate adaptation plans.

Gupta held roles from 2011 onwards for the Government of India in the energy sector, specializing in renewable and low carbon energy. In 2012, he drafted and created India's Renewable Energy Chapter in its National Five Year Plan, probably the youngest person to do so. In 2016, Himanshu was included in the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 India list for his work in energy and climate change space in India. He then went onto work with Al Gore as an expert on India's climate policy and co-authored a paper with Nicholas Stern and Montek Singh Ahluwalia on India's low carbon future. He then co-founded ClimateAI in 2017, which has currently raised $38 million and models the risk of climate change on supply chains. In 2023, he was named one of the top 100 people in Artificial Intelligence by Business Insider for his groundbreaking work on applying AI to climate adaptation solutions. Gupta was interviewed at World Economic Forum Davos on Applications of AI to food and water security and believes AI is a time and effectiveness multiplier for solutions to climate change. Provided by Wikipedia