Ting Cai

Ting Cai is the Chief AI & Data Officer at Rakuten Group, where he has been shaping the Rakuten AI vision and strategy and leading the research, engineering, product, and service teams to deliver solid results for Rakuten businesses, partners, and employees. He initiated the investment in deep learning foundation, large language models, led the team to provide large scale AI services such as, search, recommendation, advertising, conversation, and agent experiences to Rakuten businesses and partners.

Before joining Rakuten, Ting served as a Senior Director at Google, overseeing the Local Search product strategy and development. Prior to that, he held various senior leadership roles at Microsoft in Bing and Commerce, including serving as General Manager for News & Feeds. He holds a master's degree in computer science from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the University of Washington.