About Gokul Mohanty

Gokul Mohanty is an American businessman, AI researcher, inventor and angel investor based in Los Angeles and Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is the inventor of the AI Visibility Index (AIVI), the AI Reputation Score (AIRS) and the Generative Information Engine (GIE) framework, the measurement frameworks behind generative engine optimization (GEO). He co-founded Nezz, Nightingale and CTRL Reality, holds stakes in 16 companies, is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, and is a viral creator with more than 340,000 followers across Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn.

1999. Born in Sept-Îles, Quebec. Raised in France and Germany, then California from age four. His father, Dr. Gopal Mohanty, is a professor of regulatory science at USC and has served on an FDA advisory board.

2005. Piano at six. Classically trained pianist, later a hip-hop producer. Eagle Scout at sixteen.

2021. UC San Diego, then Deloitte. B.S. from UC San Diego. At Deloitte in Los Angeles he founded Deloitte Blue, an internal partner-funded investment initiative, and backed ImmerseGT, the Georgia Tech VR hackathon he founded, which drew 400+ students from 49 universities in 9 countries in 2023.

2024. VScale. Founded VScale, a PR and media-visibility firm for founders, while at Harvard.

2025. Harvard and the frameworks. Research assistant at Harvard Business School, using NLP to study how leaders win and lose public trust. Invented AIVI and AIRS and coined the Generative Information Engine. Named a World Economic Forum Global Shaper.

2026. Nezz, Nightingale, CTRL Reality. Co-founded three companies in banking, clinical research and AI. Published five papers with DOIs. Davos delegate. Harvard i-lab President's Innovation Challenge semifinalist. Nezz pitched on stage at Finance Montréal's Fintech Pitch Battle. Filed provisional patents for Nezz and Nightingale. Went viral, passing 340K followers across platforms.

Recognition

Fintech Pitch Battle (2026). Nezz selected as one of 10 fintechs to pitch on stage at Finance Montréal.

World Economic Forum Global Shaper (2025 –). Los Angeles Hub of the Global Shapers Community.

Davos delegate (2026). World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.

President's Innovation Challenge (2026). Semifinalist, Harvard Innovation Labs, with CTRL Reality.

Two U.S. provisional patents (2026). Named inventor for Nezz and Nightingale.

Google Scholar (h-index 4). Five papers with DOIs on Zenodo and ResearchGate.

Viral creator (340K+). Followers across platforms: 300K+ on @mrjaykrossover, 28K+ on @jaykrossover, 5K+ on TikTok and 7K+ on LinkedIn.

Founder, Deloitte Blue (2021 – 2025). Internal, partner-funded investment initiative at Deloitte.

Lonch advisory board (2024). Announced on Business Wire.