Akash Kapur is a Senior Fellow at Planetary Politics at New America, the GovLab at NYU, and a Visiting Lecturer and Research Scholar at Princeton University, where he is co-leading an initiative on Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI). His work focuses on data ethics, digital inclusion, AI in the Global South, Internet governance, and the interaction of technology and development. He is the author of two critically-acclaimed books, the recipient of a Whiting Nonfiction Grant, and writes regularly for a variety of publications, including the New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times (where he is a former columnist).
