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Vishal Sikka Ph.D. in 1996 from Stanford University. His dissertation was titled "Integrating Specialized Procedures into Proof Systems" and his thesis advisor was Michael Genesereth. Marvin Minsky, one of the fathers of AI, wrote a recommendation letter for Sikka for his admission to Stanford. John McCarthy, also known as a father of AI, was one of Sikka's teachers. After a brief stint at Xerox's research labs, Sikka founded iBrain which competed at the time with Business Objects. iBrain was acquired by PatternRX, Inc. His second startup, Bodha.com, focused on developing technology for non-invasive, service-based integration of enterprise applications and information. Sikka joined