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Navrina Singh

Navrina Singh builds AI governance tools through Credo AI and brings questions of AI accountability into public policy. A scholarship took her from India to UW–Madison, where she earned a master's in electrical and computer engineering, followed by an MBA at USC Marshall. Her career moved from Qualcomm wireless engineering to Microsoft software and cloud work, and she founded Credo AI in 2020 to help organizations govern and monitor AI systems. She joined the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee in 2022, appeared on TIME’s TIME100 AI in 2025, and received the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s 2026 Luminary Award. As of October 2026, she is Credo AI’s founder and CEO; its governance work extends from predictive and generative AI to agentic systems.

Now at
Credo AI

Timeline

  1. 2003

    A scholarship to Wisconsin

    A scholarship helped her leave India for higher education in the United States. She earned a master's degree in electrical and computer engineering at UW–Madison in 2003; her degrees also include an engineering bachelor's from India and an MBA from USC Marshall.

  2. By 2020

    From wireless to cloud

    After more than a decade in Qualcomm research and development on wireless technologies for mobile devices, she moved to Microsoft for software and cloud computing work, where questions about responsible AI took shape.

  3. 2020

    Building Credo AI

    She founded Credo AI in 2020 to address questions of AI responsibility. Its platform gives organizations a centralized way to govern, measure, and monitor AI systems while keeping pace with global regulations and standards.

  4. 2022

    Joining the AI policy table

    In April 2022, the Department of Commerce appointed her to the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee. The committee advises the President and the National AI Initiative Office on AI issues.

  5. 2025

    A place on TIME100 AI

    TIME included her among the innovators on its 2025 TIME100 AI list.

  6. 2026

    Global advice and a UW honor

    She serves as an AI expert at OECD and an adviser to the UN AI Advisory Board. The Wisconsin Alumni Association named her a 2026 Luminary Award winner.

  7. As of October 2026

    Guiding AI governance

    She is Credo AI’s founder and CEO. Its governance work spans AI risk and compliance across the lifecycle, moving from predictive and generative AI to agentic systems.

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  1. Meet 2026 Luminary Award Winner Navrina Singh MS’03 | Wisconsin Alumni Association uwalumni.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. Navrina Singh - USC Marshall - USC Marshall marshall.usc.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. U.S. Department of Commerce Appoints 27 Members to National AI Advisory Committee | NIST nist.gov. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar S. added to the 2025 TIME 100 AI List - The Economic Times economictimes.indiatimes.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. Member Spotlight: Q&A with Credo AI | CHAI chai.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. The Deep View: Conversations | Transcript: AI safety needs more than good intentions tdv.transistor.fm. Checked 14 October 2026.