Ankur Gupta is an entrepreneur, teacher, and mentor. Through his company, Inner Lab, he created a groundbreaking program for 7- to 11-year-old children called The Curiosity Workshops for Kids. The program aims to help children learn and master the one thing devices and AI never will: being human.

Over the past twenty years, he has worked with hundreds of children in classrooms and after-school programs, and has led workshops for both children and families, continually perfecting the program.

Ankur Gupta is an IIT Delhi engineer and Cornell University MBA. He spent fifteen years in data and AI development in Silicon Valley before leaving a senior leadership role to pursue his passion for building a unique child development tool. This passion led him to start Inner Lab, where he now researches and teaches all classes.

Inner Lab grew out of his experiences raising his two children and twenty years of testing the concepts with children and families. The Curiosity Workshops for Kids is a seven-week program featuring small groups of six to eight children. The program focuses on four areas of child development: curiosity, connection, purpose, and courage.

The Curiosity Workshops for Kids helps young graduates become curious again and less reliant on, or captive to, technology. They tend to be more curious, try new things without fear, make their own choices instead of following the crowd, aim higher for excellence, and have greater confidence as people who can make a difference. Results also show stronger family bonds through improved communication.

Ankur Gupta has plans to grow and expand the current program to include Curiosity Workshops for 12- to 16-year-old children, along with parents and teachers.