Navneet Rastogi

Navneet is the Founder and CEO of Illumine, an AI-native childcare management platform used by over 4,000 preschools, daycares, nurseries, and Montessori centers, including a growing base of programs across the United States. He started the company in 2018, bringing a computer science background and a decade of engineering leadership to a sector that had been underserved by software, and holds a Certificate in Early Education Leadership.

He is a regular speaker at early childhood conferences across the United States, where his session “Childcare is Entering Its AI Era” looks at the four areas artificial intelligence (AI) is already changing for center teams: documentation, administration, enrollment, and leadership. He is equally direct about where it does not belong, including child development, child safety, and sensitive family conversations.