Beyond the Rearview Mirror: Are You Ready to Look Ahead? | Nadab Akhtar | TEDxParkland
In a world moving faster than ever, most decision models are still staring into the rearview mirror—relying only on the past to guess the future. In this powerful talk, Nadab Akhtar, Founder and Managing Partner of Excite, introduces a new way forward: quantum-inspired intelligence that senses the present and adapts in real time.Blending physics, finance, and frontier systems thinking, Nadab reveals how Excite's algorithms don't just predict — they anticipate — by modeling motion, causality, and uncertainty itself. Instead of clinging to static histories, Excite builds living, dynamic models of reality—allowing leaders to move faster, see further, and stay adaptive in an unpredictable world.Join us for a glimpse into the future of decision-making, where sensing beats guessing, and leadership means looking ahead. Mr. Nadab Akhtar is an entrepreneur and investment banker with over 15 years of experience, including nearly a decade in corporate advisory and M&A transactions.He is the Founder and Managing Partner of Excite (formerly Old Parkland Capital), a quantitative trading firm that leverages AI-driven strategies to predict market movements and manage risk more dynamically than traditional fund managers.Additionally, Mr. Akhtar is the Co-Founder, President, and COO of CrowdPoint Technologies, Inc., a leader in Quantum-as-a-Service (QaaS) and non-cryogenic quantum computing.He also serves as an advisor to Cardone Ventures and its M&A practice, 10X Buy/Sell.Previously, Mr. Akhtar was the Chief Operating Officer of Nexus Health Capital, a boutique investment banking firm specializing in middle-market healthcare services. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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