About
I am a technology entrepreneur and investor based in Los Angeles.
In 2005 I cofounded Deco Enterprises, an LED lighting company, straight out of college with a degree in Electrical Engineering. I ran the company for 14 years and led it through a successful exit in 2019.
After that I transitioned into investing and tech advisory through BEP Holdings. I focus on seed-stage companies at the intersection of AI, infrastructure, and scalable business models. I publish deep-dive research on semiconductors, AI infrastructure, and public markets at BEP Research, which hosts my tokenomics tool tracking AI infrastructure unit economics, along with my Substack.
I am a member of YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization) and serve on the leadership board of the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation.
Press
Featured and quoted in:
- The Wall Street Journal — “AI Is Using So Much Energy That Computing Firepower Is Running Out”
“Everyone’s talking about oil, but I think what the world is mainly short of is tokens… AI is at this point no longer just some chatbot that we ask for a recipe while we stand in front of the fridge. It’s orchestrating tasks, it’s getting smarter.”
— Ben Pouladian, quoted in The Wall Street Journal
Videos
I post video commentary and on-the-ground interviews from NVIDIA GTC, Arm, and other industry events on my YouTube channel. See the videos page for recent highlights.
Contact
- Email: ben@bepholdings.com
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/benpouladian
- X/Twitter: @benitoz
- YouTube: @BEPResearch
- Research hub: bepresearch.com
- Substack: bepresearch.substack.com