Akash Vukoti (born May 29, 2009) is an American child prodigy, TV personality, and motivational speaker from San Angelo, Texas.

His first television appearance was in the NBC TV show Little Big Shots with Steve Harvey in March 2016.

This made Vukoti the only person to compete at the Scripps National Spelling Bee for a record 6 times.

Episode 231 of Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel titled “Brain Games and Mental Athletes” featured Vukoti and aired on June 21, 2016, on HBO.

Notably, he gave a keynote address at the Charter Institute at Erskine School District Principals' Meeting in Columbia, South Carolina on February 28th, 2024.

He has also donated to Bharat Ke Veer,[85] an Indian government initiative supporting the families of deceased Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles personnel.

Vukoti has also donated to non-profit organizations the American Red Cross Society and the Government of India's PM CARES Fund to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.