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Deon

Deon is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Forethought, the leading generative AI platform for customer support automation. Previously served as CEO, scaling the company over seven years. An early engineer at Pure Storage and Dropbox, he brings deep technical expertise to building AI-first enterprise products.

Archit

I'm a problem-solver, excited to solve real-world problems using large foundational AI Models. I've worked at Meta, Google and Waymo on AI research and applied AI. I am currently exploring ways to build the AI-powered future of human-computer interaction.

Warren

Warren was previously a Partner at Sequoia Capital where he worked shoulder-to-shoulder with founders to build large, enduring businesses.

Pierre

Hi, I’m Pierre Ettori, a seasoned technology leader with 15+ years of experience building and scaling Cloud and SaaS products. I’ve led product and go-to-market efforts at companies like Google and Temporal, and I was the CEO and co-founder of Styra, creators of the Open Policy Agent (OPA) project. I was also part of Nicira’s journey to acquisition by VMware. As a former professional athlete turned tech leader, I bring energy, focus, and a passion for helping businesses adopt transformative technologies to build better products, faster.

Adam

Former Product Head at Palantir, multi-time CPO, and owner of First Principles, a product agency for emerging tech companies. Adam is the author and host of www.emergentproduct.com and is passionate about solving complex missions and AI-First products.

Matthew

PhD in RL, building new ways of using RL + LLMs

Akshay

Lifelong builder, just switched to Consumer from deep tech. Previously built Log9 ($13M Annual Rev, raised $50M+) Passionate about user experience and delight. Always up for a Trek, Gym Sesh or supporting climate initiatives.

Sudeep

Co-founder / CEO @vlmrun | Founder Fellow @southpkcommons Ex-ML Lead @ToyotaResearch | CS PhD @MIT CSAIL #girldad

Avery

Co-founder @symphoniclabs, UWaterloo Eng 24 prev @tesla, Building neural interafaces for silent speech

Evan

Tinkerer with a background in AI and Education, interested in building tools for better pedagogy and tools for thinking. Currently thinking about how to build a better online reading experience. Let's chat about LLMs, Jose Luis Borges, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.