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CEO and co-founder of LangChain, the most widely-used framework for building LLM-powered applications. Legendary for his deep presence in the developer community, paying close attention to developer problems and shipping solutions rapidly. Built the orchestration layer that powers thousands of AI applications in production.

CEO and co-founder of LlamaIndex, the leading framework for building document agents and RAG systems. Previously held roles at Apple, Quora, Two Sigma, and Uber. Under his leadership, LlamaIndex crossed 600,000+ monthly downloads and raised $8.5M from Greylock. Teaches advanced RAG courses on DeepLearning.AI.

Founder of Aurelio AI and ex-Pinecone developer advocate. One of the most prominent AI educators on YouTube, known for breaking down complex AI concepts with practical code walkthroughs. Co-authored the LangChain AI Handbook and created the comprehensive 5-hour LangChain Mastery course covering agentic systems, LangSmith, and LCEL.

British programmer, co-creator of the Django web framework, and one of the best-known software engineers experimenting with LLMs to boost productivity. Runs simonwillison.net, an influential blog offering practical analysis of LLM advancements. Built 77+ HTML/JS apps and 6+ Python apps entirely by prompting LLMs. Created the LLM command-line tool for running prompts from the terminal.

Editor of Latent Space, the leading AI engineering newsletter and podcast. Popularized the term 'AI Engineer.' Previously led developer tooling at AWS, Two Sigma, and three devtool unicorns (Netlify, Temporal, Airbyte). Former currency options trader. Curates the AI Engineer Summit, the top conference for AI Engineers. Founded Smol AI for LLM data pipelines.

Creator of DSPy, the framework for programming—not prompting—language models. PhD from Stanford NLP, advised by Matei Zaharia and Christopher Potts. Research Scientist at Databricks. DSPy has been adopted by both ML engineers and non-ML software engineers for building modular AI systems with automatic prompt optimization.

Creator of DSPy, the framework for programming—not prompting—language models. PhD from Stanford NLP, advised by Matei Zaharia and Christopher Potts. Research Scientist at Databricks. DSPy has been adopted by both ML engineers and non-ML software engineers for building modular AI systems with automatic prompt optimization.

Creator of Instructor, the most popular Python library for structured data extraction from LLMs with 3M+ monthly downloads and 11k+ GitHub stars. Former Staff ML Engineer at Stitch Fix. Instructor was cited by OpenAI as inspiration for their structured output feature. Works as a freelancer solving business problems using structured LLM outputs.

Co-founder and CEO of Weaviate, the most widely adopted open-source vector database in the enterprise. Started the Weaviate project in March 2016. Raised over $67M to power the future of vector databases. Hosts a popular podcast featuring AI researchers and practitioners.

Founder of Modal Labs, the high-performance serverless cloud for developers that reached unicorn status ($1.1B valuation) in September 2025. Previously spent 7 years at Spotify where he built the music recommendation system and created Luigi, the popular workflow scheduler. Also built Annoy, one of the first open-source vector databases based on ANN search.

CEO and co-founder of Weights & Biases, the MLOps platform used by organizations like OpenAI, Salesforce, and Microsoft. Co-founded W&B with Chris Van Pelt and Shawn Lewis in 2017. What began with experiment tracking at OpenAI grew into an end-to-end MLOps platform used by millions. W&B was acquired by CoreWeave in March 2025 for $1.7B.

Microsoft MVP, GitHub Star, and author of 'The GitHub Copilot Handbook.' Empowers teams to work smarter with GitHub tools, automating processes, improving security, and driving value delivery through practical hands-on learning. Speaks at conferences worldwide and shares insights through blogs, courses, and workshops.

Creative Director at OCA with clients including Meta, Google, Ogilvy, McKinney, and Nike. One of the most recognized Midjourney experts, teaching how to control and integrate AI into creative workflows. His Discord server charts 2,500+ different style codes. Teaches 'Midjourney for Creatives' on Maven covering beginner to advanced prompting.

Art Director and Visual Artist blending traditional techniques with generative AI tools. Pioneer of 'post-photography' and 'synthography.' Featured in The New York Times and The Washington Post. Collaborated with Netflix. Explores the creative potential of AI in storytelling across photography, cinema, and video production.

Founder of Modal Labs, the high-performance serverless cloud for developers that reached unicorn status ($1.1B valuation) in September 2025. Previously spent 7 years at Spotify where he built the music recommendation system and created Luigi, the popular workflow scheduler. Also built Annoy, one of the first open-source vector databases based on ANN search.

CEO and founder of Groq, creator of the LPU (Language Processing Unit) that delivers up to 18x faster inference than traditional GPUs. Creator of Google's TPU (Tensor Processing Unit). A high school dropout who became one of the most influential figures in AI hardware. Groq's technology was valued at ~$20B in Nvidia's December 2025 licensing deal.

Global Chief Design Officer at IBM Consulting, leading the integration of AI into enterprise creative workflows. Advocates for Adobe Firefly as a tool to rapidly generate imagery aligned with brand standards and democratize the creative process.

Grammy-winning record producer who has worked with Frank Ocean, Erykah Badu, and Jay-Z. Now serves as product manager and musician liaison at Suno AI. Monitors Suno's VIP program — a private group of thousands of top music-makers with early access to new products. Bridges the gap between professional musicians and AI music tools.

Co-founder and CEO of CrewAI, the open-source framework for building and orchestrating multi-agent systems. What began as a side project in late 2023 grew into one of the most widely used agent platforms, powering 475M+ automations per month across nearly half of Fortune 500 companies. Teaches multi-agent systems courses on DeepLearning.AI.

Creative Director at OCA with clients including Meta, Google, Ogilvy, McKinney, and Nike. One of the most recognized Midjourney experts, teaching how to control and integrate AI into creative workflows. His Discord server charts 2,500+ different style codes. Teaches 'Midjourney for Creatives' on Maven covering beginner to advanced prompting.

Founder of Modal Labs, the high-performance serverless cloud for developers that reached unicorn status ($1.1B valuation) in September 2025. Previously spent 7 years at Spotify where he built the music recommendation system and created Luigi, the popular workflow scheduler. Also built Annoy, one of the first open-source vector databases based on ANN search.

CEO and founder of Groq, creator of the LPU (Language Processing Unit) that delivers up to 18x faster inference than traditional GPUs. Creator of Google's TPU (Tensor Processing Unit). A high school dropout who became one of the most influential figures in AI hardware. Groq's technology was valued at ~$20B in Nvidia's December 2025 licensing deal.

Co-founder and CEO of OthersideAI (HyperWrite), building advanced AI autocomplete and writing tools. Creator of the open-source GPT-Prompt-Engineer tool. Angel investor through Shumer Capital backing AI infra, dev tools, and agent-native products. His viral 5,000-word essay on AI drew 75M+ views on X and was covered by Fortune, Inc., and major media.

Microsoft MVP, GitHub Star, and author of 'The GitHub Copilot Handbook.' Empowers teams to work smarter with GitHub tools, automating processes, improving security, and driving value delivery through practical hands-on learning. Speaks at conferences worldwide and shares insights through blogs, courses, and workshops.

Associate Professor at Wharton studying AI's effects on work, entrepreneurship, and education. Named one of TIME Magazine's Most Influential People in AI. Author of the NYT bestseller 'Co-Intelligence.' Creator of the One Useful Thing newsletter with 50k+ subscribers. Advised the President's Intelligence Advisory Board on AI. Co-directs Wharton's Generative AI Labs.

Editor of Latent Space, the leading AI engineering newsletter and podcast. Popularized the term 'AI Engineer.' Previously led developer tooling at AWS, Two Sigma, and three devtool unicorns (Netlify, Temporal, Airbyte). Former currency options trader. Curates the AI Engineer Summit, the top conference for AI Engineers. Founded Smol AI for LLM data pipelines.

Co-founder and CEO of OthersideAI (HyperWrite), building advanced AI autocomplete and writing tools. Creator of the open-source GPT-Prompt-Engineer tool. Angel investor through Shumer Capital backing AI infra, dev tools, and agent-native products. His viral 5,000-word essay on AI drew 75M+ views on X and was covered by Fortune, Inc., and major media.

One of the most influential AI educators in the world. Co-founded Coursera and Google Brain. Former VP at Baidu leading 1,300-person AI Group. Founded DeepLearning.AI which offers courses on LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, and more. His machine learning course has been taken by millions worldwide.

CEO of Kozyr and formerly Google's first Chief Decision Scientist. Pioneered the field of Decision Intelligence at Google. Now focuses on AI governance, leadership strategy, and organizational AI transformation. Known for making complex AI concepts accessible to business leaders.

CMO at Copy.ai, the first GTM AI Platform. Started in B2B SaaS in 2013 as 6th employee at Looker (acquired by Google for $2.6B). Previously CMO at Clari. Under his leadership, Copy.ai pivoted from a copywriting app to an end-to-end GTM workflow automation platform, growing revenue 260% in eight months.

CEO and co-founder of LangChain, the most widely-used framework for building LLM-powered applications. Legendary for his deep presence in the developer community, paying close attention to developer problems and shipping solutions rapidly. Built the orchestration layer that powers thousands of AI applications in production.

British programmer, co-creator of the Django web framework, and one of the best-known software engineers experimenting with LLMs to boost productivity. Runs simonwillison.net, an influential blog offering practical analysis of LLM advancements. Built 77+ HTML/JS apps and 6+ Python apps entirely by prompting LLMs. Created the LLM command-line tool for running prompts from the terminal.

Associate Professor at Wharton studying AI's effects on work, entrepreneurship, and education. Named one of TIME Magazine's Most Influential People in AI. Author of the NYT bestseller 'Co-Intelligence.' Creator of the One Useful Thing newsletter with 50k+ subscribers. Advised the President's Intelligence Advisory Board on AI. Co-directs Wharton's Generative AI Labs.

Editor of Latent Space, the leading AI engineering newsletter and podcast. Popularized the term 'AI Engineer.' Previously led developer tooling at AWS, Two Sigma, and three devtool unicorns (Netlify, Temporal, Airbyte). Former currency options trader. Curates the AI Engineer Summit, the top conference for AI Engineers. Founded Smol AI for LLM data pipelines.

Art Director and Visual Artist blending traditional techniques with generative AI tools. Pioneer of 'post-photography' and 'synthography.' Featured in The New York Times and The Washington Post. Collaborated with Netflix. Explores the creative potential of AI in storytelling across photography, cinema, and video production.

Co-founder and CEO of OthersideAI (HyperWrite), building advanced AI autocomplete and writing tools. Creator of the open-source GPT-Prompt-Engineer tool. Angel investor through Shumer Capital backing AI infra, dev tools, and agent-native products. His viral 5,000-word essay on AI drew 75M+ views on X and was covered by Fortune, Inc., and major media.

Founder of Aurelio AI and ex-Pinecone developer advocate. One of the most prominent AI educators on YouTube, known for breaking down complex AI concepts with practical code walkthroughs. Co-authored the LangChain AI Handbook and created the comprehensive 5-hour LangChain Mastery course covering agentic systems, LangSmith, and LCEL.

Associate Professor at Wharton studying AI's effects on work, entrepreneurship, and education. Named one of TIME Magazine's Most Influential People in AI. Author of the NYT bestseller 'Co-Intelligence.' Creator of the One Useful Thing newsletter with 50k+ subscribers. Advised the President's Intelligence Advisory Board on AI. Co-directs Wharton's Generative AI Labs.

Founding member of OpenAI and former Director of AI at Tesla where he led the Autopilot computer vision team. PhD from Stanford under Fei-Fei Li. Created Stanford's CS 231n course which grew from 150 to 750 students. Founded Eureka Labs for AI education. Released nanoGPT and nanochat as open-source educational tools. One of the most influential AI educators, with his Neural Networks: Zero to Hero series widely considered the gold standard.

Microsoft MVP, GitHub Star, and author of 'The GitHub Copilot Handbook.' Empowers teams to work smarter with GitHub tools, automating processes, improving security, and driving value delivery through practical hands-on learning. Speaks at conferences worldwide and shares insights through blogs, courses, and workshops.

One of the most influential AI educators in the world. Co-founded Coursera and Google Brain. Former VP at Baidu leading 1,300-person AI Group. Founded DeepLearning.AI which offers courses on LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, and more. His machine learning course has been taken by millions worldwide.

Co-founder of Harvey AI, the leading AI platform for legal professionals. Background as an attorney in antitrust and securities litigation. Harvey has surpassed $50M ARR, expanded to 235 enterprise customers, and achieved a $3B valuation. Allen & Overy deployed Harvey to 4,000+ lawyers across 43 jurisdictions.