San Francisco Bay Area
Adam Cheyer is an inventor, entrepreneur, engineering executive, and a pioneer in AI and computer human interfaces. Adam has been a co-founder or founding member of five successful startups, including Siri (sold to Apple, where he led server-side engineering and AI for the Siri assistant), Change.org (the world's largest petition platform), Viv Labs (sold to Samsung, where he led product engineering and developer relations for Samsung’s voice assistant), Sentient (massively distributed machine learning), and GamePlanner.AI (helping the world make better decisions, acquired by Airbnb where he served as VP of AI Experience). Previously, Adam was VP Engineering at Verticalnet (enterprise software) and Dejima (mobile software). Adam also spent more than a decade at SRI International, where his most recent role was as Chief Architect of CALO/PAL, the US government's largest funded AI project. Adam has authored more than 60 publications and 50 patents. He graduated with highest honors from Brandeis University and received the “Outstanding Masters Student” award from UCLA’s School of Engineering.
Change.org is the premier social network for social good. - Founding team member, with Ben Rattray, Darren Haas, Mark Dimas. - Implemented first version of the system in Ruby on Rails. - Helped grow and hire early technical team. - Continue in role as advisor.
Speaking topics include artificial intelligence, future trends in technology, and how to build successful startups. For more information about availability please contact BigSpeak at [email protected], or call (805) 965-1400.