The GeekWire Summit | Speakers revealed

GeekWire Summit returns October 19th, grab tickets today! [View this email in your browser]( Clockwise from upper left: Sci-fi author Ted Chiang, Redfin CTO Bridget Frey, Screenwriter Eric Heisserer, GitHub CPO Inbal Shani, Read AI CEO David Shim, Factory managing partner Diego Oppenheimer, Pollen Systems CEO Keith McCall, author and entrepreneur Juliette Powell, Overland AI CEO Byron Boots, and Microsoft President Charlotte Yarkoni. The GeekWire Summit, speakers revealed! We’re reinventing our annual technology conference, now in its 12th year, with a half-day format focused on the new era of artificial intelligence, and a new venue, the beloved former Cinerama in Seattle. In addition to in-depth panels and fireside chats, this year’s [GeekWire Summi]( will include unique opportunities to connect and a surprise geeky movie screening, topped off with the theater’s world-famous chocolate popcorn! Tickets available [here](. Check out this year's Summit Speakers: - Ted Chiang, the award-winning science-fiction writer who was just named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in AI. His novella, “Story of Your Life,” was adapted into the 2016 motion picture, Arrival. - Charlotte Yarkoni, Microsoft President, Commerce + Ecosystems for Cloud + AI, who works closely with startups and large companies adopting AI technologies. - Redfin CTO Bridget Frey, who is on the front lines of AI, leading software and engineering teams at the Seattle-based real estate brokerage and technology company. - Eric Heisserer, a screenwriter, producer, director, and showrunner known for films including Arrival and BIRD BOX, and the YA fantasy series Shadow & Bone. - GitHub Chief Product Officer Inbal Shani, who has led engineering and product teams at Amazon and Microsoft, with extensive experience in AI and large language models. - Diego Oppenheimer, managing partner at AI-focused venture fund Factory, former Algorithmia CEO, a serial entrepreneur, product developer and investor. - Juliette Powell, entrepreneur, technologist, strategist, and author of the new book, “The AI Dilemma: 7 Principles for Responsible Technology.” - David Shim, co-founder and CEO of Read AI, a Seattle startup focused on artificial intelligence for meetings; the former CEO of Foursquare; and founder and former CEO of Placed, which was acquired by Snapchat in 2017. - Byron Boots, who leads autonomous vehicle startup Overland AI and serves as the Amazon professor of Machine Learning at the University of Washington. - AI veteran Keith McCall, founder and CEO at Pollen Systems, which is developing AI technologies to help feed the world; and CEO at Everyvine, which is using AI to create more available and accessible wines. [Grab tickets today!]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Website]( Copyright © 2023 GeekWire LLC, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted to receive emails from GeekWire. Our mailing address is: GeekWire LLC 123 NW 36th St Suite 203Seattle, Washington 98107 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.