The right AI speakers don't just explain the technology—they shift how your audience thinks about it. Whether you're planning an AI conference, summit, or internal event, the speaker you book sets the tone. I've rounded up the best speakers working today: thinkers who go beyond hype to deliver real insight your audience can act on.
Top 18 AI Speakers
Below are the profiles of the top AI speakers, covering who they are and the impact they've made in this space.
Andrew Ng
AI Educator, Researcher & Entrepreneur
Palo Alto, United States
Focus area:
#Machine learning#Generative AI#AI education#Agentic AI#AI entrepreneurship
Andrew Ng founded DeepLearning.AI and leads AI Fund, combining AI education, research, and company building. His earlier leadership roles include Stanford, Google Brain, Coursera, and Baidu.
Through courses, newsletters, startup building, and…
Fei-Fei Li
AI Researcher & Entrepreneur
Stanford, United States
Focus area:
#Computer vision#Spatial intelligence#Human-centered AI#World models#AI research
Fei-Fei Li is co-founder and CEO of World Labs and the founding co-director of Stanford HAI. She is a Stanford computer science professor with pioneering work in computer vision and human-centered AI.
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Geoffrey Hinton
AI Researcher & Nobel Laureate
Canada
Focus area:
#Deep learning#Neural networks#Machine learning#AI safety#AI research
Geoffrey Hinton is a University Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto and a 2024 Nobel laureate whose foundational neural-network research helped shape modern deep learning and AI.
Hinton’s work on neural…
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Demis Hassabis
AI Research & Science Leader
United Kingdom
Focus area:
#Artificial general intelligence#AI research#Scientific discovery#AI safety#Deep learning
Demis Hassabis co-founded DeepMind and now serves as chair of Google DeepMind and chief scientist of Alphabet. His work include AGI, advanced research, and AI-enabled scientific discovery.
Hassabis has led work spanning…
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Jensen Huang
Founder & CEO at NVIDIA
United States
Focus area:
#Accelerated computing#AI infrastructure#Generative AI#Robotics#Technology leadership
Jensen Huang founded NVIDIA in 1993 and has led it as CEO as the company evolved from graphics computing into a central platform provider for accelerated computing, data centers, and modern AI.
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Mira Murati
Co-Founder & CEO at Thinking Machines Lab
San Francisco, United States
Focus area:
#Frontier AI#Multimodal AI#Human-AI collaboration#AI research#AI products
Mira Murati is co-founder and CEO of Thinking Machines Lab, an AI research and product company she launched after serving as chief technology officer at OpenAI and helping lead its frontier AI…
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Dawn Song
AI Security Research Leader
United States
Focus area:
#AI security#Agentic AI#Trustworthy AI#Privacy#Frontier AI safety
Dawn Song is a UC Berkeley computer science professor and vice president of AI research at Meta, with a career in AI security, privacy, trustworthy systems, entrepreneurship, and education.
Song’s research and…
Werner Vogels
CTO & VP at Amazon
Seattle, United States
Focus area:
#Cloud architecture#Distributed systems#AI infrastructure#Resilience#Software engineering
Werner Vogels is Amazon’s chief technology officer and vice president. He is an engineer and a distributed-systems leader who has helped shape the company’s approach to cloud architecture and technology.
Vogels writes…
Rana el Kaliouby
AI Scientist, Investor & Entrepreneur
Boston, United States
Focus area:
#Human-centered AI#Emotion AI#Responsible AI#AI entrepreneurship#AI investing
Rana el Kaliouby co-founded Blue Tulip Ventures and is an AI scientist, investor, and entrepreneur. She previously co-founded and led Affectiva, a pioneer in emotion AI and human-centered computing.
El Kaliouby helped…
Taroon Mandhana
CTO, AI & Teamwork at Atlassian
United States
Focus area:
#Agentic AI#Enterprise AI#AI-native teamwork#Developer productivity#AI products
Taroon Mandhana is CTO of AI & Teamwork at Atlassian, where he leads engineering for Jira, Confluence, Loom, and Rovo. His earlier AI and search leadership roles include Microsoft and Meta.
Mandhana…
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David Talby
Applied AI & Healthcare Leader
Seattle, United States
Focus area:
#Healthcare AI#Agentic AI#Natural language processing#AI governance#Model evaluation
David Talby is CEO of John Snow Labs and Pacific AI. He is an applied AI leader who created the open-source Spark NLP and LangTest libraries and chairs the Applied AI Summit…
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Cassie Kozyrkov
Decision Intelligence & AI Leader
Miami, United States
Focus area:
#Decision intelligence#AI leadership#Data science#Statistics#AI strategy
Cassie Kozyrkov is CEO of Kozyr and Google’s former chief decision scientist. She is known for connecting decision intelligence, statistics, data science, and AI with executive leadership and education.
Kozyrkov helped popularize…
Manasi Vartak
AI Product & Infrastructure Leader
United States
Focus area:
#AI infrastructure#Agentic AI#AI products#Model operations#Enterprise AI
Manasi Vartak is an AI product and infrastructure leader who founded Verta, joined Cloudera through its acquisition, and now works on AI-defined vehicles at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies.
Vartak founded Verta…
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Bernard Marr
Technology Author & Advisor
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Focus area:
#Artificial intelligence#Generative AI#AI agents#Digital transformation#Future of work
Bernard Marr founded Bernard Marr & Co. and works across writing, advising, and keynote speaking on artificial intelligence, data, strategy, digital transformation, and the future of work.
Marr translates AI and emerging…
Adrien Treuille
Director of Product for Generative AI at Snowflake
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Focus area:
#Generative AI#AI products#Data applications#Developer tools#Machine learning
Adrien Treuille is Snowflake’s director of product for generative AI and the co-founder and former CEO of Streamlit. His earlier work spans robotics, simulation, and computer science research.
Treuille combines product leadership…
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Ethan Mollick
AI Researcher, Author & Educator
Greater Philadelphia, United States
Focus area:
#Generative AI#AI agents#Future of work#Human-AI collaboration#AI education
Ethan Mollick is an associate professor at the Wharton School and author of Co-Intelligence. His research and writing examines AI, innovation, entrepreneurship, work, education, and organizations.
Mollick studies how generative AI…
Reid Hoffman
Technology Entrepreneur & AI Investor
United States
Focus area:
#AI entrepreneurship#AI investing#Human-AI collaboration#Technology strategy#Innovation
Reid Hoffman is a technology entrepreneur and investor who co-founded LinkedIn. He is now focuses on building and investing in AI, including work with the AI drug-discovery company Manas AI.
Hoffman speaks…
Jonathan Reichental
Emerging Technology Author & Educator
San Mateo, United States
Focus area:
#Generative AI#Digital transformation#Smart cities#Technology governance#Emerging technology
Jonathan Reichental is founder of Human Future, an author, educator, and former city CIO whose work includes AI, digital transformation, smart cities, emerging technology, and public-sector innovation.
Reichental translates emerging technology into…
Selection Methodology
I selected the leaders on this list based on their relevance, demonstrated expertise and impact, professional credibility, and ongoing contributions to the field.
I look for evidence such as leading meaningful initiatives or delivering notable results within their organizations, developing influential ideas or practices, publishing research or educational resources, speaking or teaching, and other contributions that demonstrate impact within their work or the broader field.
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