They will learn about topics including public speaking, pitching your ideas to others, assembling a founding team, and the importance of intuition in negotiating deals.
Schedule
This one hour special event does not include a student activity or live Q&A with the speaker
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 companies, including Siri (sold to Apple to build the Siri assistant), Viv Labs (sold to Samsung to build their new voice assistant), Sentient (large scale machine learning company sold to Cognizant), Change.org (the world’s largest petition platform with 500M+ members), and GamePlanner.ai (AI tools to help the world make better decisions, sold to Airbnb). Adam currently works as VP of AI Experience at Airbnb.
Adam is also an award-winning magician, having performed for presidents in palaces, in stadiums for students, and on television for Penn and Teller.
Adam has authored more than 60 publications and 39 patents. He graduated with highest honors from Brandeis University and received the “Outstanding Masters Student” award from UCLA’s School of Engineering.