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Roberto Iriondo is an AI advisor and consultant specializing in end-to-end marketing support for AI startups and established companies. He provides strategic guidance on web strategy, content, SEO, and growth. Roberto co-founded Towards AI in 2019, which was acquired in 2022, and continues to support it as an advisor to the CEO.Previously, he advised the president of the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) on projects like LLM360 and AI@MBZUAI. He also led technical content strategies at Cohere (2022–2023) and Snorkel AI (2021–2022). From 2018 to 2021, he worked at Carnegie Mellon University, developing platforms like ML@CMU. Earlier, he founded a marketing agency focused on SEO for emerging businesses. Roberto has supported organizations like Amazon Science, Lambda, Gather AI, Determined AI, and Udacity, helping them improve ROI through tailored marketing strategies.

Peter Fedichev is a scientist and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in academic research and the biotech industry. He is the CEO of Gero.ai, a biotechnology company using AI to understand and combat aging and chronic diseases. Gero.ai has developed proprietary physics-based machine learning models, called Large Health Models (LHMs), to analyze health data, distinguish aging from disease effects, and improve drug discovery and development.Peter holds an M.S. in theoretical physics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and a Ph.D. from the University of Amsterdam. He has conducted research at institutions including the Kurchatov Institute, University of Amsterdam, FOM Institute AMOLF, and University of Innsbruck. With over 80 publications and 6,000+ citations (h-index of 37), his work has advanced the understanding of aging and lifespan limits. He is driven by the challenge of aging research and dreams of extending human lifespan and experiencing life in space.

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Dr. Geordie Rose co-founded D-Wave in 1999, serving as CEO from 1999 to 2003 and CTO from 2004 to 2014, helping establish it as the world’s first quantum computing company and leading it to a $1.6B IPO. He later co-founded and served as CEO of Kindred from 2014 to 2018, which was acquired by Ocado for $262M, and led Sanctuary from 2018 to 2024. Currently, he is working at the intersection of games, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing at Snowdrop.

Dr. Mark Daley is the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer at Western University and a professor in Computer Science, Biology, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mathematics, and Statistics & Actuarial Science. He is affiliated with The Brain and Mind Institute, The Rotman Institute of Philosophy, and The Western Institute for Neuroscience. Dr. Daley is also a faculty affiliate at the Vector Institute for AI and an associate scientist at the Lawson Health Research Institute. Previously, he served as Vice-President (Research) at CIFAR, contributing to Canada’s AI strategy.

Dr. Foteini Agrafioti is the Senior Vice President of Data and AI and the Chief Science Officer at RBC, where she oversees the bank's Data and AI ecosystem, including data services, machine learning platforms, AI solutions, and research and development. Since joining RBC in May 2016 as Chief Science Officer and Co-Founder and Head of RBC Borealis, she has led the development of several AI-powered products, such as Aiden and NOMI Forecast, helping to position RBC as a leader in the AI space.Before her role at RBC, Dr. Agrafioti founded and served as Chief Technology Officer at Nymi, a biometric security company known for developing the Nymi wristband. She also serves as Co-Chair of the Government of Canada’s Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence, where she provides guidance on strengthening Canada’s global leadership in AI.

Dr. Jaky Kueper works at the intersection of machine learning and epidemiology, focusing on harnessing value from diverse data sources to improve population health and well-being. This is achieved through both the careful application of existing techniques and the development of new approaches. With over seven years of experience in AI for primary care, Dr. Kueper has led projects to identify primary care-specific needs and opportunities in AI development, evaluation, and implementation. Additionally, Dr. Kueper has collaborated directly with primary care organizations to co-develop AI models tailored to their needs. Interdisciplinary engagement is central to Dr. Kueper's approach, and contributions have been made towards AI for health capacity-building initiatives in Canada and the United States to raise awareness and promote the inclusion of health professionals in AI.

Alexander Harmsen is an experienced tech entrepreneur, CEO, board member, and advisor, having founded multiple successful companies and organizations. His work has seen him produce multiple AI-driven products, scale sales globally, hire world-class executives, manage hundreds of employees, raise over $30M in venture capital, and successfully navigate an M&A process. He is focused on hard problems that have a meaningful impact on the world, knowing that very few others are in a unique position to take on such challenges.‍He is currently CEO & Founder at Global Predictions, a company bringing hedge fund inspired AI-based socio-economic models to mainstream investors through its flagship AI Financial Advisor product portfoliopilot.com. He formerly founded, built, and sold Iris Automation, an AI modeling software company focused on perception and navigation software. As an advisor, he helps companies like computational biopharma company VeriSIM Life, whose AI-based technology models the entire human body and is used by pharma giants to accelerate the drug development cycle.‍Alexander is recognized on both Inc' and Forbes' 30 Under 30 lists. He holds a degree in Engineering Physics and Economics from Canada’s top institute, the University of British Columbia, and has a number of patents and published papers to his name. He is also a Loran scholar and graduate of Y-Combinator. He has earned a pilot license and in previous work has built AI perception systems for NASA’s Mars Helicopter, a drone to accompany the rover to explore Mars’ surface autonomously.

Join us for this week's AI Debriefing made with Notebook LM as we dive into the latest developments shaping the AI landscape. We unpack OpenAI's groundbreaking text-to-video model Sora and examine Apple's long-anticipated entry into the AI arena. Plus, we explore the fascinating world of Agentic AI and its implications for the future. (Made with Notebook LM.)