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Rising Artificial Intelligence Speakers

24 credible, up-and-coming voices in artificial intelligence - active on the circuit, beyond the household names.

24 rising artificial intelligence speakers on Mezzo - including Conor Grennan, Mark Howard, and Alexander Chatzizacharias. Each with the talks, gig history, and co-appearances to back it up.

Conor Grennan

Conor Grennan

Founder and CEO, AI Mindset | Former Chief AI Architect, NYU Stern

10 recent talks · through 2026
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Mark Howard

Futurist & AI Strategist | Redefining Human-Machine Collaboration

6 recent talks · through 2026
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Alexander Chatzizacharias

Developer tools and creative coding explorer | Vector databases and unconventional tech experiments

6 recent talks · through 2025
Akhila Kosaraju

Akhila Kosaraju

AI drug developer

5 recent talks · through 2026
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Ray Kurzweil

Google Director of Engineering | Pioneering the Future of AI & Human Potential

4 recent talks · through 2024
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Sougwen Chung

Multidisciplinary Artist | Human-Machine Collaboration

4 recent talks · through 2026
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Yann LeCun

Meta's VP & Chief AI Scientist | Pioneering machine learning breakthroughs

4 recent talks · through 2026
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Sander Hoogendoorn

Developer and programming speaker | Navigating software craft in the AI age

4 recent talks · through 2025
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Stephan Janssen

Devoxx founder | AI-augmented programming and Java innovation expert

4 recent talks · through 2025
Rose Wang

Rose Wang

Founder & CEO, Akido Labs | Pioneering Edge Computing & AI for the Enterprise

4 recent talks · through 2026
Gabriel Hubert

Gabriel Hubert

AI Entrepreneur & Tech Innovator | Stripe & Dust Co-Founder

4 recent talks · through 2026
Rob Snyder

Rob Snyder

Harvard Fellow & AI Startup Founder | Zero to $1M ARR Expert

4 recent talks · through 2026
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Arvind Jain

Enterprise AI | Search Technology | Knowledge Management

4 recent talks · through 2026
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Gautier Cloix

AI Ethicist | Designing Responsible Innovation

4 recent talks · through 2026
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Juan Pablo Ortega

Artificial Intelligence Strategist | Designing the Future of Work

4 recent talks · through 2026
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Jocelyn Burnham

Founder, AI for Culture | AI for Arts, Culture and Heritage

4 recent talks · through 2025
SR

Stuart Russell

UC Berkeley Professor | Pioneering AI Alignment

3 recent talks · through 2026
CP

Christopher Penn

Chief Data Scientist at Trust Insights and keynote speaker on AI and marketing analytics

3 recent talks · through 2025
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K Allado-McDowell

Writer Who Co-Authors with AI | Founded Google Artists + Machine Intelligence

3 recent talks · through 2025
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Mete Atamel

LLM applications and serverless architecture speaker | Cloud-native development expert

3 recent talks · through 2025
Seth Dobrin

Seth Dobrin

AI Executive Strategist Translating Advanced Technology for Business Leaders

3 recent talks · through 2025
Katie Thompson

Katie Thompson

Keynote Speaker

3 recent talks · through 2025
Pim de Witte

Pim de Witte

AI entrepreneur | Building foundation models for spatial intelligence

3 recent talks · through 2026
Nicolas Kopp

Nicolas Kopp

AI & Fintech Leader | Ex-N26 US CEO, Morgan Stanley Veteran

3 recent talks · through 2026
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