Dave Blundin is a serial entrepreneur, leading VC investor and MIT instructor. Dave is one of the world’s leading voices in AI and AI Investing and currently serves as the co-founder and Managing Partner of Link Ventures and as Chairman of Link’s technology-incubation company, Cogo Labs.

Throughout the course of his career, Dave has co-founded 23 companies, at least 5 of which have achieved $100 million+ valuations, and has served on 21 private and public boards. Dave has served as Chairman of 12 companies, including EverQuote (NASDAQ: EVER). Dave is also the Chairman and founding CEO of Vestmark, which manages over $2TN in US assets, and is a General Partner at Vestigo Ventures, a fintech-focused fund.

Dave received a BS in Computer Science degree from MIT, where he researched neural network technology at the AI lab and currently teaches the course, “AI for Impact: Venture Studio."

Dr. Alexander D. Wissner-Gross is an award-winning computer scientist, entrepreneur, investor, and advisor. He serves as Founder and Managing Partner of Reified and has taught at Harvard and MIT. Dr. Gross has received 128 major distinctions, authored 24 publications, been granted 26 issued, pending, and provisional patents, and founded, advised, and invested in more than 33 technology companies.

A thought leader in artificial intelligence and cyber-physical systems, he is a contributing author of the New York Times Science Bestseller, “This Idea Must Die”, and the Amazon #1 New Release, “What to Think About Machines That Think”. A popular TED speaker, his talks have been viewed more than 2 million times and translated into 27 languages, and his work has been featured in more than 200 press outlets worldwide, including The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, CNN, USA Today, and Wired.

In 2003, he became the last person in MIT history to earn a triple major, with bachelor’s degrees in Physics, Electrical Science and Engineering, and Mathematics, and graduated first in his class from the MIT School of Engineering with a Marshall Scholarship. In 2007, he completed his Ph.D. in Physics at Harvard, where his research on neuromorphic computing, machine learning, and programmable matter was awarded the Hertz Foundation’s Doctoral Thesis Prize.

A world-renown researcher and thought leader AI, machine learning, robotics and computational design, Daniela Rus is the Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT.

Prof. Rus served as a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), the Defense Innovation Board, and as a USA expert for ZGlobal Partnerships in AI. She is a senior visiting fellow at MITRE Corporation. She currently serves on the board of directors of Symbotic, SymphonyAI, and Mass Robotics. She is the co-founder and board member of LiquidAI, ThemisAI, and Venti Technologies.

Rus is a Class of 2002 MacArthur Fellow, a fellow of ACM, AAAI and IEEE, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and the American Academy for Arts and Science. She earned her PhD in Computer Science from Cornell University.

Ramesh Raskar is an award-winning research scientist, innovator and entrepreneur. He is also an Associate Professor at MIT Media Lab, where he directs the Camera Culture research group. His focus is on Machine Learning and Imaging for health and sustainability, and the group’s research spans physical (e.g., sensors, health-tech), digital (e.g., automated and privacy-aware machine learning) and global (e.g., geomaps, autonomous mobility) domains.

He holds over 100 U.S. patents and has co-founded several startups, including EyeNetra, which focuses on accessible eye care solutions. Raskar is a frequent speaker at conferences such as TED and TEDMED, and his work has been featured in prominent media outlets, including The New York Times, CNN, and BBC News.

His co-authored books include Spatial Augmented Reality,  Computational Photography, and 3D Imaging (under preparation). He has worked on special research projects at Google [X], Facebook, Apple and co-founded/advised several startups. He launched REDX.io, a platform for young innovators to explore AI-for-Impact. Raskar has won numerous prestigious industry awards.