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Ashok Elluswamy

Title: VP Autopilot / AI Software Company: Tesla Industry: Automotive

Ashok was the first engineer hired for Tesla’ s Autopilot team and now leads the company’ s entire AI software division. He oversees the development of the Full Self-Driving( FSD) stack and the Optimus humanoid robot. Ashok is a key architect of the vision-only approach, relying on neural networks rather than lidar.

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Alex Ratner

Title: CEO Company: Snorkel AI Industry: Technology

Alex is a pioneer of data-centric AI, a paradigm shift that focuses on improving training data rather than just tweaking models. As a professor at the University of Washington and CEO of Snorkel, he builds tools that allow enterprises to programmatically label vast amounts of data, drastically speeding up AI development.

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