May 31, 2023 | ETL with Josh Wolfe
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesView the livestream on YouTube starting at 4:30 PM PT on Wednesday, May 31. Josh Wolfe co-founded Lux Capital to support scientists and entrepreneurs who pursue counter-conventional solutions to the most vexing puzzles of our time in order to lead us into a brighter future. The more ambitious the project, the better—like, say, creating matter... Read More
Oct 4, 2023 | ETL with Cody Coleman
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesCody Coleman is a co-founder of Coactive AI, an analytics platform for visual content, and serves as the CEO. Coactive leverages AI to make it easy for enterprises to search, filter, and analyze large amounts of image and video data by bringing structure to unstructured data. Coleman is also a founding member of MLCommons, a... Read More
Oct 11, 2023 | ETL with Garry Tan
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesGarry Tan is president and CEO of Y Combinator, which funds hundreds of companies per year via web-based application, creating more than $600 billion in market value so far. Before becoming CEO, he was a partner at Y Combinator from 2011 to 2015, where he built key parts of the YC experience for founders, including... Read More
Oct 18, 2023 | ETL with Andrew Ng
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesAndrew Ng is the managing general partner at AI Fund, a startup studio building new AI companies from the ground up; the founder of DeepLearning.AI; and an adjunct professor of computer science at Stanford University. As a pioneer both in machine learning and online education, Ng has changed countless lives through his work in AI... Read More
Oct 25, 2023 | ETL with Kathleen Eisenhardt
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesKathleen Eisenhardt is the S.W. Ascherman M.D. Professor of Strategy and Organization at Stanford’s School of Engineering. She is a member of STVP, the Stanford Engineering Entrepreneurship Center and the Digital Economy Lab. Among the most widely cited entrepreneurship scholars in the world, Eisenhardt is the author of over 100 articles in research and business... Read More
Nov 1, 2023 | ETL with Andy Dunn
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (Virtual Speaker)Andy Dunn is an entrepreneur, author, and investor. Dunn co-founded the menswear e-commerce brand Bonobos in 2007 and served as the company’s CEO for its first 10 years, pioneering the digitally native brand movement. Bonobos was the first American brand launched to scale using e-commerce. The company’s inventory-free store model, called guideshops, redefined what an... Read More
Nov 8, 2023 | ETL with Michelle Lee
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesMichelle Lee is the founder and CEO of Medra, which combines recent advances in robotics and computer vision to build lab automation technology. She has previously worked at NVIDIA, SpaceX, and McKinsey. She was co-founder of Pebbo, a design-led research and venture lab in Taipei, Taiwan, and now serves as an adviser. Prior to founding... Read More
Nov 15, 2023 | ETL with Sarah Lamaison
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesSarah Lamaison is the co-founder and CEO of Dioxycle, which is pioneering sustainable chemistry by building breakthrough technologies that convert industrial carbon emissions into everyday chemicals with unprecedented energy and cost efficiency. In 2021, Lamaison received the L'Oréal UNESCO French Young Talent award for her research in CO2 conversion and recieved the French national i-Lab... Read More
Nov 29, 2023 | ETL with Jessica Jackley
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesJessica Jackley is an entrepreneur and investor best known as the founder of Kiva, the first microfinance crowdfunding platform, with $2 billion in loans since 2005. She is currently a founder and general partner at Untapped Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm championing unexpected founders. Previously, Jackley was founder/CEO at Alltruists, creating unique volunteer experiences... Read More
Jan 17, 2024 | ETL with Adrian Rodriguez
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesAdrian Rodriguez is the co-founder and CEO of Dreamlinks, a startup developing AI-powered building blocks that make creating virtual 3D worlds as fun as playing with LEGO bricks. Prior to founding Dreamlinks, Rodriguez taught game design at StreetCode Academy, created a web design course for blind programmers, and worked as the CTO of AMPAworks, a... Read More
Jan 24, 2024 | ETL with Bob Sutton and Huggy Rao
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesJoin us as Sutton and Rao teach people how to become “friction fixers.” Sutton and Rao say skilled friction fixers think and act like trustees of others’ time. They provide friction forensics to help readers identify where to avert and repair bad organizational friction and where to maintain and inject good friction. Then their help... Read More
Jan 31, 2024 | ETL with Andrew Adams
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesAndrew Adams is CEO and cofounder of Headway, a healthcare start-up dedicated to building a new mental healthcare system where everyone can access the quality care that’s right for them. Adams started Headway after a challenging experience finding affordable therapy when he moved to New York. Since its 2019 launch, Headway has facilitated nearly 5... Read More
Feb 7, 2024 | ETL with Ernestine Fu
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesErnestine Fu is managing general partner of venture capital firm Brave Capital. Brave Capital originated from a network of veteran families, public service leaders, and philanthropists supporting the next generation of technology companies. Over the past decade, Fu has worked across the startup ecosystem, from negotiating merger and acquisition agreements, to organizing SPVs for later-stage... Read More
Feb 14, 2024 | ETL with Daniela Amodei
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesDaniela Amodei is president and co-founder of Anthropic, an AI safety and research company. Amodei manages the senior leadership team, leveraging her people and management experience to further the company's goal of building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Before co-founding Anthropic in 2020, Amodei was VP of Safety and Policy at OpenAI, and managed... Read More
Feb 21, 2024 | ETL with Shiza Shahid
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesShiza Shahid is the co-founder and co-CEO of Our Place, a mission-driven startup reimagining kitchenware for the modern, multiethnic, global kitchen. Deeply rooted in our culture, the brand celebrates gathering and food traditions around the world. Our Place was founded in 2019 on the belief that home cooking has the power to bring people together.... Read More
Feb 28, 2024 | ETL with Clara Shih
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesClara Shih is CEO of Salesforce AI, the world’s most trusted enterprise AI for customer relationship management, designed to anticipate, initiate, and build powerful customer relationships. A digital pioneer, Shih has been named one of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs, TIME’s Most Influential People in AI, and the World Economic Forums Young Global Leaders.. She... Read More
Mar 6, 2024 | ETL with Sophia Edelstein and Nathan Kondamuri
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesSophia Edelstein is the co-founder and co-CEO of Pair Eyewear. Since its inception, Pair Eyewear has put consumers at the center of the innovation process, ensuring that the brand is at the forefront of redefining the eyewear experience by offering continual customizability, freedom of choice, and affordability for glasses. In her role, Edelstein leads brand... Read More
April 10, 2024 | ETL with Sharon Prince
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesSharon Prince is the CEO and Founder of Grace Farms Foundation, a new kind of boundary-defying public space in New Canaan, Connecticut, that has become widely known as a global humanitarian and cultural center. Grace Farms is the platform for the Foundation and its interdisciplinary humanitarian mission to pursue peace through nature, arts, justice, community,... Read More
April 17, 2024 | ETL with Qasar Younis
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesQasar Younis is the co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition, which creates software solutions to help automakers, Tier 1 suppliers, and companies in the trucking, construction, and agriculture industries transition to next-generation vehicles. Before founding Applied Intuition, Younis was a partner and COO of Y Combinator, a prominent venture accelerator in Silicon Valley. Prior to... Read More
April 24, 2024 | ETL with Sam Altman
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United States______________________ PLEASE NOTE: Seating in NVIDIA Auditorium is extremely limited for this event. While ETL is open to the public, priority access to this talk will be given to Stanford students currently enrolled in MS&E 472, followed by all other current Stanford students. Overflow on-screen viewing will be available to those who do not secure... Read More
May 1, 2024 | ETL with Margo Georgiadis
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesMargo Georgiadis is a CEO-Partner at Flagship Pioneering and co-founder and CEO of Montai Health, an AI platform company enabling the predictable discovery of breakthrough small molecule medicines to treat and preempt chronic disease. In these roles, Georgiadis brings extensive expertise in technological innovation and high-performance business transformation and leverages her artificial intelligence and machine... Read More
May 8, 2024 | ETL with Ali Ghodsi
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesAli Ghodsi is the CEO and co-founder of Databricks, a leader in data and AI. He pioneered the data intelligence platform built on a lakehouse architecture, revolutionizing analytics and AI for global organizations. Prior to becoming CEO, he served as the VP of engineering and product management. Ghodsi has over 20 years of experience in... Read More
May 15, 2024 | ETL with David Allemann
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesDavid Allemann co-leads the Swiss sports company On, one of the fastest-growing global sports brands. He puts a special focus on product, design, marketing and the direct-to-consumer business of On. Previously, Allemann has worked at the intersection of business and creativity at McKinsey & Company, as managing director of the advertising agency Young & Rubicam,... Read More
May 22, 2024 | ETL with Maria Barrera
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesMaria Barrera, a Stanford-educated engineer, is the founder and CEO of Clayful, a platform dedicated to providing essential mental health support for the TikTok generation. Today, Barrera’s company creates accessible resources for K-12 students and has already made a profound impact on thousands of students nationwide. Before launching Clayful, Barrera played a pivotal role in... Read More
May 29, 2024 | ETL with Alexandra Zatarain
NVIDIA Auditorium, Stanford University (In-Person Speaker) 475 Via Ortega, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesAlexandra Zatarain is the co-founder and VP of Brand and Marketing of Eight Sleep, the world's first sleep fitness company. A marketer and brand-builder, Zatarain has built the Eight Sleep brand and scaled the company’s revenue from $0 to current state. She has done this by redefining a once-dormant category, changing the narrative around sleep... Read More