Amir Husain

Amir Husain is a serial entrepreneur, technologist, and author based in Austin, Texas. He graduated from UT Austin in 1998 with a B.S. in computer science and has received widespread recognition for his work in artificial intelligence. Amir is the Founder and CEO of the award-winning AI company, SparkCognition, the founding CEO of SkyGrid, a Boeing and SparkCognition company building the aerial operating system to power the next century of aviation and Chairman of Navigate, a global, crowdsourced data ecosystem company.

An avid inventor, Amir has been awarded over 30 patents in AI and distributed systems. He serves on NATO's Innovation Advisory Board and on the Board of Global Venture Bridge, bringing together international entrepreneurs. His work has been featured in world-leading outlets such as the BBC, Fortune, Forbes and Proceedings from the U.S. Naval Institute, among many others. He is the author of the best-selling book "The Sentient Machine", a co-author of the compilation "Hyperwar: Conflict and Competition in the AI Century", and has recently published two new books, "Generative Art" and "Generative AI for Leaders."

Zaib Husain

Zaib runs her family office, Hyder Ventures and is also a founding partner at Global Venture Bridge. She invests in and advises startups across the globe.

Zaib is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin and London University and has over 25 years of experience in the financial realm. She works with several non profit organizations and also serves on the advisory council for the College of Natural Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin.