Mariya Yao

Mariya is an entrepreneur and investor leveraging high-impact applications of novel AI & machine learning technologies for modern businesses. She has partnered with leading global companies such as Google, Baidu, IBM Watson, L’Oreal, PayPal, and LinkedIn to drive AI strategy, implementation, and education for technology and enterprise leaders. She’s an invited speaker and presenter at academic events like NeurIPS and AAAI as well as industry conferences like CES and SxSW. Mariya studied Computer Science and Mathematics at Duke University and her research specialization is natural language processing with a focus on conversational AI.