AI Speaker Series: Robert Nishihara of Anyscale

​Join StartX for an evening with Robert Nishihara co-founder and founding CEO of AI unicorn Anyscale. Anyscale develops Ray, the open source distributed compute engine powering AI at companies ranging from Uber to Canva to ByteDance to Runway.

​Robert will share insights from his entrepreneurial journey from Ph.D. student to unicorn status. He will touch on his key learnings as he built his playbook for growing the organization from initial idea through go-to-market execution, raising hundreds of millions of dollars along the way from firms like a16z, NEA and others.

​In conversation with Andrew Radin, Head of AI at StartX, who is focused on creating a center of thought leadership for AI entrepreneurship for the Stanford community at StartX. Andrew is a 5x entrepreneur whose former projects have touched millions of lives. 

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​Agenda

​👋 5:30 PM - 5:45 PM | Welcome and Introductions

​🗣️ 5:45 PM - 6:15 PM | Anyscale Presentation by Robert 

​🎤 6:15 PM - 6:45 PM | Fireside chat with Robert and Andrew

​🍽️ 6:45 PM - 8:00 PM | Community Dinner with Founders

​📌 Attendance: This event is open to StartX Founders, Inception Founders, Alumni, Mentors, and the broader StartX Community. +1s are welcome with registration. Please be sure to note who invited you when signing up.