Day 2 Speaker

Bilawal Sidhu is the host of The TED AI Show and is a creator, engineer, and product builder obsessed with blending reality and imagination using art, science and technology. With more than a decade of experience in the tech industry, he spent six years as a product manager at Google, where he worked on spatial computing and 3D maps. His work has been featured in major publications including Bloomberg, Forbes, BBC, CNBC, and Fortune, among others. Bilawal’s journey into computer graphics began at 11, when he fell in love with seamlessly blending 3D into real life footage. Since then, he's captivated over 1.5M subscribers, garnering more than 500M views across his platforms. Driven by a mission to empower the next generation of artists and entrepreneurs, Bilawal openly shares AI-assisted workflows and industry insights on social media, demystifying AI creation and inspiring others to embrace the potential of the "co-pilot era." He is also an angel investor and a16z scout, focusing on generative AI and spatial intelligence startups. When he’s not working, you can find Bilawal perfecting his barista artistry and expanding his collection of electric guitars