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Adam Cheyer is a pioneering AI inventor, co-creator of Siri and Bixby, and a captivating keynote speaker on the future of technology.
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Why book Adam Cheyer for your next event
- Adam Cheyer brings more than 30 years of hands-on AI innovation, sharing rare insights from building and scaling breakthrough technologies.
- He combines deep technical authority with clear, engaging storytelling that makes complex AI topics accessible and inspiring.
- His talks blend real-world experience, entrepreneurship lessons, and occasional magic to create unforgettable audience experiences.
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Creator of Siri and Bixby, AI Pioneer, Serial Founder, Visionary Keynote Speaker
Adam Cheyer is one of the most influential pioneers in artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction. Best known as a creator of Apple’s Siri and Samsung’s Bixby, he has spent more than three decades shaping how people interact with technology. As a serial entrepreneur, inventor, and engineering leader, Adam has co-founded five successful startups, four of which were acquired for their groundbreaking AI technology. His career reflects a rare combination of visionary thinking, commercial success, and a deep commitment to using technology to improve everyday life.
Adam Cheyer – AI Visionary and Inventor
Adam Cheyer is widely recognized as a visionary in artificial intelligence and computer-human interfaces. He is an inventor holding 50 issued patents across AI, machine learning, distributed computing, and conversational assistants. Over a career spanning more than 30 years, Adam has consistently been at the forefront of turning advanced research into real-world products used by millions of people. His work has helped define how humans communicate with intelligent systems, making technology more intuitive, helpful, and human-centered.
Creator of Siri and Bixby
Adam Cheyer is best known as one of the creators of Siri, Apple’s AI assistant. After Siri was acquired by Apple, he worked closely with Steve Jobs and led server-side engineering and artificial intelligence for the assistant, helping transform it into a global consumer product. He later co-founded Viv Labs, which was acquired by Samsung. As VP of R&D, Adam led product engineering and developer relations for Samsung’s voice assistant, Bixby, further shaping the evolution of conversational AI at scale.
Serial Founder and Startup Builder
Throughout his career, Adam Cheyer has co-founded or been a founding member of five successful startups. These include Sentient, focused on massively distributed machine learning and later acquired by Cognizant, and Gameplanner.AI, which was acquired by Airbnb as its first acquisition after going public. He is also a co-founder of Change.org, the world’s largest petition platform, empowering more than 500 million people across 197 countries to create social change. His entrepreneurial journey offers rare insights into building companies from early research to successful exits.
Leadership at Airbnb and Beyond
As Vice President of AI Experience at Airbnb, Adam Cheyer worked on using generative AI to transform the platform into an intuitive travel concierge. His leadership focused on making advanced AI practical, helpful, and seamless for users around the world. In addition, Adam serves as an advisor to a wide range of innovative companies, including Project Voice Capital Partners, Otter.ai, Riva Health, Evolv Technology, Brilliant Labs, AI Sprouts, and Spatial Labs, among others. Earlier in his career, he held executive engineering roles at Verticalnet and Dejima.
From Government AI to Global Impact
Before his startup successes, Adam spent more than a decade at SRI International, where he served as Chief Architect of CALO/PAL, the largest-ever funded AI project by the US government. This ambitious initiative laid critical groundwork for modern intelligent assistants and directly influenced the creation of Siri. Adam has authored more than 60 publications and has served on numerous boards and committees, reflecting his lasting impact on both academic research and commercial innovation.
An Unforgettable Keynote Experience
In addition to his work in technology, Adam Cheyer is an award-winning magician. He sometimes weaves elements of magic and mentalism into his keynotes, creating a unique and memorable experience for audiences. He has performed for heads of state, stadium crowds, and some of the most recognized magicians in the world, including David Copperfield, David Blaine, and Shin Lim. He has also appeared on television as a guest on Penn & Teller: Fool Us.
When you book Adam Cheyer for your event, you get more than a talk about AI. You get firsthand stories from the creation of iconic technologies, practical lessons on innovation and entrepreneurship, and a dynamic presentation style that informs, inspires, and captivates audiences worldwide.
Customer Reviews
5 of 5
Adam is an outstanding researcher, manager, and software architect. It has been a great privilege to work with him on the PAL/CALO project. He combines extraordinary system design and engineering skills with the ability to see beyond the current deadlines to conceive completely novel approaches to system design. When other groups develop new technologies, he can see how to integrate and apply them in ways that significantly improve the end-user experience. His excellent people skills have been critical to the success of several of our joint efforts.
Tom DietterichUniversity Distinguished Professor (Emeritus) at Oregon State University
5 of 5
Adam is practical minded visionary, and one of the pioneers in the AI field of distributed agent systems. I was inspired by Adam's work on OAA. He is soft spoken and cordial, and hands-on and a wiz with demos. I highly recommend Adam and wish to work with him in some capacity in the future as his company has always been enjoyable, and educational.
Babak HodjatChief AI Officer at Cognizant
5 of 5
Adam is a truly visionary computer scientist, and he has a rare gift for creating incredibly compelling demonstrations of what is possible through new paradigms for computing and interaction. I've watched Adam do demos so mind-opening that they literally made me cry (in a good way!).
Steven WeinerLecturer on IP and Entrepreneurship - Penn Engineering and The Wharton School
5 of 5
Adam is one of the brightest persons I know. He has the ability to analyze complex situations, reduce them to their very essence and come up with insightful recommendations and decisions. Adam is of course a recognized expert in software, the management of software development projects and of engineering teams, but it is that capacity to analyze, see the big picture, articulate and chart the right course that puts him above the rest.
Antoine BlondeauFounder and Managing Partner at Alpha Intelligence Capital
5 of 5
When you combine an ability to simplify complex problems, raw enthusiasm, technical creativity, innate talent, and hard work you'll find a person like Adam. We haven't worked together since 2000, but we have collaborated in the intervening years. Adam's had a meteoric career because of the aforementioned qualities, but what's set him apart is his insatiable curiosity. He's a great team leader and player. Wherever he goes, or whatever he does, you can be sure it'll be fun, exhilarating and great results.
Eric RickardEditor in Chief @ Andrew Magazine | Non-partisan Magazine Editor
5 of 5
I think Adam can make just about anything work! Great person to work with.
David TuChief Technical Officer at Gordon Manor
5 of 5
Adam is one the few people I've worked with who honestly deserves to be called a technological visionary. Working with and for him on a number of research projects, I was always impressed with the breadth of his abilities, ranging from deep understanding of current artificial intelligence research, to business development, to highly technical engineering management. Adam is insanely productive, and somehow finds time to keep his programming skills in top shape as well. He makes an outstanding team leader.
Joshua LevyEngineering, AI, publishing, knowledge tools
5 of 5
To put it simply Adam is the most versatile and talented human being I ever worked with. His exceptional programming skills combined with realistic visions of the future, hands-on leadership and tireless enthusiasm is just unmatched. Everything becomes clear and simple when you run it through his brain! He has this ability to explode herculean projects in atomic tasks, making everyone involved in his teams proud of the accomplishments --- It was pure joy and excitement to go to work with him every day.
Dr. Luc JULIAThe Future of Technology, Now
5 of 5
I've known Adam for several years, first in his role at SRI as Chief Architect of CALO, and then at Siri, where Adam was co-founder and VP of Engineering. During that time, working with Adam was one of the greatest pleasures of my career. Adam is a truly great individual, researcher, and leader. At SRI, Adam was often thought of as "the next Doug Engelbart" because of his ability to conceive of, develop, demonstrate, and implement our greatest visions of the future of AI. It was Adam's work with Open Agent Architectures that led directly to our concepts for Siri as the "virtual personal assistant". Remarkably, he has that rare combination ...
Norman WinarskyAngel Investor, Venture Builder, Author, Lecturer Stanford GSB
5 of 5
Adam is that rare leader who knows his technology at the cutting edge and can lead the technology team with heart and vision. The team at Siri adored Adam and would do anything for him. He has exceptional ability to make a practical, scalable, commercially viable product architecture out of components that otherwise keep PhD students off the streets. And he can bring that architecture to life with an all star team that seems to do more than anyone thought possible.
Tom GruberCo-founder Siri, Humanistic AI | Chief AI Strategy Officer, Sherpa.ai
5 of 5
I met Adam in 1993 when we started developing Open Agent Architecture at SRI. During that time, Adam demonstrated his great programming and architect skills. In fact, his real value comes not only from his technical skill set, but also from his passion - his passion to make this world a better place. Adam was always very excited whenever he talked about this kind of visions and dreams. He was an excellent technical person with a great philosophical mindset. I am sure he will make something amazing with his great passion, vision, and leadership.
Jason BaegDirector at Apple - SW Engineering
5 of 5
Adam is a giver. He spoke at my event to a group of early-stage founders about entrepreneurship and AI. He was candid, and you could literally feel the community around him being energized by his view of the future and human connection.
Holly Dei WesselhoftTeam Shiv @ Abridge; Former AppDynamics, Harness
5 of 5
Adam is one of the greatest visionaries I have ever known. He sees things long before any of us do and some of us don’t ever. Always in innovation, always in motion, always driving execution to make innovation a reality, always inspiring. A great startup coach and leader in the AI/ML/Personal Assistance industries. I consider myself unusually fortunate to know him and look forward to seeing all the great things he will do going forward.
Ze'ev RivlinSr. Business Development Manager for AI, other Advanced Tech, Semiconductor | New Business Initiatives | Tech Presales Specialist | Global GTM Expert | Simplified Tech Ed. | Captivating Presenter | Technology Evangelist
5 of 5
Adam presented to 700 of our top IT clients. They had a great experience as he explained the past, present and future of AI. Adam was funny, engaging and even did an incredible magic trick that we still can't figure out.
Finnur OddssonCEO, Nyherji
Rated 5.00/5 based on 14 customer reviews
Keynotes
Keynote by Adam Cheyer:
ChatGPT & The Rise of Conversational
How will your business handle the conversational AI revolution? Generative AI programs like ChatGPT are poised to be the most disruptive technology since the Internet itself. With the ability to create articles, answer queries, and write code, ChatGPT can do many things with language that were not possible before, affecting jobs and how we do our work. In this engaging talk by the creator of the virtual assistant Siri, Adam Cheyer will discuss the implications of conversational AI programs for business. Audiences will learn about what conversational AI can and cannot do and how your business can stay ahead of the curve.
Keynote by Adam Cheyer:
The Future of AI & Businesses
The last five years have seen breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence(AI) at an unprecedented rate, with a host of new systems and applications emerging that go far beyond what was possible only a decade ago. Voice commands can now be used to perform actions and retrieve information using a conversational tone across a multiple of devices. Self-driving cars are a reality for commuters on the highway. With continuous and accelerating improvements in AI, this talk will address new ways of thinking about AI and ways to prepare your business for the continuing AI revolution.
Keynote by Adam Cheyer:
“HEY SIRI”: A Founding Story
In this presentation Adam talks about the birth of Siri, from idea, to inception, to Apple’s acquisition and implementation of it into the iPhone in 2010. Siri’s story is a fascinating one that not many people know about. For example, did you know that Adam first built a Siri-like system in 1993 before the world wide web was even launched? And that it operated on a tablet-like PC? But it wasn’t until Apple’s release of the iPhone 18 years later in 2007 that Adam knew it was the right time to take Siri from a hobby to the world.
Keynote by Adam Cheyer:
How to Build a Successful Startup: Lessons from The Founder of SIRI, INC
Adam discusses the lessons he learned while building each of his startups and how he took them from idea to execution. He talks through vital questions in building a startup, such as: how to know when it’s the right time to take an idea from hobby to startup; how to choose the right environment to work; how to pick the right goals that will lead to success; and, how to visualize what success means to you. Learn how to build a successful startup from the founder of Siri.
Keynote by Adam Cheyer:
“I Can Help with That”: The Future of Intelligent Interface Agents
We are in the midst of a technological boom of intelligent interface agents. AI agents like Siri, OK Google, Cortana, and Alexa will soon be integrated into many of our electronic devices expanding what is known as the Internet of Things (IoT). In this talk Adam discusses the implications of AI interface agents, and their integration into industries such as, financial trading, healthcare, marketing, and customer service, including smart homes and smart cars. This talk also touches on Adam’s newest AI agent, Viv (what many are calling the next Siri). In the future we will see Viv, Siri, and other AI agents integrated more seamlessly into businesses and particularly into our daily live.
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