George Berkowski
George Berkowski is the co-founder of the Deeplearning and Augmented Reality company DeepAR.ai.
Why you should book George Berkowski for your next event
- Valuable expertise: George Berkowski has extensive experience across various industries and can share valuable insights on technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, and leadership.
- Engaging speaker: With a talent for storytelling, George is a dynamic and engaging speaker who can deliver complex ideas in a clear and entertaining way.
- Practical advice: George can provide practical, actionable advice to help audiences navigate the rapidly changing tech and business landscape, regardless of their level of experience or industry.
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Data-driven tech entrepreneur, who has a passion for user-centric product development.
A seasoned, data-driven tech entrepreneur, who has a passion for user-centric product development. He has founded, built and scaled a number of award-winning marketplace, fintech, ecommerce and mobile businesses including Augmented Reality platform with over 60 million users.
George Berkowski is the co-founder of the Deep learning and Augmented Reality company DeepAR.ai. He is also a Venture Partner at Eightroads Venture Capital, a global technology investor with over 300 investments and $11 Billion AUM.
George is passionate about creating and operating tech businesses with experience across manned-space flight (MirCorp), online dating (WooMe, acquired by Zoosk) and transportation (HAILO–the world’s largest taxi app, acquired by Daimler). George is also a seasoned tech executive having held Chief Product Officer roles at GoCo Group, and then later at travel juggernaut Booking.com.
He is the former Chairman of the MIT Enterprise Forum UK – a forum for leading entrepreneurs and thought leaders (including people like Ray Kurzweil, Guy Kawasaki, Niklas Zennstrom and many others
In 2007 George co - founded WooMe.com, and under his lead , built one of the most innovative social dating and video chat sites on the web. The site grew to over 10 million users, with offices in Los Angeles and London. In 2011 it was acquired by Zoosk.com (the world’s largest dating site with over 100 million members).
George also served as the VP of Marketing and Business Development at MirCorp, a company specializing in space tourism (MirCorp made Dennis Tito the first space tourist by arranging his visit to the International Space Station). MirCorp also trie d to commercialize the Russian Mir Space Station and turn it into an on - orbit destination.
Keynotes
Keynote by George Berkowski:
The Future is Augmented: How AR, Mobile, and Venture Capital are shaping the Next Digital Revolution
In this fascinating and insight-packed keynote, George Berkowski takes audiences on a journey through the next frontier of digital transformation. Drawing from his experience leading breakthrough companies in Augmented Reality, AI, and mobile technology, George explores how AR is rapidly becoming the new interface of the world.
From AR in entertainment and virtual try-on experiences transforming e-commerce, to the real-world applications of the metaverse, George unpacks how this technology is redefining how we see, shop, and interact. He also reflects on the evolution of mobile apps over the past 15 years, sharing lessons from building and scaling billion-dollar platforms that shaped today’s digital economy.
Finally, George dives into the world of technology investing and venture capital, revealing how leading investors identify and back the innovations that will power the next wave of disruption.
Audiences will leave inspired and informed, equipped with a deeper understanding of where technology is heading and how to seize the opportunities of an augmented, intelligent future.
George can talk about the following topics:
- Augmented Reality–the new interface of the world
- Mobile Apps–the evolution of apps over the last 15 years
- Technology Investing and Venture Capital
How to build a Billion Dollar app? | George Berkowski | TEDxCityUniversityLondon
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