Dr. Rana el Kaliouby is an Egyptian-American AI scientist, entrepreneur, investor and thought leader. She is co-founder and Managing Partner of Blue Tulip Ventures, an early stage AI- focused venture firm that invests in startups building Human-Centric AI, AI that is good for people, good for the planet and is ethical. She is also the host of Pioneers of AI podcast. Rana co-founded Affectiva, an MIT spin-out, and was CEO of the company until she sold it to Smart Eye, a publicly traded Swedish company, in 2021. Rana is General Partner at AI Operators Fund and a Venture Partner at BOLD Capital. She is an executive fellow at the Harvard Business School. Her bestselling memoir, Girl Decoded: A Scientist’s Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology follows her journey as an entrepreneur and Emotion AI pioneer. Rana is a Trustee at the Boston Museum of Science and at Milton Academy. She is a 2023 Eisenhower Fellow and World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) where she launched and is founder and Chapter Chair of YPO Boston and organized YPO’s first-ever AI Summit. Rana is also co-chair of the Fortune Brainstorm AI conferences. A TED speaker and co-host of a PBS NOVA series on AI, Rana has been recognized on Entrepreneur’s 100 Women of Influence, Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list, Forbes' Top 50 Women in Tech and Newsweek's top Disruptors and most recently in Boston Globe’s Top 50 Tech Power Players. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and a Post Doctorate from MIT.