Sophia Velastegui
Sophia Velastegui is the founder and CEO of Velastegui Ventures, an AI advisory firm serving Fortune 500 companies. She previously served as Chief AI Officer at Microsoft, where she led AI integration across products including LinkedIn, Bing, Outlook, and Azure, and has also held senior product leadership roles at Aptiv, Google, and Apple. She is widely recognized as a thought leader on enterprise AI strategy and responsible AI development, and has been named one of the most powerful female engineers in AI by Business Insider. She also serves on the board of directors at BlackLine (NASDAQ: BL) and advises the National Science Foundation on AI policy.
“Most people default to automating tasks they dislike rather than tasks most valuable to the company. Instead, they should focus on using AI to drive revenue.”
Source→“"AI costs a lot of money" and layoffs can offset those costs. — Sophia Velastegui”
Source→“Former Chief AI Officer at Microsoft; now CEO of Velastegui Ventures”
Source→AI-extracted from podcast / newsletter / paper summaries. May contain errors.