Taryn Southern
Storyteller
Taryn Southern is an award-winning storyteller, speaker, and creative technologist whose groundbreaking AI experiments offer unique insights into the intersection of emerging technology and human potential. As an early YouTuber with more than 750+ million views, Taryn is most known for her boundary-pushing creative technology work—from composing the world’s first AI pop album to directing a Tribeca Film Festival documentary on brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). As a tech executive, Taryn has served as Chief Storyteller at one of the world’s leading implantable neurotechnology company, where she oversaw narrative strategy for two funding rounds totaling over $230M+. Taryn delights in sharing practical applications of AI that help people unleash creativity, joy, critical thinking, wellbeing and productivity. As a keynote speaker, breast cancer survivor, and advocate of women in science and tech, she is passionate about the future of personalized healthy and has advised and/or invested in companies such as Oura, Etched, Extend Fertility, Cue Health, Vessel Health, Cooler Heads, and Forever Labs.
