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The future of AI is human-centered (with Imbue's Kanjun Qiu) | Pioneers of AI

About Kanjun

  • Co-founded & leads Imbue, valued at $1B in 2022 after raising $230M
  • CEO of a unicorn AI lab building generalizable agents that reason and code
  • Chief of Staff to Drew Houston; helped scale Dropbox from 300 to 1,200 staff
  • Founded Sourceress, ML recruiting startup backed by YC and DFJ
  • MIT undergrad & master's in computer science; research at the Media Lab

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AI isn’t here to take over. It’s here to empower. That’s the vision Kanjun Qiu, co-founder of Imbue, is working to make a reality. In this episode, Qiu challenges the dominant AI narrative and shares why the future shouldn’t be about machines running the show, but about humans harnessing AI as a tool for creativity, decision-making, and personal agency. Qiu and host Rana el Kailouby explore how AI agents can help everyone build their own software, how we can take back control of our data, and why AI can be an extension of our human potential.

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