Reynold is a co-founder of Databricks, where he has helped build multiple billion-dollar product lines.
Desjardins Speaker Series
U of T x Toronto Tech Week:
Desjardins Speaker Series
How to Build a $100B Company, Brick by Brick
Reynold Xin is the Co-founder of Databricks, a San Francsico-based data and AI infrastructure startup valued at over $130B and one of the fastest growing tech startups in history. Reynold is a proud U of T alumnus (BASc in Engineering Science) who shared his story of a founding team that turned a research project into a business with a global footprint, over 8,000 employees and thousands of enterprise customers.
Optimizing the Customer Experience Using Agentic AI
Mike Murchison, CEO of Ada – the agentic customer experience company joined Reynold on stage. Mike is a serial entrepreneur and proud U of T alumnus (B. Sc. Cognitive Science, Psychology and Human Computer Interaction). A Forbes 30 Under 30 winner, Mike envisions a world where every company is managing customer-facing AI Agents that deliver a new standard of personalized experience at scale.
Moderated by award-winning business journalist Amanda Lang, Reynold and Mike shared the evolution of data and AI, lessons from founders, and what Canada needs to do to seize the AI moment through the perspective of two proud U of T alumni.
DATE
May 26
12 – 2 p.m.
ORGANIZED BY
University of Toronto
Toronto Tech Week
WHERE
Recording
Presented by
In Conversation With
Amanda Lang is chief financial correspondent for CTV News, contributing to its flagship national newscasts and across its networks. She is also the host of Taking Stock, a weekly national…
Mike Murchison is CEO and Co-founder of Ada, the trusted agentic customer experience company.
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