Bestselling Author of 'Empire of AI' | Co-Host of BBC’s 'The Interface' | TIME100 AI
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Karen Hao provides an unfiltered, investigative look inside the global AI race—showing organizations how the decisions made by Silicon Valley’s elite reshape business, democracy, and the global workforce.
Drawing on her years of exclusive access to OpenAI and over 300 interviews with key industry players, Hao takes audiences behind the closed doors of Silicon Valley. She unpacks the real motivations of the tech titans, demystifies the battle for algorithmic dominance, and provides corporate leaders with the critical tools to separate marketing hype from permanent structural shifts.
Hao explains how generative AI is shifting from a commercial novelty to a fundamental operating layer of the global economy. Rather than pitching generic vendor tools, she delivers a sharp, objective framework for executives to evaluate the long-term impact of AI integration on productivity, operational ethics, and organizational design.
The AI race is not just a commercial competition; it is a modern geopolitical land grab. Hao maps the global supply chains of AI development—from data labeling hubs in the Global South and chip manufacturing chokepoints in East Asia to sovereign AI initiatives. This talk provides international enterprises with crucial strategic foresight to navigate the emerging constraints of technological nationalism.
Karen Hao is an award-winning investigative journalist, bestselling author, and leading global authority on the societal and geopolitical impacts of artificial intelligence. Recognized by TIME magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in AI, she is the author of the instant New York Times bestseller Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI (Penguin Press, 2025). Her work has been heralded as an essential public service, earning prestigious honors including the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the 2026 New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award.
Hao’s unparalleled expertise stems from years of deep, boots-on-the-ground reporting. She was the first journalist to profile OpenAI long before the launch of ChatGPT, tracking its transition from a non-profit lab to a commercial giant. Today, she is the co-host of the weekly BBC technology podcast The Interface, co-founder of the Pulitzer Center's AI Spotlight Series, and a regular contributor to The Atlantic. A graduate of MIT, Hao bridges the gap between complex computer science and global corporate governance, helping executive boards and policymakers make sense of the tech revolution with absolute clarity and independence.
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