Sol Rashidi helped launch Watson in 2011 and became the world\u2019s first Chief AI Officer in 2016. Voted FORBES \u2018AI Visionary & Maverick of the 21st Century\u2019 and \u2018Top 50 Women in Tech\u2019, Sol is a former 4x C-Suite exec for Fortune 100 companies (Sony, Merck, Estee Lauder, Royal Caribbean), and a former Amazon tech exec as Head of Technology for North America (Startups Division), she served her clients like Anthropic and Perplexity. Sol is a best-selling author of \u2018Your AI Survival Guide\u2019 (\u2018Top 50 AI\u2019 books), a 3x TEDx speaker (2M+ views), a senior Harvard Fellow, and the inventor of 9 patents. Voted FORBES \u201cTop 5 Leaders Taking AI to Market\u201d, Sol has been deploying AI since 2011, and with over 200+ AI deployments globally, she bridges executive strategy with practical AI applications. Sol invented The Human Amplification Index\u2122, a way to see if AI has strengthened both your business and your workforce, and created Intellectual Atrophy\u2122 education to ensure companies outsource tasks to AI \u2013 and not critical thinking in the age of AI. Her mission: to amplify business and workforces, empowering leaders and teams to harness AI strategically and creatively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"