Ali Kashani
Designer, AI specialist
Ali Kashani explores the unexpected roles robots might take on in our daily lives — including bringing us lunch.
Why you should listen
Ali Kashani is an engineer, tinkerer and entrepreneur. He explores the intersection of design and AI to create everyday solutions for everyday problems. He is the cofounder and chief executive of the Uber spin-off, Serve Robotics, where he ponders how to solve one of the biggest dilemmas in food delivery: Why move two-pound burritos with two-ton cars? The solution is Serve, an award-winning, polite and friendly robot that's designed to delight bystanders as it navigates urban obstacles to deliver food and supplies to customers.
