Nikos Acuña is a tech entrepreneur, AI researcher, keynote speaker, and award-winning author, with over two decades of experience at the forefront of building AI-powered data platforms. His work is interdisciplinary, spanning across computer science, systems engineering, business transformation, and cognitive architecture, with a passion for how humanity can flourish in the age of AGI.

Nikos is CEO and co-founder of DialIN, a groundbreaking universal intelligence platform and AI data operating system. Before DialIN, Nikos led innovation at Rocket Fuel Institute as managing director of R&D, helping the company go public and driving over $100 million in revenues. Nikos became Chief AI Officer after the Rocket Fuel IPO, and through multiple mergers and acquisitions, led to business unit sales to Amazon and Zeta Global.

His unique approach blends deep technical expertise with a design-centered, ethical and humane view of AI’s increasing role in society. He explores how we can responsibly navigate the digital landscape, unlock AI’s potential for human flourishing, and ensure technology serves people through data sovereignty, integrity, and universal collective intelligence.

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