Join Reynold Xin (EngSci 0T9), co-founder of Databricks, a San Francisco-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 will share 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.
This signature event celebrating Toronto Tech Week will discuss:
- Origin story of the company and advice for young founders
- Trends, opportunities, and threats in the field of big data and artificial intelligence
- What Canadian business leaders, innovators, investors, and government need to do to compete
- Lessons learned from a life spent in Silicon Valley
- How to effectively commercialize research and what has changed since 2013 when Databricks was founded
In conversation with
Reynold is a co-founder of Databricks, where he has helped build multiple billion-dollar product lines. He is a U of T Engineering alumnus, graduating in 2009 from the Engineering Science program with a major in computer engineering.
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.