Will Murphy

AI Product Manager & New Product Lab Leader

Grew up in Memphis, TN, currently in the Bay Area

I like to go deep and obsess over strategy, product, and design

I have a passion for making groups of any size more innovative

Started developing software at 12

Creator of the concept of the "probabilistic product", the new set of design patterns needed for designing AI/data-driven products

Ran Innovation Labs at Data.ai (formerly App Annie) the app analytics standard

OnDeck Fellow (Founder Fellow and Corporate Innovation Fellow)

Founding Head of Product at Talla, an AI chatbot startup

Co-founder of MessagePath, a top 5 AI Writing Assistant Software (G2.com)

Co-founder of SenseAware, a pioneering IoT FedEx startup

Built, launched, and sold SurfRate, a pioneering web search engine based on user reviews

Principal at FedEx New Product Innovation Labs, the former emerging tech/ new product lab of FedEx

Founder, EPICenter Logistics Innovation Accelerator, sponsored by FedEx

Multiple patents in the areas of artificial intelligence, IoT, and online ads

Book Author: "Online Tools for Small Businesses" (out of print)

Guest speaker at Stanford, MIT VLAB, Global Artificial Intelligence Conference, The AI Conference, General Assembly, World Crypto Economic Forum, and SVI Academy

My Links

• LinkedIn
• Future Lab Newsletter
• Medium
• GenHub: My AI Bots
• IdeaFeed: My Bookmarks

My Passion Projects

GenHub: Share, discover, and run GenAI prompts to get more done faster.

IdeaFeed: Social bookmarking and search

Writing

• Probabalistic Products: Product Management, Design, and Development's next big thing
• Data and the Future of Value
• The 10 Principles of Intelligent Agent Design
• Porter’s Five Forces of Data
• 12 tips for Designing and Managing an AI-driven product (Venture Beat)
• The AI Sense and Respond Framework
• Augmented Intelligence: Building exoskeletons for the mind
• Managing Future Digital Employees
• Data is the New Oil
• You’re Not Decentralized: The 4 levels of true decentralization
• The Forever Company
  
• 12 tips for Designing and Managing an AI-driven product

Speaking & Videos

• Stanford Talk: Rights, Revenues and Responsibilities in the Supply Chain of Data
• Chatbots: The Machines Are Talking Back (MIT VLab)
• AI: Behind and Ahead - AI Tech Share Meeting
• Building Blockchain Companies (Presentation)
• AI & Business - Opportunities & Dangers

Previous Speaking Engagements

• Stanford University MediaX – Rights, Revenues, and Responsibilities in the Supply Chain of Data
• Stanford University Leadership Garage – Innovation, leadership, and the Silicon Valley mindset
• MIT VLAB – The Machines are Talking Back
• SVI Academy – Innovation in Startups
• Monage, Computer History Museum – CONVERGENCE of Computing, Cryptocurrency, AI, Communications, Messaging and the underlying ecosystems
• World Crypto Economic Forum
• Global Artificial Intelligence Conference – Beyond Chatbots: The future of AI
• General Assembly – Innovators Breakfast Series
• The AI Conference

Patents

• Graph Augmentation for New Applications using Machine Learning Techniques (Pending)
• State Machine Methods and Apparatus Executing Natural Language Communications and AI Agents Monitoring Status and Triggering Transitions - US201662415352P
• Sensor-Based Logistics System - US US8299920B2
• Systems and Methods for Creating and Delivering Digital Assets - US US20150227883A1
• Systems and Methods for Creating and Delivering Digital Advertisements in a Delivery Ad Network - US US20150227968A1
• Systems and Methods for Trip Management - US EP2828838A4