Will Murphy

I'm a business executive/ technologist and leader with a passion for data, collaboration, economics, computers, and brains. I belive that AI and energy are the two keys to the future of humanity. I grew up in TN and curently live in the Bay Area. I'm currently head of Innovation at Data.ai. Prior to that, I was Head of Product at Talla, an AI startup that was acquired in 2021. I also co-founded SenseAware, the unicorn within FedEx where we pioneered the first IoT remote-tracking logistics platform in 2011. In addition, I started what became FedEx Dataworks, the data and machine learning arm of FedEx, and the EPICenter Logistics Innovation Accelerator, sponsored by FedEx (launched 2015). Finally, I founded SurfRate, the internet search engine based on user website reviews (acq. 2004). I hold multiple patents in the areas of artificial intelligence, IoT, and online ads.

Writing

• 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

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

Stuff I Started

• SenseAware: First IoT package tracking platform
• SurfRate: First internet search engine based on user website reviews

Weekend Projects

• Genhub: Marketplce for generative AI bots
• IdeaFeed: Social bookmarking and search
• Prolifc: Social link in bio app
• AI Data Marketplace/ Data Sharing: Stuck on the concept.

Previous Speaking Engagements

• Stanford MediaX – Rights, Revenues, and Responsibilities in the Supply Chain of Data
• 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