
Before he sold enterprises on AI-built software, Ahmed sold T-shirts to buy books for children in Dhaka. The through-line from Brandeis to Google to Lovable is a stubborn interest in who gets access - and who has been left outside.

At ElevenLabs, Geoff Chang works in the difficult space between a remarkable demo and a system that a real customer can trust. His method begins with an unfashionable discipline in technology: listening.