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Harper Reed (he/him)

CEO, 2389 Research, Inc

Harper Reed is a technologist that predicts the future for a living. He spends most of his life building big things, hacking things, and talking about doing both of those things. As CTO of the Obama 2012 campaign, Harper was the first to bring the tech mentality to a political level. He believes the talent of a great bunch of humans can transform an organization like nothing else and uses that belief to strengthen, deploy, and inspire every team he works with. Harper also believes his incredible luck has led him to achieve wonderful things like pioneering crowdsourcing at Threadless.com, founding Modest Inc, and guiding the software team at PayPal. He is the CEO of the venture backed AI company, 2389.ai. You can find Harper hacking on personal projects and enjoying life in Chicago with his partner, Hiromi and their beautiful and bizarre poodle, Lulu.

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Inside the dark factory: What AI software development can tell us about how agents will change government

July 6, 202611:10 AM EDT – 11:35 AM EDT
PORT STAGE
English
Government is an information system, from election and taxation to delivery and enforcement. That means it's going to be radically transformed by agentic AI. Agents aren't a cure-all, and there are many ways they won't work, but whether through the public service embracing AI or through citizens building the services their government fails to deliver, change is coming. See More.