AI and the Future of NFT Marketplaces With OpenSea

Shiva Rajaraman is currently VP of Product at OpenSea the world’s largest NFT marketplace. Previously he led Commerce at Meta (neé Facebook) helping direct-to-consumer brands reach new customers via new experiences such as live shopping, product drops, and creator shops. Prior, he led technology at WeWork where he launched a new on-demand space offering and received a masterclass in the importance of governance. Earlier he was VP Product at Spotify, where he helped usher in an era of personalization, new product experimentation, and expansion into new formats including podcasts. He spent much of his early career at Google and YouTube, helping people discover entertainment, education, and inspiration created by anyone for everyone. He’s most passionate about helping underserved artists and developers build a community and make a real living doing it.

Vijay Karunamurthy is currently Field CTO at Scale AI, where he is enabling Scale's mission to democratize AI to help business, governments and organizations see its full potential. Previously he was a Director of Engineering at Apple, where he worked on scalability, personalization and ML research for the App Store, TV+, Apple Watch and more. Prior to Apple, Vijay led Search and Discovery engineering teams at YouTube, and cofounded (with Steve Chen and Chad Hurley) startups focused on live video and content discovery (acquired by Apple and BlueJeans Network.)