Neal Stephenson
Author & Founder
Whenere
Neal Stephenson is a bestselling author and futurist whose work has shaped the cultural imagination around science and technology for more than three decades. His novels, including Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, and The Diamond Age, have influenced generations of technologists and entrepreneurs. He has been coding in various languages for over fifty years. He has served as Chief Futurist at Magic Leap, co-founded Lamina1, a blockchain to support the open Metaverse, and is currently building Whenere, an immersive storytelling world where readers can inhabit and interact with fiction.
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When Does Science Fiction Become Reality?
From sentient agents to real-time translation, AI is turning long-standing sci-fi concepts into working products. Author Neal Stephenson and technologist Andy Konwinski explore the feedback loop between imagination and invention and what happens when yesterday’s fiction becomes today’s infrastructure. This is a conversation about narrative, innovation, and what’s still to come.
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Command Desk
Q&A with Neal Stephenson, Author & Founder at Whenere & Andy Konwinski, Co-founder at Perplexity, Databricks, & Laude
Get direct access to Neal Stephenson and Andy Konwinski in this Q&A discussion. Come early to secure your spot, seating is first come, first served. Bring your questions and join the conversation.
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