Jeff Smith is an AI engineer, researcher, and entrepreneur. As the Co-Founder and CEO of 2nd Set AI, he’s working on the future of reasoning in generative AI. Previously, he was at Facebook/Meta, leading some of their most important AI initiatives including PyTorch, various fundamental methods breakthroughs in FAIR, and the productization of EMG-based neural wristbands. Prior to that, he had a long career across a range of AI and biotech startups, across the US, Asia, and Europe. He’s the author of technical books such as Machine Learning Systems from Manning, and he regularly talks about his work at conferences. His research focuses on efficient model learning methods and has resulted in the development of methods such as SHARe-KANs.