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Ian Eslick

Chief Executive Officer at Emergence AI

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Overview

Ian Eslick serves as Chief Executive Officer at Emergence AI [1][3]. Eslick is a lifelong entrepreneur and technologist with a passion for solving big, complex problems [2]. Eslick founded Silicon Spice, an MIT-spinout semiconductor company, in 1995 to enable carrier grade long-distance voice over IP, which was sold to Broadcom for $1.2 billion [2]. Eslick also helped build one of the first big data and predictive analytics adtech companies for social media, raising $12 million in venture funding from investors including NEA and Jim Clarke [2]. Eslick studied artificial intelligence, healthcare, and design at the MIT AI Lab and MIT Media Lab, and worked on artificial intelligence with Marvin Minsky [2]. Prior to Emergence AI, Eslick held positions including SVP of Infrastructure and Technology Strategy at SoFi [4], EVP and Chief Technology Officer at U.S. Bank [5], and roles at Amazon Web Services [7]. Eslick holds a PhD in Media from MIT [11].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

Lifelong entrepreneur and technologist with a passion for solving big, complex problems. Founded MIT-spinout semi-conductor company (Silicon Spice) in 1995​ to enable carrier grade long-distance voice over IP. ​ Sold company to Broadcom for $1.2 billion. Helped build one of the first big data ​/ predictive analytics adtech companies for social media. Raised $12 million of venture funding from a variety of investors including NEA and Jim Clarke. Studied artificial intelligence, healthcare, and design at the MIT AI Lab and MIT Media Lab. Worked on Artificial Intelligence with Marvin Minsky…

Career history

  1. Chief Executive OfficerJul 2026 to presentEmergence AI
  2. SVP, Infrastructure and Technology StrategyJul 2024 to Jun 2026SoFi
  3. EVP, Chief Technology Officer, Enterprise EngineeringDec 2021 to Jul 2024U.S. Bank
  4. SVP, Head of Enterprise Engineering, Technology Strategy, and ModernizationNov 2019 to Dec 2021U.S. Bank
  5. AWS New ProductsJan 2017 to Nov 2019Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  6. Chief Executive Officer and Co-FounderJul 2012 to Oct 2016Vital Labs, Inc.
  7. Doctoral ResearchJun 2004 to Aug 2013MIT Media Lab
  8. Co-FounderSep 2009 to Apr 2011Compass Labs
  9. Chief Executive Officer and Co-FounderVital.AI

Education

  1. PhD, Media2006 - 2013Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  2. M.S., Media2004 - 2006Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  3. M.Eng., Computer Science and Electrical Engineering1994 - 1996Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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