Carol Reiley

A serial entrepreneur, scientist, and engineer with over 18 years of academic/industry experience in artificial intelligence and robotics (nickname: Mother of Robots). Strong leader and innovator who focuses on building teams, building trust, and building products. Strives for efficiency, high impact, and getting things done. Cofounded multiple startups and launched several robotics products in highly regulated industries. Co-founded drive.ai, a Silicon Valley startup specializing in Level 4 self-driving cars that was acquired by Apple. Built a 8 person company to 180 employees over 4 years with over $77M funding. Advisor and creative collaborator of the SF Symphony. Also active in diversity outreach events that advocate for understanding bias in AI. Work profiled in NYTimes, Harper's Bazaar, Wired, The Atlantic, etc. In 2018 was on the Top Women Founders in Tech and AI lists from Forbes, Inc, Quartz. Educated at Johns Hopkins University and Santa Clara University specializing in Haptics and Computer Vision/AI. Taught two new short courses as an instructor at JHU. Published over a dozen papers at top conferences and inventor of over 8+ patents. Research interests are on the development of intelligent robotic systems that can aid humans in performing skillful tasks more effectively. Application areas include surgery, industrial robotics, remote exploration, creative expression, and education.