Brian Brackeen

General Partner at Lightship Capital, Renowned Innovator and Advocate for Ethical Inclusive Tech
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About

Brian Brackeen is a General Partner at Lightship Capital, the Cincinnati-based VC firm dedicated to backing underrepresented entrepreneurs in the Midwest. As General Partner, Brian oversees fund operations, leads the AI development team, and serves on the investment committee.

Prior to Lightship, Brian founded the Miami-based face recognition innovator, Kairos. His leadership saw the company selected by Wall Street Journal as one of the top 25 startups in the country and positioned Kairos alongside tech giants like Microsoft and Face++ as one of the world’s foremost face recognition software providers. Kairos has processed nearly a billion faces and has raised more than 15 million dollars from investors. Under Brian’s leadership, Kairos took a strong stand against the government’s use of facial recognition and worked hard to eliminate racial bias in its datasets.

Prior to founding Kairos, Brian served as a Senior Project Manager for Apple Inc. and as Senior Managing Consultant at IBM.

In addition to his work at Lightship, Brian lectures extensively around the world on entrepreneurship, code, the digital economy, AI and machine learning — and participates in mentorship programs for organizations like Girls Who Code, Black Girls Code and The School District of Miami.

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Topics

AI & Machine Learning, Ethics

Diversity & Inclusion

Ventura Capital & Fundraising

Entrepreneurship

Brian Brackeen speaks extensively on venture capital, entrepreneurship, diversity & inclusion, code, the digital economy, AI, and machine learning.

Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex6CCisBLB4
Explorer TalkX: Brian Brackeen
https://techcrunch.com/video/demo-with-brian-brackeen-kairos-disrupt-sf-2018/https://techcrunch.com/video/demo-with-brian-brackeen-kairos-disrupt-sf-2018/
Disrupt SF 2018: Brian Brackeen Speaking on AI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2d_LAxRCPk
Polycon 2018: Interview with Brian Brackeen Speaking on Cypto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p45VX6Zn4Tw
Black Men Talk Tech: Brian Brackeen Speaking on Diversity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epgCrUPqzRE
SaaStr 2019: How to Use an ICO to Reclaim Equity and Ignite Growth

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Testimonials

“Brian's keynote was empowering to the Founders in our program as well as the employees that were listening in virtually.”

Aneisha Graydon
Florida Power & Light, 35 Mules