David Siegel is the world’s first web designer. His book, Creating Killer Web Sites, was number one on Amazon for all of 1995 and remains Amazon’s longest-running number-one bestseller of all time. It was translated into 17 languages. He started Studio Verso, one of the world’s first digital agencies. He wrote a book on project management called Secrets of Successful Web Sites. He then wrote a book called Futurize Your Enterprise, translated into ten languages. He sold his company to KPMG in 1999.
David has since started more than a dozen startups, sat on many boards, written five books, and given over 200 speeches. He writes and speaks about technology, economics, money, governance, and the future. He holds a master’s degree in computer science from Stanford and has completed the Harvard Business School course on board effectiveness.
“He can tell a complex technical story in a way that wakes everyone up and fully engages them.”
David was a leader in the semantic web movement. In 2010, he wrote a book called Pull, describing the fundamental shift from pushing products and services to pulling them. That book describes the world of AI and data we are in now.
In 2016, David was a candidate to be the dean of Stanford business school. When that didn’t happen, he got involved in blockchain and cryptocurrencies. He gave about 100 speeches around the world on decentralization, tokenization, the economy, personal data, the future of work, the future world economy, and more. David started two blockchain companies, raising more than $25 million. That product, the Pillar Wallet, is in the app store now. He is an expert on stablecoins, central-bank digital currency, monetary policy, the history of money, and macroeconomics. In 2019, David was named a top-100 crypto influencer worldwide.
“David is one of the most progressive thinkers I have ever met.”
“This is world-class innovation.”
David is now an AI expert and advocate. He believes society and the economy will benefit greatly from AI, though he acknowledges the risks. He is an AI educator and advisor, working at the cutting edge of agents, AGI, data centers and energy, autonomy, and agent rights. He works with his own team of agents, one of whom, JSON, interviews other AI agents.