David Pitman

David Pitman

AI Resident Expert at AI House
Seattle, Washington, United States

David Pitman is CEO and Co-Founder at Lightspeed AI and serves as an AI Resident Expert at AI2 Incubator, as well as an advisor to several AI and startup organizations. He previously co-founded Converge and has held leadership roles at Google and AIG. His expertise includes AI, machine learning, explainable AI, responsible AI, and software engineering.

  • AI House AI Resident Expert (Mentor/Advisor) 2025–present · current
  • Lightspeed AI CEO, Co-Founder 2025–present · current
  • Perpetuum AI AI Advisor 2025–present · current
  • Responsible Innovation Labs AI Advisor 2025–present · current
  • Foundations AI & Startup Advisor 2024–present · current
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    Tola Capital AI & LLM Advisor 2024–present · current
  • Career break Voluntary work 2024–2025 · past
  • Google Engineering Lead for AI Agents in Google Cloud Data & Analytics 2023–2024, uber-Technical Lead for Gen AI / ML @ Google Cloud 2023–2024, Engineering Lead & Manager - Vertex AI 2020–2023, Engineering Lead for AI Safety & Responsible AI - Google Cloud 2020–2023, Technical Lead & Manager - Google Cloud Compute 2019–2020 · past
  • AIG Tech Executive [Consultant] 2014–2016 · past
  • Converge Cofounder, CEO & Lead ML Engineer 2014–2019 · past
  • Fenix International Innovation Fellow 2013–2015 · past
  • MIT Research Specialist 2010, Graduate Student 2008–2010 · past
  • Paydici Co-Founder, CTO 2007–2009 · past
  • Xobni UI/UX Designer & UX Engineer 2007–2008 · past
  • Kytheram CEO & Principle Partner for Tech & UX Strategy 2005–2014 · past

Education

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology Master of Engineering - MEng, EE & CS, concentration in Human-AI interaction & HCI · 2008–2010
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science (AI concentration), Historical Architecture, Int'l Relations · 2002–2006

Organizations

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  • AI House AI Resident Expert (Mentor/Advisor) 2025–present · current
  • Lightspeed AI CEO, Co-Founder 2025–present · current
  • Perpetuum AI AI Advisor 2025–present · current

Education

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology Master of Engineering - MEng, EE & CS, concentration in Human-AI interaction & HCI · 2008–2010
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science (AI concentration), Historical Architecture, Int'l Relations · 2002–2006

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