Tech/AI
Dr. Waleed Kadous
Cofounder · Islamic Alliance for Safe, Ethical, and Responsible AI
Mountain View, CA
Founded the Google team behind Android's blue dot. Now builds an Islamic AI assistant.
About
Waleed Kadous founded the Android Location and Sensing team at Google, which built the blue dot, and wrote machine learning for Google Fit. He went on to lead system architecture, location and maps at Uber, then engineering and later LLM work at Anyscale, and generative AI engineering at Canva. He now runs Cluesmith, which builds AI products and advises companies, and is the creator of Ansari, an Islamic AI assistant that has answered around 150,000 questions, and of an AI for Imams course. He holds more than 40 patents and a PhD from the University of New South Wales.
2026 Sessions
This YearDealing with the Oncoming AI Train: Ummatic Challenge and Opportunity
We are four years into what is likely a thirty-year revolution, one that could end with the destruction of humanity or…
Inside the AI Industrial Complex
The same systems marketed as the future of human flourishing are being financed, trained and deployed in ways most of…
To Stay or To Go? Ethics of Working in Big Tech
There is a conversation happening in group chats across this industry that has not been had on a stage: whether a…
2025 Sessions
Last YearFuture at Stake: The Ummatic Urgency to Lead in AI
AI development choices — from data collection to model deployment — reflect particular interests. This keynote…
Dr. Waleed Kadous
The Ummah's Moment: Leading the AI Revolution
How Muslim leaders can guide AI development for global benefit through policy, entrepreneurship, and Islamic…
Amany Killawi · Dr. James Faghmous · Dr. Waleed Kadous · Junaid Kapadia