Taryn Southern is an award-winning storyteller and creative technologist whose groundbreaking creative experiments offer unique insights into the intersection of emerging technology and human potential.

As an earlyYouTuber with more than 750+ million views, she is most known for her boundary-pushing creative work with AI—from composing the world’s first AI pop album to directing a Tribeca Film Festival documentary on brain-computer interfaces (BCIs).

Since 2021, Taryn has served as Chief Storyteller at a leading implantable neurotechnology company, where she launched the world’s first BCI museum and oversaw communications strategy for two funding rounds totaling over $230M+.

An advocate of women in science and tech, she is an angel investor in future-forward companies such as Oura, Etched, Extend Fertility, Vessel Health, and Forever Labs.

As a speaker and breast cancer survivor, Taryn delights in sharing practical applications of AI that help audiences unleash creativity, joy, critical thinking, wellbeing and productivity.