Dan Shapiro is a Senior Research Fellow at the Wharton Generative AI lab. He's also the CEO and cofounder of Glowforge, the 3D laser printer company, and Robot Turtles, LLC, a company created when he accidentally launched the bestselling boardgame in Kickstarter history. Dan worked as an executive at Google after they bought his previous company, comparison shopping website Sparkbuy. Before Sparkbuy, Shapiro was founder and CEO of Photobucket Inc. (formerly Ontela). Dan's been featured on NPR, the Wall Street Journal, and the front page of the New York Times. He consults with companies like Walmart, Deloitte, and Chipotle on AI strategy. He has been awarded more than 100 patents, and received his B.S. in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College.
