Hugo Bowne-Anderson is an independent data and AI consultant with extensive experience in the tech industry. He is the host of Vanishing Gradients and High Signal, podcasts exploring developments in data science and AI. Previously, Hugo served as Head of Developer Relations at Outerbounds and held roles at Coiled and DataCamp, where his work in data science education reached over 3 million learners. He has taught at Yale University, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and conferences like SciPy and PyCon, and is a passionate advocate for democratizing data skills and open-source tools. He also regularly teaches courses on Building LLM Applications for Data Scientists and Software Engineers.