Christine Blizzard

Christine Blizzard is a creative executive and brand strategist who serves as chief experience officer at Tenstorrent, an AI computing company specializing in advanced computer architecture, ASIC design, RISC-V technology, and neural network compilers. In this role, Blizzard leads the Experience Org, overseeing all customer touch points, including brand, product, communications, go-to-market, and customer success. Tenstorrent operates from its U.S. headquarters with offices in Austin, Texas, Silicon Valley, and global locations in Toronto, Belgrade, Seoul, Tokyo, and Bangalore.

Before joining Tenstorrent, Blizzard founded y3k, a brand marketing studio focused on the intersection of technology and culture. Her clients included Intel, Twitch, Patreon, Atomic Semi, Comma AI, Numerai, and Urbit. Blizzard has contributed to the AI hardware and technology branding sectors by developing strategies that bridge culture and technology to create compelling brand narratives.

Earlier in her career, Blizzard worked at Google as a senior creative producer for Google Events + Experiences, managing contracts for Google Hardware projects and serving as creative director for the Google I/O developer conference. She also held roles as strategist at West | SF and multiple positions at FACT0RY, including partner, chief strategist, founder of Factory Living, and director of experience. These roles provided her with a multidisciplinary foundation in strategy, experiential design, and brand development.

Blizzard holds a Bachelor of Arts in history, fine arts, and art history from The George Washington University. Her background in the humanities, combined with extensive experience in technology and branding, informs her approach to positioning companies within the evolving AI hardware industry, emphasizing the importance of storytelling alongside engineering.