Tanmay Bakshi

5 out of 5

Algorithmist & Neural Network Architect; AI/Software Architect at IBM; Google Developer Expert for Machine Learning; LinkedIn Top 25 Tech Influencer; Author of "Tanmay Teaches" Series

Toronto, Canada
Live Event: $10,000 - $20,000 Virtual Event: $5,000 - $10,000 More Fee Info

Tanmay Bakshi Biography

Recognized as The Toronto Star’s “Newsmaker of the Year” in 2013 after publishing an acclaimed iOS app at age nine, Tanmay Bakshi is an internationally celebrated AI prodigy, keynote speaker, and technological innovator. In 2013, Bloomberg Businessweek named him among its top young entrepreneurs. Over the past decade, he has delivered keynotes on AI, innovation, and the future of technology across 30+ countries, presenting for the United Nations, Apple, Walmart, Microsoft, Google, KPMG, the Linux Foundation, Heineken, Shell, HSBC, and Amazon — reaching more than 400,000 business leaders, government officials, developers, and students.

Bakshi ’s roles span engineering and education: AI & Software Architect for IBM watsonx; Google Developer Expert for Machine Learning; TED and keynote speaker; author; researcher at iU B Lab Tokyo; and instructor at the University of Winnipeg. He also maintains a prominent media and YouTube presence. He set out to empower 100,000 people with technology — an impact milestone he has already surpassed — and his work has been featured by Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNBC, CBC, and many more.

He is the author of four technology books: "Hello Swift!"; "Cognitive Computing with IBM Watson"; and McGraw-Hill’s Tanmay Teaches series — "Tanmay Teaches Go" and "Tanmay Teaches Julia". The latter two have been translated into Korean and Japanese respectively, expanding access for learners worldwide.

From his beginnings as a coder at age five, Tanmay continues to drive applied AI with IBM, contributing to McDonald’s drive-thru voice agents, building AI-assisted songwriting tools, and developing heartbeat-based individual recognition and EEG-based mental-state decoding.

His contributions have been recognized with IBM's Gerstner Award for Client Excellence, the Knowledge Ambassador Award from the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation, Twilio’s Doer Award, the Life Mentor Award from the Creative Foundation, and the Young Edison Award from Shanghai TV, just to name a few.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 03/20/2026.

Tanmay Bakshi Speaking Topics

  • Navigating AI’s Future through First-Principles Thinking

    I discuss the path I've taken toward understanding and engineering autonomous and generative AI, anchored in first-principles thinking. Through my personal experiences and real-world examples, I clarify common misconceptions around AI and offer practical frameworks for designing intelligent, purposeful, and responsible systems.

  • Empowering the Next Generation with AI Skills

    I speak about preparing young people to thrive in an AI-driven future, highlighting how to cultivate adaptability, continuous learning, ethical understanding, data literacy, and effective human-AI collaboration, emphasizing why it’s critical that we equip youth now to confidently pursue opportunities and tackle challenges in careers we haven't even imagined yet.

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Tanmay Bakshi Videos

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Building The Future 2020 - Tanmay Bakshi - Culture and New Competences of the Future

Building The Future 2020 - Tanmay Bakshi - Culture and New Competences of the Future

Uploaded by Building The Future on 2020-02-10.

Tanmay Bakshi Speaking Reel

Tanmay Bakshi Speaking Reel

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Tanmay Bakshi is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Navigating AI’s Future through First-Principles Thinking, Empowering the Next Generation with AI Skills and Transforming AI from Prototype to Scalable Capability. The estimated speaking fee range to book Tanmay Bakshi for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Tanmay Bakshi generally travels from Toronto, Canada and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Zack Kass, Richie Etwaru, Eric Siegel, Samaira Mehta and John Romero. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Tanmay Bakshi for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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