Ed Newton-Rex is the VP of Audio at Stability AI- one of OpenAI’s most formidable competitors. An accomplished entrepreneur, he was the Founder and CEO of Jukedeck, the world's first AI Music composition company, which was later acquired by ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok. An expert in matters related to Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, digital disruption, and entrepreneurship, Ed is now available to hire as a speaker for a wide range of events.
Featured in Business Insider’s 30 Most Creative People in UK list, Ed’s talents are widely recognised. He has a slew of accolades to his name including the 20:40 Leader of the Future Award in 2019 and Cannes Innovation Lion Award in 2016, to name a few. An expert on technology too, having delivered the TEDx Talk “Can Computers Be Creative?”, he has also written about technology and music for The Spectator, The Independent and Axios. With a BA in Music from the University of Oxford, Ed’s compositions have been published by Boosey & Hawkes and he played a pivotal role in setting up and Judging for the AI Song Contest.
Ed has worked at some of the leading companies that work at the intersection of technology and musical creativity, having been the Product Director for Europe at TikTok and the Chief Product Officer at Voisey, a music creation app owned by Snapchat. Prior to his current position, Ed served as the VP Product of Harmonai at Stability AI. At Stability AI, Ed is working towards the mass adoption of generative AI that is facilitated by open-source image technology.
An experienced speaker, Ed has spoken at some notable platforms like TEDx, Mobile World Congress, London’s Deep Learning Summit, and BBC’s Radio shows on creative AI. He has also been featured in Billboard, The Times, NME, and The Verge articles. Knowledgeable, business-savvy and creative, Ed is now available to speak at events and share his expertise in generative AI, digital disruption and entrepreneurship. If you are looking for a speaker who is at the helm of creating new, improved technologies, look no further than Ed Newton-Rex!
