Chris is Britain’s most successful Paralympic swimmer winning a total of 9 golds, 5 silvers and 1 bronze. He was also Director of Paralympic Integration, responsible for the organisation of the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.

Chris is a passionate advocate for the potential of technology and the benefits of diversity and inclusion. He campaigns for more accessible environments for disabled people and has conducted an independent review for the Government that made recommendations on opening up public appointments to disabled people.

In Parliament Chris sits on the influential Science and Technology Select Committee but has previously been a member of specialist House of Lords Select Committees dealing with:

• Democracy and Digital Technologies
• Artificial Intelligence 
• Digital Skills 
• Social Mobility  
• Financial Exclusion

Through his Private Members Bill Chris has worked to end the injustice of unpaid internships.

Chris is also Deputy Chair of Channel 4 and Diversity Adviser to the Civil Service.

Cyrus is a co-founder of AIGC Chain, (the first foundation model of AI generated content on a blockchain, with a responsible AI focus), the co-founder of one of the first generative AI unicorns, Stability AI Stability AI (exited) and a co-founder of Duckweed Bio, a Florida Agtech/Climate Tech venture. He is a Contributor to VALDI.ai, a web3 P2P ML cloud computing platform. Cyrus was a Partner at FoundersX Ventures, a cross-stage Silicon Valley VC, and the co-founder of the AI Initiative of The Future Society, where he led global governance of AI projects. Cyrus is active at the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI) where he co--leads the Safety and Assurance of Generative AI (SAFE) project, as well as being an invited expert on the AI for climate action & biodiversity and agriculture Committees. Educated at Sciences Po Paris, MA (Hons) Paris II University, M.P.A. Harvard Kennedy School.

Melanie is a Venture Capitalist, Board Member and Mentor.

She says, "My titles and positions never break down what I am truly good at – people. I find meeting strangers no sweat and nurture relationships without a hitch.

Networking in my world is a necessity and something I approach instinctively. I take pride in the fact I can pretty much talk about anything to anyone, then turn it around to spawn a synergetic liaison.

Besides all of this, I've travelled and lived around the world for business and pleasure. I am a true foodie as well as trained in the culinary arts and believe great ideas in technology will make this world a better place!

Join me in my journey and send me a message to [email protected]!"

Join David Shrier as he interviews guests about artificial intelligence and its future.