Prem Akkaraju

Prem Akkaraju

Prem Akkaraju is the CEO of Stability AI, best known for its groundbreaking generative AI model, Stable Diffusion. In 2023, Stability AI was named one of “TIME100 Most Influential Companies.” Stable Diffusion models have been downloaded over 354 million times and generated over 80% of AI images online in 2023. In 2024, legendary filmmaker and visual effects pioneer James Cameron invested in Stability AI and joined its Board of Directors.

Previously, Prem was the CEO of Weta Digital, the Academy Award-winning film production and visual effects company behind titles like Avatar: Way of Water, Planet of the Apes, and Game of Thrones, generating over $22 billion in global box office revenue. At Weta, he founded Weta Cloud, a cloud based film production pipeline that was later sold to Unity Software for $1.625 billion. Additionally, Prem is a TED speaker and was an Executive Producer on the Oscar-nominated film, The White Tiger. He has an MBA from Columbia University and lives in Los Angeles with his wife Mary Ann and two kids.

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In person
9 July 2026
16:00 - 17:00
EST - New York
CST - Beijing
PST - Los Angeles
AWST - Perth, Australia

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