David Tepper, a pioneer in Generative AI, is the Co-Founder and CEO of Pay-i. His journey began at Microsoft, where he filed his first Generative AI patent in 2011, long before the technology gained mainstream attention. During his 18-year tenure at Microsoft, David was a Principal PM Architect in the Cloud & AI division, reporting to the Office of the CTO of Azure, and owned the GenAI strategy for internal use across Microsoft Azure. He has become a respected voice in the field, speaking about GenAI at various Fortune 500 companies, universities, and before Congress.