Lars Traaholt Vågnes has 7 years of experience building AI models that have delivered tens of millions of dollars in value to enterprises. He is the founder of three innovative generative AI companies: Nusic, which focuses on generative music; Personate, specializing in AI-driven video content creation; and Simli, which creates real-time AI avatars. Lars holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Michigan and the Shanghai Jiao Tong Joint Institute. Additionally, he is the founder of AIMadLab, one of Europe’s fastest-growing AI communities, which grew from 0 to 1,000 members in just one year. He is also fluent in Chinese.