Hugo Barra
Meta, VP Product, Superintelligence labs
Hugo Barra is VP Product at Meta Superintelligence Labs working on Muse; joined via Meta's acquisition of Dreamer, a San Francisco-based startup that built an OS for personal AI agents where he was co-founder and head of product. Prior to Dreamer, he was co-founder and CEO at Detect, a biotech startup focused on ultra low-cost molecular diagnostics. Previously, Hugo led the Oculus VR division at Meta. Before Meta, Hugo was VP Global at Xiaomi overseeing global operations and the company's expansion beyond China to become the world's 3rd largest smartphone manufacturer. Prior to Xiaomi, Hugo was VP for Android product management at Google and led the Android ecosystem from nascency through its first billion users. Hugo holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and Management Science from MIT.
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When Software Builds Itself, What do Engineers do Next?
4:10 PMHahn AuditoriumAs agents move from assisting developers to completing increasingly complex work themselves, what happens to engineering? Builders at the frontier explore how agents will reshape how software is created and the future of work for those who build it.
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