Shannon Brownlee
Co-founder & CTO @ Valence AI | building emotion AI for the digital world
- Role
- Cofounder & CTO at Valence Ai
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Shannon Brownlee
Voice technologist, AI founder. Background in ML, SWE, computational bio. Building new voice tech. Former Microsoft and Lucid Circuit. Now bringing emotional intelligence into AI systems - at @Valence AI.Valence is a voice AI startup delivering real-time emotion classification based on tone of voice, aiming to reduce friction with customer service agents and AI agents, and to give conversational insights for sales, marketing, etc. We know that it\'s not just what you say, but how you say it.As AI permeates every facet of our lives, we have to make sure that it\'s being developed with ethical guardrails in place and accurate representation in mind. Having AI better understand and represent how we feel helps to create more impactful and realistic interactions.
Experience
Cofounder & CTO
Jan 2022 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US
Cofounded Valence, a voice AI startup rooted in affective computing and neurotechnology. We build emotion AI models that allow for greater understanding across people and AI agents. As CTO, I spearhead ML development, application development, product, and research.
Education
University of Southern California
Bachelor of Science - BS
University of Southern California
Master of Science - MS
University of Southern California
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