Lukas Biewald is a prominent entrepreneur and computer science expert based in San Francisco, California. He is the founder and CEO of Weights & Biases, a company that provides powerful tools to help machine learning practitioners build better models. Lukas previously founded CrowdFlower, which rebranded as Figure Eight, and he led the company to become one of the top data annotation platforms. Before starting his own businesses, Lukas worked as a senior scientist at Powerset, an AI startup acquired by Microsoft, and as an engineering manager at Yahoo. He also earned a BS and MS in Mathematics and Computer Science from Stanford University, where he conducted research in AI and was a research assistant at the university's AI Lab.

Throughout his career, Lukas has been involved in various fields of technology, including AI, machine learning, data management, and software engineering. He is passionate about helping organizations leverage data to automate and optimize their processes. As such, he has been a frequent speaker and commentator on topics including AI applications, big data, and data management.