Cynthia Breazeal

Dr. Cynthia Breazeal is founder and CEO of Jibo, Inc. She is also an Associate Professor at the MIT Media Lab. Dr. Breazeal is recognized as a prominent innovator at the intersection of technology and society as the pioneer of Social Robotics. Her research spans both the creation of intelligent and socially responsive robots, as well as studying their impact on contributing to people’s quality of life across education & learning, creativity, health, telecommunications, aging, entertainment, play, and more. Jibo, Inc. brings the technologies, design insights, and user experience of social robots to the home as the world’s first family robot to help busy families to manage, care for, coordinate and connect with loved ones with greater ease, convenience, efficacy, and delight. As an open platform, Jibo enables 3rd party developers to bring the engagement and emotional lift of social robots to their apps and services.