Dr. Catie Cuan

An entrepreneur, engineer, and artist, Dr. Catie Cuan is a pioneer in the nascent field of ‘choreorobotics’ and works at the intersection of artificial intelligence, human-robot interaction, and art. She is the founder and CEO of Zenie, a consumer AI company, backed by Gradient Ventures and HF0. Catie holds a PhD and Master’s of Science in robotics and AI from Stanford, where she is also a Postdoc leading the robotics and art efforts at the new Stanford Robotics Center. She is a prolific robot choreographer, having created works with a dozen different robots across residencies and performances at institutions like the Smithsonian, the San Francisco Exploratorium, Google X, TED, and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.