Ed Newton-Rex is one of the world’s leading experts and speakers on Generative AI. He is one of only a handful of people to have founded and sold a Generative AI company, and has a breadth of experience working at a senior level for social media giants TikTok and Snapchat. Ed is now VP of Audio at Stability AI, a billion-dollar Generative AI company that is one of the leading competitors to OpenAI.
Having graduated top of his year in Music at Cambridge University, in 2010 Ed founded Jukedeck, the world’s first AI music company. Jukedeck’s technology was used to create more than a million original pieces of music, and won a number of awards, including a Cannes Innovation Lion. In 2019, the company was acquired by ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company.
At ByteDance, Ed first led the AI music lab, then ran Product in Europe for TikTok, working on the world-renowned AI recommendation algorithm. At Snapchat, Ed was Chief Product Officer for Voisey, a music creation app that made it easy to make and collaborate on music, which led to record deals for a number of its users.
Ed is now VP of Audio at Stability AI, the company behind Stable Diffusion, the hugely successful, open-source image generation technology that helped kickstart the mass adoption of Generative AI. He is also a professional composer, published by Boosey & Hawkes, which gives him a unique perspective on the impact AI will have - and is already having - on the creative industries. He was a co-organiser and judge of the first international AI Song Contest, and is a mentor on the startup programme at Abbey Road Studios in London.
Ed was named one of Business Insider’s 30 most creative people in UK tech, and one of Sifted’s 20 generative AI ‘power players’ in Europe. He has made a number of media appearances discussing AI and creativity, including on the BBC, and has spoken on the topic at a range of conferences including TEDx, Mobile World Congress and Slush.
In March 2024 Ed Newton-Rex conducted a Keynote Speech discussing the future opportunities that can come with AI and the potential for high quality AI Generated Music. Watch this exclusive Keynote Speech from Ed Newton-Rex here.
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Ed Newton-Rex's official speaking topics are listed below:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Generative AI
- AI Music
- AI and Creativity
- Digital Disruption
- Entrepreneurship - he sold his first company to ByteDance - owners of TikTok
Official Feedback from In-Person & Virtual Events
"Ed Newton-Rex was an extremely well-received speaker at the Independent Publishers Guild's Spring Conference in 2018. He distilled complex content about Artificial Intelligence into an accessible and engaging session that gave our delegates knowledge and ideas to make their businesses better." - Bridget, Chief Executive, Independent Publishers Guild
"Ed is a very talented and inspiring speaker. He can explain complex concepts in easily understandable terms, and engages his audience. His summary of music history and technology paired with his experience in entrepreneurship was particularly impressive for our guests at the Sonophilia Spark in Frankfurt" - Seda, Founder, Sonophilia
“Ed is an articulate and highly knowledgeable speaker[, particularly when it comes to AI & creativity]. He presents with clarity and does a great job keeping audiences engaged. I really can’t recommend Ed highly enough.” - Ahmed, BBC
“Please can you pass on our thanks to Ed. His talk today on AI and creativity was truly fascinating and real food for thought. Our audience thoroughly enjoyed it.” - Elise, Joint Managing Director, Lux Events
- 2023- VP of Audio at Stability AI
- 2022- Mentor at Abbey Road Studios
- 2021- Chief Product Officer at Snap Inc
- 2020- Product Director at TikTok
- 2019- Product Director at the AI Lab at TikTok
- 2017- Associate at Cambridge Judge Business School
- 2011- Founder and CEO of Jukedeck
