PyData Seattle 2025

Pedro Luraschi

Pedro is the cofounder and COO of Hal9, an AI platform startup incubated at the Allen Institute for AI (AI2) in Seattle. Hal9 empowers entrepreneurs to build and launch their own AI-powered products without the complexity of managing technical infrastructure. In this work, Pedro has collaborated with professionals including doctors, real estate agents, artists, toy designers, and educators to bring their AI ideas to life.

Before Hal9, Pedro founded Baud, an emerging technology product development studio, and Cardbots, an edTech startup that helped children develop creative and technical skills for the future. With a background in robotics and philosophy, Pedro has spent over a decade teaching high school and college students, combining hands-on technical expertise with a human-centered approach to innovation.


Session

11-07
15:20
45min
Panel: Building Data-Driven Startups with User-Centric Design
Eloisa Elias T, Yinhan Liu, Joshua Ahmed, Yujian Tang, Pedro Luraschi

Creating successful data products requires more than just powerful algorithms it demands a deep understanding of user needs. In this panel, founders and leaders from innovative data-driven startups share their strategies for designing user-centric data products including Python-based tools.

Room 301A