Ari Wallach is a futurist and the founder and Executive Director of Longpath Labs, as well as the host of the PBS series A Brief History of the Future. As adjunct associate professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, he lectured on innovation, AI, and the futures of public policy. Wallach's TED talk on Longpath has been viewed 2.5 million times and translated into 21 languages. He has written for outlets like the BBC and Wired, ran Fast Company magazine's "FactCo Futures with Ari Wallach," and has been featured in The New Times, Yahoo Finance, CNBC, CNN, Vox, and more.