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Chappy Asel
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He started building again after Apple, this time a weekly meetup with friends.
That meetup became The AI Collective, which now reports more than 250,000 members, 600 volunteers and 200 chapters across more than 50 countries. At its global launch in June 2025 he framed the stakes in terms of trust: that trust is the invisible thread holding society together, and the thread is fraying under misaligned incentives and rapid, uncoordinated change.
Before that he was at Apple, on the teams that launched Vision Pro and built early prototypes of Apple Intelligence. He also co-founded Cofactory, a venture-backed AI startup. After leading The AI Collective for over three years he has turned to what he calls tools for relationship intelligence, in a world where trust, taste, judgment and the ability to mobilise the right people matter more than ever.
Speaking at the AI Summit at Stanford on The Future of AI Beyond the Chatbot Era.
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Founded The AI Collective, which reports 250,000+ members, 600+ volunteers and 200+ chapters across 50+ countries
Chappy AselLaunched The AI Collective globally in June 2025 with 70,000+ members and 40+ partners
The AI Collective, via BusinessWireWorked at Apple on the teams that launched Vision Pro and early prototypes of Apple Intelligence
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- Role and session read from the event programme, captured 31 July 2026, via AI Summit at Stanford
- Current focus, AI Collective scale, Apple and Cofactory history, via Chappy Asel
- Global launch, membership figures and his own words on trust, via The AI Collective, via BusinessWire