Shawn Wang (swyx)

Shawn Wang, known as swyx, is the founder of Latent Space and one of the most influential voices defining what it means to be an AI engineer. He coined the term and built a community around it through his newsletter, podcast, and conference appearances. Previously at Airbyte, AWS, and Netlify, swyx brings deep infrastructure knowledge to the AI space. His Latent Space podcast and newsletter are required reading for anyone building with AI, and his open-source AI conference talks have millions of views.