Bilawal Sidhu
Blending reality & imagination using art & science
Creative Technologist | Host, TED AI Show | Scout, A16z | Ex-Google PM (AR/VR, Maps)
Content Creator
Fell in love with CGI at 11. Now a creator with 1.4 million+ subscribers & 445 million+ views
Entertaining: YouTube (390K+ subs) and TikTok (990K+ subs), blending reality and imagination with VFX and AI.
Educating: Twitter (55K+), LinkedIn (33K)+, YouTube (6K+), Substack (5K+) deconstructing creative tech and AI.
Podcast Host, The TED AI Show
The official TED Talks podcast on all things AI. Your weekly guide to live and thrive in a world where AI is changing everythingπ Crossed 1M downloads in 8 episodes
π Top 15 tech podcast in US and top 10 tech podcast in UK
Sharing (and Curating) Ideas on Global Stages
Technology Guest Curator & Co-Host for TED2025 (Humanity Reimagined)
TED Speaker on Gen AI & 3D at TED2023
Hosted Session 2 at TED2024, PwC Panel on AI, and Led AI Discovery Session
Spoke at Vimeo REFRAME, VidSummit 2023, FMX Germany, NVIDIA GTC, Skybound HQ, Shack15 etc.
Ex-Google Product Manager
Spent a decade in tech; six years at Google as a Sr. Product Manager
Built VR Camera Systems & YouTube VR Experiences
Shipped CV & AI-powered VFX tools
Re-mapped the world in 3D using aerial & ground level sensors
Turned the world into a 3D canvas for AR developers
Reimagined Maps with Immersive View to do virtual vibe checks
Angel Investor & A16z Scout
Angel investing and scouting for a16z in early-stage startups across generative AI, perception AI, and spatial computing.
If you're a founder building cool stuff in these spaces, please reach out.
AI & AR/VR Educator
Mentoring early and late career professional on AI and 3D technologies.
Taught 2 cohorts of a Generative AI Masterclass on to rave reviews on Maven.Sign up for my mailing list on substack: spatialintelligence.ai
Press Interviews
- Meet Bilawal Sidhu, A Visionary Tech Creator Helping Brands Harness The Power of AI - Benzinga
- The Creator Who Quit Google to Experiment With AI - The Information
- Now Entering The Co-Pilot Era: Generative AI Is 'A Gold Rush,' Google Veteran Says - Benzinga
- A Revolution in Computer Graphics Is Bringing 3D Reality Capture to the Masses - Singularity Hub
- Mapping a YouTube Star: AI art won't kill creators β itβll make a new type of creative - AIM
- The Early Adopterβs Guide to Generative AI - The Information
News Mentions
- Ben Affleck Discussing Future of Hollywood Goes Viral - Newsweek
- OpenAI Board Revelations ft. Helen Toner broadly covered by news media
- Jensen Huang Says We'll See Fully AI-Generated Games in 5-10 Years - TechRadar
AI Industry: VentureBeat, Axios, BBC, Benzinga, AWN
AI Video: Futurism, VentureBeat, Axios, Techopedia,
Spatial AI: Politico, CreativeBloq, Forbes, TradingView
AI Images: PetaPixel, The Verge, The Guardian, Esquire, NDTV
AI Research: RedSharkNews, MarkTechPost, Tom's Guide
Podcast Appearances
- The Next Wave: Battle for Search & Visual-Spatial AI
- fxguide: Blending reality & imagination using art + science
- Building the Open Metaverse: A Mind Living at the Intersection of Bits and Atoms
- Jon Radoff: Creative Technology and Generative AI with Bilawal Sidhu
- Zima Red: How AI is changing creative technology... and everything else
- Bad Decisions Podcast: Ex-Google Product Manager on Generative AI, Apple Vision Pro & NeRFs
- XROM: AI Transforming the Creative Industry
- AI Studios: What working as a FAANG PM is really Like Product Management
Select Original Videos
- Pumpkin Zombie Filter Comes To Life in VR: 52M Views
- Shadow Aliens in Miami Mall: 38M Views
- The Arrival: Unreal Engine Short
- 3D Gaussian Splatting - Explained!
Select Sponsored Videos
My Writing on Substack
About me
π Grew up across India, the UK, and the US; fluent in Hindi and Punjabi
π Alumnus of the University of Southern California, Bilawal holds a dual degree in Computer Science and Business Administration
ΰ©΄ Passionate about mantra meditation and blending ancient wisdom with modern insights
πΈ Avid guitarist with a love for collecting Ibanez and Ernie Ball electric guitars
Β© Bilawal Sidhu