Bilawal Sidhu
Blending reality & imagination using art & science
Creative Technologist | TED Curator/Host | Scout, A16z | Ex-Google PM (AR/VR, Maps)
Content Creator
Fell in love with CGI at 11. Now a creator with 1.5 million+ subscribers & 500 million+ views
Entertaining: YouTube (390K+ subs) and TikTok (990K+ subs), blending reality and imagination with VFX and AI.
Educating: Twitter/X (60K+), LinkedIn (40K+), YouTube (14K+), Threads (20K+), Substack (7K+) deconstructing the frontier of AI, AR/VR, robotics and internet culture.
For creator sponsorships please email [email protected] and for consulting services, book an appointment on Intro
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 Ideas on Global Stages
Technology Curator & Co-Host for TED2025 and TEDNext.
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 building something cool in these spaces, please reach out: [email protected]
Mapping the future of creation & computing
Each week, I explore uncharted territories in AI, AR/VR, and robotics β mapping the breakthroughs, blind spots, and reality-bending technologies that are reshaping our world.This channel is your atlas to what's next in creation and computing, with a balance of creative optimism, technical depth, and strategic insight.Sign up for my monthly updates: 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
- Product Growth Podcast: He Was Promoted 3x in 5 Years at Google (Bilawal Sidhu)
- Neville Pod: A Focus On AI, VR, AR, The TED AI Show, Google, A16Z Scout, Creator w/ 1.4M Subs
- 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