Andrew Mayne

Before AI went mainstream, Andrew Mayne was an outsider—an author and magician exploring the edges of human creativity. That same curiosity led him inside OpenAI, where he became the company’s first prompt engineer and helped shape the way humans and machines think together. In this talk, he shares lessons from inside one of the world’s most influential AI labs: how to recognize inflection points before they happen, turn uncertainty into momentum, and build a career that thrives through technological upheaval. It’s a roadmap for anyone, from executives to creators, who wants to navigate the AI revolution not as a passenger, but as a pilot.