Yale Fox

Overview

Yale has dedicated his career to improving quality of life through innovative data driven technologies. He is a TED Fellow and has been acknowledged by Gerson Lehman Group as a top Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (AI/ML) machine learning expert. In 2013 Yale launched Rentlogic a platform that analyzes millions of pieces of data to generate letter grades for buildings across New York City. Rentlogic is the result of Yale s advocacy for both landlords and tenants and fostering transparency between them. His work has been recognized as an innovative approach by The New York Times Wall Street Journal Bloomberg ProPublica Wired Magazine and more. He also hosts and produces of the annual #HackHousing event with the New York Mayor s Office Community Affairs Unit. This event connects housing non profits and individuals in the tech sector to work on new solutions within the space. In University Yale turned a popular nightclub into a research lab and quantified the nights to improve parties and bottom lines. His work has been featured in textbooks worldwide as well as in 100 media publications. His research caught the attention of Freakonomics authors Levitt and Dubner who hired him to produce insights about the hidden side of everything. In his spare time Yale continues to hack away. His latest passion project involves the build out of a custom communication system for his dog Elly. By combining AI with state of the art sound and voice recognition equipment Elly will be able to converse with people ask for food and offer opinions.