Bradley
Axen

Brad is Tech Lead for AI & Data Platform at Block. He built and maintains goose, the open source AI agent framework owned by the AAIF that automates repetitive tasks for thousands of employees in the company. He also leads company-wide initiatives to optimize Block's AI agents for both customers and internal automation. Brad has a long history in python, distributed compute systems, and applied AI/ML. Brad previously earned his physics PhD from UC Berkeley and worked on processing and analyzing data at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva.