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Nikki Freeman
Nikki Freeman is Director of AI Product Strategy and Partnerships at Microsoft.
Nikki is a product and innovation leader in the Office of the CTO at Microsoft. On the Strategic Partnerships team, she identifies and leads partnerships focused specifically on ensuring that Microsoft retains permission and trust to deploy cutting-edge AI. She is currently leading AI adoption experiments in journalism and other industries. Previously, Nikki drove internal innovation as a founder of the Incubation Studio, Microsoft’s internal accelerator.
In Nikki’s six years at Microsoft, she was a member of the Corporate Strategy and M&A team in addition to various roles in the Office of the CTO. Prior to tech, her background was in fixed income investing and research, working at major banks in New York and San Francisco. Nikki is a lifelong learner and is passionate about the intersection of technology and society.
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