Austin Forum Partners

Adapter

Adapter is building the next generation of tools that, at their core, reimagine how real people interact with collaborative and intelligent technologies in their daily lives. Adapter is not focused on incremental 10% or 20% improvements; instead, the goal is the reinvention of our collective abilities. Adapter is a team of engineers, scientists, creatives, and innovators united by the belief that these technologies can be harnessed to improve the daily lives of people around the world. The team is backed by some of the industry's most respected and accomplished thought leaders, doers, and venture investors.

AMD

Founded in 1969 as a Silicon Valley start-up, the AMD journey began with dozens of employees focused on leading-edge semiconductor products. From those modest beginnings, AMD has grown into a global company of 10,000 people, achieving many important industry firsts along the way. AMD today develops high-performance computing and visualization products to solve some of the world's toughest and most interesting challenges. There has never been a better time to be in the semiconductor industry, and AMD is ready to tackle the next 50 years with high-performance computing and graphics solutions that transform lives.

Atchley & Associates, LLP

Atchley & Associates, LLP (A&A) is an Austin-based full-service certified public accounting firm, offering services such as attestation, tax, accounting, business consulting, political campaign reporting, and litigation support services. A&A serves clients in both the public and private sectors. Its commitment is to provide quality services to existing clients and create opportunities for new clients.

Good Systems

Good Systems is a campus-wide, interdisciplinary research grand challenge at The University of Texas at Austin focused on designing ethical AI technologies that benefit society. This research effort brings together humanists, social scientists, and technologists to define, evaluate, and build AI systems driven by broadly accepted values such as transparency, agency, trust, equity, and justice. Together with partners in academia, government, industry, and nonprofit sectors, Good Systems works to address pressing societal issues through six core research projects in the areas of AI and the future of racial justice, privacy and surveillance, smart cities, disinformation, smart hand tools and the future of work, and living and working with robots.