Leemon Baird on Hedera’s Technical Gambit and AI’s Future
Leemon Baird, co-founder of Hedera, first introduced hashgraph consensus in 2016 as a novel alternative to traditional blockchain architectures. His academic background in computer science and early work in neural networks during the 1990s AI winter underscores his deep technical expertise. Hedera has since navigated a competitive landscape of distributed ledger technologies, each vying for market dominance.
Baird, set to speak at Consensus 2025, effortlessly bridges technical discourse and business strategy. His dual focus reflects the challenges of advancing decentralized technology while aligning with commercial imperatives. The Hedera project continues to evolve, leveraging Baird’s pioneering vision in both AI and distributed systems.