{"id":115019,"date":"2025-03-11T17:15:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T21:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/?post_type=ftm_person&#038;p=115019"},"modified":"2025-03-19T13:18:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T17:18:45","slug":"peter-leyden","status":"publish","type":"ftm_person","link":"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/people\/peter-leyden","title":{"rendered":"Peter Leyden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"f-block f-block--profile\">\n    <div class=\"container mx-auto f-block__inner\">\n        <div class=\"container grid grid-cols-4 px-5 pt-8 mx-auto sm:px-7 md:px-10 sm:pt-10 md:pt-12 gap-x-9 sm:grid-cols-6 md:grid-cols-8 lg:grid-cols-10 sm:grid-row-2 gap-y-2 md:gap-y-6\">\n\n            <!-- image and title -->\n            <div class=\"col-span-full sm:col-span-4 md:col-span-6 lg:col-span-8\">\n\n                <div class=\"md:grid-cols-6 lg:grid-cols-8 md:grid md:gap-8 \">\n                    <div class=\"md:col-span-2\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Peter-Leyden-BW.jpg?quality=75&amp;w=546&amp;h=546&amp;crop=1\" class=\"square-img profile-block__image w-full mb-8 md:mb-0 rounded-2xl lg:w-auto\" alt=\"Person with glasses speaking, wearing a suit jacket, captured in black and white.\" \/>                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"md:col-span-4 lg:col-span-6\">\n                        <div class=\"profile-block__person-type\">\n                            Contributor                        <\/div>\n                        <h1 class=\"profile-block__person-name\">\n                            Peter Leyden                        <\/h1>\n                        <div class=\"profile-block__subtitle\">\n                            AI and tech expert, plus thought leader on the future                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <!-- classification -->\n            <div class=\"col-span-full sm:col-span-2 md:row-span-2  \">\n                \n                            <\/div>\n\n            <!-- contact -->\n            <div class=\"col-span-full md:col-span-2\">\n                <div class=\"font-semibold profile-block__subtext\">\n                    Contact\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"profile-block__email\">\n                                    <\/div>\n                <div class=\"profile-block__social-links\">\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@peteleyden\" class=\"profile-block__social-link\" rel=\"me\" target=\"_blank\">\n                            <?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\">\n  <path d=\"M24.8392 3H29.2861L19.571 14.0133L31 29H22.0512L15.0421 19.9107L7.0222 29H2.57266L12.9639 17.22L2 3H11.176L17.5116 11.308L24.8392 3ZM23.2785 26.36H25.7426L9.83711 5.50133H7.19293L23.2785 26.36Z\"><\/path>\n<\/svg>\n                            <div class=\"sr-only\">\n                                @peteleyden                            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <!-- bio -->\n            <div class=\"col-span-full md:col-span-4 lg:col-span-5 xl:col-span-6 xmd:col-start-3 xlg:col-start-3 xxl:col-start-3\">\n                <div class=\"profile-block__bio\">\n                    <p dir=\"ltr\">Peter Leyden is a longtime tech expert and thought leader on the future. He came to San Francisco to work with the founders of WIRED magazine at the beginning of the digital revolution and has followed the front edge of technological change every step since\u2014including into the AI revolution today.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In addition to being an influential writer and author, Leyden is a keynote speaker who has explained the implications of new technologies and the positive possibilities to come to audiences throughout America and Europe on a monthly basis over the last 25 years.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Leyden also founded several startups that pioneered fields transformed by new technologies and currently advises senior leaders in strategic foresight through his company Reinvent Futures. 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