Masahiro Hara
Inventor of the QR Code | Chief Engineer, Denso Wave | European Inventor Award & Imperial Prize Honoree | On Innovation, Problem-Finding & Open Technology
Yoko Matsuoka
Co-Founder of Google X | CEO, Panasonic Well & Managing Executive Officer, Panasonic Holdings | MacArthur Fellow | Roboticist & AI Leader
Yoky Matsuoka is a roboticist, neuroscientist, and MacArthur "Genius" Fellow who has helped build the future at nearly every major tech company of her era. A co-founder of Google X and former CTO of Nest, she is now CEO of Panasonic Well, using AI to help families thrive. On stage, she brings rare authority on artificial intelligence, robotics, and the art of turning breakthrough science into products the world actually uses.
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Yoko Matsuoka biography
Yoky Matsuoka is a roboticist, neuroscientist, and technology executive whose career has bridged academia, Silicon Valley’s most influential companies, and the frontier of AI for human well-being. A MacArthur “Genius” Fellow who has helped build products used by millions, she brings a rare combination of deep scientific expertise and proven leadership at the highest levels of the technology industry.
AI speaker Yoky Matsuoka is the CEO of Panasonic Well, the venture and business incubator within the Panasonic Group dedicated to building AI-powered products and services that help families live healthier, happier lives. She also serves as a Managing Executive Officer of Panasonic Holdings and as founder and CEO of Yohana. Before Panasonic, she was a co-founder and head of innovation at Google X, Google’s legendary moonshot lab, and went on to serve as Chief Technology Officer at Nest, Vice President at Google’s healthcare organization, a senior executive at Apple, VP of technology at Twitter, and CEO of the wearable health startup Quanttus.
From Neurobotics to AI for Families
Matsuoka’s path began in research. As an endowed professor at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Washington, she founded and directed the Neurobotics Laboratory and the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering, pioneering work combining neuroscience and robotics to restore movement and sensation to the human body. That research earned her the MacArthur Fellowship and a Presidential Early Career Award. She holds a PhD and master’s from MIT and a bachelor’s from UC Berkeley, all in electrical engineering and computer science, and she founded the YokyWorks Foundation to help children with physical and learning challenges.
As a speaker, Yoky Matsuoka offers a uniquely credible perspective on artificial intelligence, robotics, human-centered design, and the future of well-being. She speaks on building technology that genuinely serves people, the responsible use of AI in everyday life, leadership across research and industry, and what it takes to turn breakthrough science into products the world actually uses. Audiences gain practical insight and inspiration from a leader who has helped invent the future at nearly every major technology company of her era.
Yoko Matsuoka Speaking Videos
Two track mind: Yoky Matsuoka at TEDxSandHillRdWomen
Keynote: Robotics - Yoky Matsuoka, CTO of Nest | Udacity Intersect 2017
Yoko Matsuoka Keynote Topics
Yoky Matsuoka has spent her career building technology around human needs rather than the other way around. She explores how AI can genuinely improve daily life, from health and wellness to the home, and what it takes to design intelligent products that are useful, trustworthy, and centered on the people who use them.
Few leaders have crossed from frontier research to consumer technology as successfully as Matsuoka. Drawing on her journey from neurobotics professor to executive at Google, Apple, and Panasonic, she shares how breakthrough science becomes products people love, and why bridging that gap is one of the most valuable skills in modern innovation.
As CEO of Panasonic Well, Matsuoka is building an AI-powered ecosystem to help families live healthier, happier lives. She examines the future of wellness technology, how AI can support caregiving and human connection, and how leaders can build tools that strengthen rather than fragment our lives.
Having led teams in academia, at moonshot labs, and inside global corporations, Matsuoka offers a distinctive view of innovation leadership. She reflects on building and motivating world-class teams, taking smart risks, and sustaining creativity and purpose across very different kinds of organizations.
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FAQs on Booking Yoko Matsuoka
Why Yoky Matsuoka?
Booking Yoky Matsuoka brings audiences a genuinely rare blend of scientific depth and executive experience at the cutting edge of technology. A MacArthur "Genius" Fellow and trained roboticist and neuroscientist, she co-founded Google X, served as CTO of Nest and a senior leader at Apple and Google, and now leads Panasonic Well in building AI-powered products for family well-being. That combination lets her speak with authority to engineers, executives, and general audiences alike, translating where AI and robotics are heading into clear, human terms. Visionary, accomplished, and deeply credible, she is an ideal speaker for events on artificial intelligence, innovation, technology leadership, health, and the future of work and family life. To bring Yoky Matsuoka to your next event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
Did Yoky Matsuoka co-found Google X?
Yes. Yoky Matsuoka was a co-founder and head of innovation at Google X, Google's research and development lab dedicated to "moonshot" projects. She later served as Chief Technology Officer at Nest and as a Vice President in Google's healthcare organization, and has held senior roles at Apple and Twitter, making her one of the most experienced technology executives of her generation.
What is Panasonic Well, and what is Yoky Matsuoka's role?
Panasonic Well is a venture and business incubator within the Panasonic Group focused on building AI-powered products and services that help families live healthier, happier lives. Yoky Matsuoka is its CEO, and also serves as a Managing Executive Officer of Panasonic Holdings and founder and CEO of Yohana. Under her leadership, Panasonic Well has introduced AI-driven family wellness platforms and partnerships aimed at supporting modern families.
What topics does AI speaker Yoky Matsuoka cover?
Yoky Matsuoka speaks on artificial intelligence and robotics, human-centered design, the future of well-being and health technology, turning research into real products, and innovation leadership across academia and industry. Her talks suit conferences and corporate events in technology, AI, healthcare, innovation, and leadership, as well as audiences interested in how technology can better serve people. To book Yoky Matsuoka as a speaker, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
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