Anat Heilper, born in Haifa, Israel. From AI to open-source advocacy, she has rapidly emerged as one of the most influential leaders in the tech industry. Her path champions an admirable union of intellectual discipline and creative love, fostered by her scholar family. She currently lives in New Jersey, where she balances her work as a public interest lawyer with a rich family life. While not at work, she enjoys playing the piano and bike riding.
Heilper has had quite an impact on the tech community. His body of work covers numerous areas such as open source, GPU diversification, and AI accelerators. As a writer, she is published in major outlets including Hackernoon, the Linux Foundation distribution, Medium, and arXiv. Her articles empower others through knowledge, while fighting to center all voices and faces in the future of tech.
Professional Accomplishments
Heilper’s career is distinguished by equally astounding public service for furthering the field of artificial intelligence. At Intel, she led a geographically distributed team of more than 80 engineers. Collectively, they created the Neural Network Processor for Inference (NNP-I), which has become a critical AI technology innovation. Further, she demonstrated her deep technical expertise by serving as one of the top software architects of Gaudi2. These powerful Intel-powered AI accelerators are purpose-built for AI inference and training.
Her role extends beyond corporate responsibilities. She is deeply involved in the Linux Foundation AI & Data organization, helping lead a variety of community-driven development efforts to advance open source AI & Data technologies. Her professional work is dedicated to increasing access to cutting edge AI technologies. She’s taking important steps to diversify the field of AI accelerators and help foster a more inclusive tech ecosystem.
Advocacy and Community Engagement
Anat is not just a technical leader, but also a community advocate for women in technology. As a founding member of the Women in Tech network, she’s an advocate for change. Her passion is to shift the needle on representation in tech leadership. Her work led to a spectacular keynote presentation that highlighted the power of inclusive engagement in the world of AI and computing.
In addition to serving on numerous national conference program committees, Heilper is very active on the international front. She serves as a curatorial advisor for the AI_dev Europe and AI_dev Japan submissions. Through these roles, she influences both the direction and culture of the tech industry, ensuring that diverse voices are heard and valued.
Balancing Life and Passion
Even amid her intense professional obligations, Heilper keeps her home life in New Jersey at the center of her universe. To find equilibrium, she uses her creative side, including writing and playing the piano, and with physical activity, including biking and running. Aside from relaxation, activities such as these feed her deepest creative thought in tech as well.
