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By building magnetic snap-together circuit kits now used in over 20,000 schools, Bdeir turned hardware engineering from an intimidating specialty into something millions of children — especially girls — learn by playing.
Ayah Bdeir is the CEO of Current AI, a nonprofit initiative working to advance public-interest artificial intelligence.
She previously founded littleBits, the educational electronics company that brought modular hardware learning to over 20,000 schools and was acquired by Sphero in 2019. Bdeir holds an MS from the MIT Media Lab and has been recognized by Fortune's 40 Under 40 and Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business.
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