Tristen is an AI educator, creator, and builder on a mission to make artificial intelligence dead simple for everyone. He is the creator of @Tristen_OBrien a YouTube channel that grew to 56,000 subscribers in just 10 weeks by turning complicated AI tools into clear, step-by-step lessons anyone can follow.

Rather than talk about AI in theory, Tristen builds with it in public. He runs a personal staff of more than 150 AI agents that support his content, research, and businesses, giving audiences a live look at what it actually means to work alongside AI instead of being replaced by it. His approach is refreshingly practical: less buzzword, more "here is exactly how you do it."

Tristen is also a doctoral researcher at Purdue University, where his work centers on technology leadership and innovation with a focus on AI. That research background shapes how he teaches, grounding big ideas in something people can actually use on Monday morning.

At AI4, Tristen helps audiences move past the fear and the noise, and walk away knowing how to make AI work for them starting today.