Max Rivera’s Post

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Exciting partnership to bring Google Gemini’s multi-modal AI to the hands of 800M Snapchatters around the world 🪐

I’ve been in love with technology for as long as I can remember. From coding my own websites since high school, to hacking my way through the music and advertising industries. To now helping grow Snap Inc.’s business around the world, and investing in the next generation of technology entreprenuers. I'm honored and humbled to be on the 2025 HITEC 100 list! Every year, HITEC recognizes the 100 most influential global Hispanic executives in technology with the goal of celebrating their impactful leadership - AND inspiring others looking to build careers in technology. Although hispanics make up only 8% of the tech workforce, and even less in executive leadership roles and board seats. The HITEC 100 awardees are a testament that it is possible. Thank you to the HITEC Board and the awards committee for this incredible recognition. “The HITEC 100 leaders inspire our community, they trail-blaze new and exciting paths for our Industry and the society, they are the lighthouse of the art of the possible” - HITEC Board Member and Awards Committee Chair, Alvaro Celis (He/Him/El) Congratulations to my fellow awardees!! View the complete #HITEC100 list here: https://lnkd.in/eFZdH9Vx (ps: imposter syndrome activated)

Looking forward to speaking tomorrow at the Digital Fashion Week NYC edition at the World Trade Center. With #NYFW as our back drop, I’m excited to join a panel with Jana Delamarter from Meta and Courtney Agnes from CLO Virtual Fashion Inc., moderated by LESLIE HOLDEN we’ll be discussing the future of fashion, and how technologies like AI and AR/VR are transforming the industry. Just part of a great line up with industry thought leaders David Cash, Megan Kaspar, Maria McClay, Christopher Carlson, among others. Kudos CLARE TATTERSALL for what promises to be a top notch event. RSVP to join here: lu.ma/DFWNY

I love Snap AR Lens Studio and its new #GenAI superpowers. Top of mind today. Just saying. 😅 Also - roll call in the comments for #LensFest, who will be joining in LA this year? It will be an incredible one! 👋🏽🙌🏽 Register here to join virtually: https://lnkd.in/dPf49tNq

10 years ago. I had just moved to New York. Google invited me to their Glass “explorer lab” in Chelsea market. I saw the future. Not just of tech, but also of my journey in this great city. In some ways, the journey has taken me further that I could imagine that day. In other ways, there is a lot more that I saw on the horizon. Glass is still one of my favorite hardware products, maybe because it fueled my vision - cheesy pun intended and all. 👓

🚀 Well done Yassin Benhaddou!! As noted below, using Snap’s #AI and #ML models to enable this effect on Snapchat in real time, not post-produced VFX. Looks incredible 👏🏽

👇🏽 Join us this Thursday https://lu.ma/1e6z37rd

It's a crucial time to highlight and celebrate brands that are committed to engage with diverse multicultural audiences. Actually for their own benefit!! As this represents nearly 40% of the US population with about $4 trillion dollars in purchase power. I'm excited to see the work that is submitted for the 2024 ANA Multicultural Excellence Awards - if you haven't already, submissions are open until August 16, 2024 -> https://shorturl.at/rxGFm Thank you Association of National Advertisers and ANA AIMM for inviting me to join this year's jury! It's an honor to represent Snap Inc. alongside other industry leaders. As the legend Marc S. Pritchard says, "if you are not doing Multicultural marketing today, then you're not doing marketing," #ANAmulti