François Chollet
✅ Accepting Gulf InquiriesCreator of Keras & AI Researcher, Google
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François gave our AI team the deep technical grounding they needed. His Keras workshop was world-class.
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- 📋Signed Letter of Engagement (48 hours)
- 📄Expert bio + photo in your format
- 🌍Gulf Cultural Briefing (8-page PDF)
- 📊Audience profile sent to expert
- 📞30-min prep call (14 days prior)
- 🎯Keynote angle tailored to your audience
- 📡AV and technical requirements
- 📈Post-Event Impact Report (7 days)
- 🎓Certificate of Completion (HRDF)
- 💰Final VAT invoice (SAP-compatible)
- 📹Recording coordination (if applicable)
- 📋HRDF submission documentation
- ⭐Review request to your team
- 🔄Follow-up session available on request
Cancellation: Full refund 21+ days before event · 50% refund 14–21 days · Speaker cancellation: replacement within 48 hours at zero cost to you
💰 Gulf Engagement Fees
USD. Travel additional. 15% Minbar.ai fee included.
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Why Book Through Minbar.ai?
| Direct | Bureau | Minbar.ai | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Response | Weeks | Days | 4 Hours |
| Commission | Complex | 30-40% | 15% |
| Gulf context | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Arabic | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Cultural brief | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| HRDF | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Fee protection | ❌ | Partial | ✅ |
Cultural briefing · Agreement · Audience profile · Pre-event call · Report · Topic tailoring
🏆 Gulf Voice Score™
Excellent
11 verified Gulf engagements
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About
Creator of Keras, one of the most widely used deep learning frameworks, and AI researcher at Google. François's work on the ARC benchmark for measuring true AI intelligence challenges conventional wisdom about AI progress.
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— Chief Innovation Officer, ADNOC“One of the best keynotes we've hosted. François understood our audience perfectly.”
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