David Luan is Co-Founder and former CEO at Adept, an AI company building intelligent agents that automate software workflows using natural language commands. Adept raised over $415M and reached unicorn status with a $1B+ valuation.

David served as VP of Engineering at OpenAI from 2017 to 2020, where his teams shipped GPT, CLIP, and DALL-E. He led Google Brain's large language model efforts and holds a BS in Applied Mathematics and Political Science from Yale University.

David earned a computer science certificate from Worcester State at age 12 and was CEO of Dextro, a deep learning video classification company acquired by Axon. He has made angel investments in multiple AI startups including Arcade, Portola, and Lightfield.

Adept developed ACT-1, a transformer model that performs actions on software tools via natural language, and raised $350M Series B in 2023 led by General Catalyst and Spark Capital. The company attracted investments from Nvidia, Microsoft, Greylock, and Workday Ventures.

Adept's technology influenced computer-use efforts at every major AI lab and was licensed by Amazon in a $300M+ deal in 2024. David's work at OpenAI helped incubate the first GPT models, and his leadership shaped the development of agentic AI systems across the industry.