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		<p>I’m a builder, essayist, and reformed consultant. I’m the senior vice-president of analytics at Zafin, a pre-IPO fintech in Toronto. Previously, I built AI products at IBM, with Watson and IBM Research.</p>
<p>I’m a graduate of Duke University, where I was a Fulbright Scholar and completed the Fellowship in Global Journalism at the University of Toronto. I’m on the advisory board of the Rotman School of Management’s master of management analytics program, where I also teach analytics product management.</p>
<h3>Newsletter</h3>
<p><a href="https://readexante.substack.com/">Ex Ante | Adnan Haider | Substack</a></p>
<h3>Media</h3>
<p><a href="https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ai-is-coming-after-the-tech-bros-and-their-easy-money">AI is coming after the tech bros and their easy money</a></p>
<p><a href="https://healthydebate.ca/2023/11/topic/startups-break-addictions-social-media/">‘Everything is at stake here’: Startups aim to break addictions to social media - Healthy Debate</a></p>
<p><a href="https://towardsdatascience.com/the-making-of-ai-snake-oil-8c75f4f7a710">The Making of AI Snake Oil</a></p>
<h3>Engineering</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.databricks.com/blog/empowering-personalized-banking-experiences">Empowering Personalized Banking Experiences | Databricks Blog</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.celent.com/en/directory/companies/zafin/insights/674896238">Zafin IO and Data Fabric Solution Brief</a></p>
<h3>Popular Posts</h3>
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<p>Why the economic impact of AI is wildly exaggerated</p>
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<p><a href="https://readexante.substack.com/p/the-beautiful-bottleneck">https://readexante.substack.com/p/the-beautiful-bottleneck</a></p>
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<p>How Canada’s diminishing social mobility is fraying the social contract</p>
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<p><a href="https://readexante.substack.com/p/no-place-to-dream">https://readexante.substack.com/p/no-place-to-dream</a></p>
<h3>About me</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/adnanhaider/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/adnanhaider/</a></p>

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