Raffay Hamid
Distinguished Engineer at Meta
Raffay Hamid is the overall technical lead driving the vision and end-to-end development of personal intelligence for Meta’s smart glasses.
Previously, he was the single-threaded leader for the development of multimodal LLMs for Amazon Rufus, transforming Amazon’s traditional keyword-based shopping into a more conversational and interactive experience. Prior to that, as Chief Scientist at Prime Video, he drove innovations in automatic video understanding and synthesis, opening new ways for users to discover and engage with Amazon’s vast catalog of cinematic and live video-content.
A successful founder and advisor to multiple AI startups, including Turi (acquired by Apple), Raffay holds 35+ patents and 40+ publications. He is a frequent keynote speaker at leading research venues, and his work has been featured in BBC, TIME, and MIT Technology Review.
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| Mar 1, 2025 | Joined Meta to lead the development of personal intelligence for Meta’s smart glasses |
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| Feb 1, 2024 | Amazon Rufus is launched (role: single threaded leader for all multimodal workstreams) |
| Jun 25, 2023 | Served as an Area Chair for CVPR 2024. |
| Jun 20, 2023 | Gave the keynote talk at CVPR 2023 RetailVision workshop. |
| Feb 14, 2023 | Launch of Prime Video’s tech blog (role: co-founder and technical advisor). |
| Oct 16, 2022 | Gave a keynote talk at ECCV 2022 workshop on AI for Creative Video Editing & Understanding. |
| May 2, 2022 | Launch of Virtual Product Placements (role: co-founder and Chief Scientist). |