Xuedong Huang, Chief Technology Officer at Zoom — Verified Quotes & Interview Transcripts

How to bring Steve Jobs to every meeting with Xuedong Huang, CTO of Zoom

October 06, 2026 · 📺 TNW

Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast, the show where we discuss the latest developments in the technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most influential people in the industry. In today's episode, we're happy to present an interview with Xuedong (XD) Huang, CTO of Zoom, recorded in Amsterdam at a Zoom event ahead of HumanX. XD has worked on AI for more than forty years, over thirty of them at Microsoft, where he founded the Speech Technology Group and became CTO of Azure AI. He explains what he calls C to C, Zoom's shift from conversation to completion, and why he…

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AI - A new Industrial Revolution, Panel

August 13, 2026 · 📺 Interactive Systems Lab

AI - A new Industrial Revolution, Panel at Symposium - Technology in the Service of Humanity Participants: Wolfgang Wahlster (DFKI), Xuedong Huang (Zoom), Feiyu Xu (Board Member of Siemens Energy, ZF and FAZ), Marco Trombetti (Translated)

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XD Huang, CTO at Zoom | Live from HumanX 2026

June 19, 2026 · 📺 PeopleReign

Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/520474/fan...) XD Huang is the CTO of Zoom, where he is leading the company's shift from hosting meetings to completing work, a vision he calls conversation to completion. He joined Zoom after 30 years at Microsoft, where he served as Azure AI CTO and a Technical Fellow and helped ship Azure OpenAI Services. A pioneer in speech recognition for four decades, he led the Microsoft team that first reached human parity in transcribing conversational speech. Recorded live from the floor of HumanX 2026, this lightning round explores what it takes to…

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The Future of AI Is “Conversation to Completion” | Zoom, CTO - Xuedong Huang

May 27, 2026 · 📺 Tech Leader 360

In this episode of Tech Leader 360, we sit down with Xuedong Huang — former Azure AI CTO at Microsoft and current CTO of Zoom, to explore how AI is reshaping the future of work, enterprise systems, and human collaboration. After spending 30 years at Microsoft working across AI research, Azure OpenAI Services, speech recognition, machine translation, and large-scale systems, Xuedong now leads Zoom’s transformation from a communication platform into an AI-powered “Conversation to Completion” ecosystem. In this conversation, he shares deep insights into AI architecture, engineering culture, lead…

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AI for Good: Breaking Language Barriers and the Hybrid Work Revolution. Xuedong Huang, CTO at Zoom

April 02, 2026 · 📺 Nebius

🚀 Apply to Nebius for Startups: https://www.nebius.com/startups --- Xuedong Huang (also known as X.D. Huang or XD Huang) is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Zoom, leading their AI strategy and services. X (Twitter): @xdh — https://x.com/xdh LinkedIn: / xdhuang For more information about Nebius head to Nebius.com Follow us on X @nebius.ai --- Xuedong Huang is the Chief Technology Officer at Zoom. A leader in the AI revolution, he is currently spearheading the development of the Zoom AI Companion and its mission to transform how the world gets work done. What happens when your meeting…

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Asian American Pioneer Medal Symposium and Ceremony - Artificial Intelligence

February 28, 2025 · 📺 Asian American Scholar Forum

Raj Reddy lays out a vision of the future where AI is used as amplifiers to make life better, safer and more prosperous, but also comes with some significant challenges. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction 00:45 Raj Reddy 35:55 Panel Discussion and Q&A - Alex Acero, Xuedong Huang, Fei-Fei Li, Harry Shum About Raj Reddy Raj Reddy is a University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics and Moza Bint Nasser Chair in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, where he served as the founding Director of the Robotics Institute and as the Dean of the School of Computer Science. He…

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AI-First Workplaces: What You Need to Know -- An Everyday AI Chat with Xuedong Huang

October 31, 2024 · 📺 Everyday AI

There’s very few people in the world as qualified as Xuedong Huang to talk about AI-first workplaces. For real. Now the CTO of Zoom, Xuedong (Known as XD) previously spent 30+ years bringing productivity software working at Microsoft. So, what do we need to know? Xuedong's gonna share all! AI-First Workplaces: What You Need to Know -- An Everyday AI Chat with Jordan Wilson and Xuedong Huang

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2024 ZKast #94 with Xuedong (XD) Huang, CTO of Zoom at HP AI Imagine PC Event

August 06, 2024 · 📺 Zeus Kerravala

This #ZKast, with Xuedong Huang, CTO of ‪@Zoom‬ was done at the recent ‪@HPInc‬ #AI PC event. XD talks about the value of AI PCs and how Zoom leverages them to improve the collaboration experience. He also provided his vision as to the future of collaboration and the role AI plays. For more on the HP - Zoom partnership, see: https://www.hp.com/us-en/poly/solutio... For more on HP Imagine AI PC 2024 see: https://www.hp.com/us-en/newsroom/pre...

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Opening Keynote Address: Xuedong Huang, Ph.D.

April 22, 2024 · 📺 The Harker School

Harker Research Symposium 2024 Generative AI: Tracing the Arc of Innovation – Past, Present, and Future In this engaging and accessible talk, Xuedong Huang, the CTO of Zoom and a renowned researcher in Speech, Language, and Generative AI, will take us on an enlightening journey through the past, present, and future of generative artificial intelligence. With over 30 years of experience, Huang will captivate his audience of students, teachers, and parents by demystifying complex AI concepts and highlighting how these technologies impact our daily lives. From the early days of computerized spe…

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August 4 ZKast with Zoom CTO, Xuedong Huang (XD)

August 07, 2023 · 📺 Zeus Kerravala

This #ZKast was filmed in person at the recent #ZoomPerspectives23 analyst event. In the ZKast, ‪@Zoom‬ #CTO, XD and I discuss the companies unique approach to #artificialintelligence. #Zoom takes a #federated approach to #AI which gives customers choice and best of breed capabilities without having to worry about integration issues. AI is widely used across all Zoom products including #video, #chat and #contactcenter, with more coming. Check it out #UCaaS #CCaaS #cloud #collaboration #CC #CX #EX #HybridWork

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