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Rob
LoCascio.

Pioneer of Individual AI · Founder · Speaker

Founder & CEO of Uare.ai. Founder of LivePerson. Three decades of building at the human edge of technology.

Inventor of web chat LivePerson founder, 1995 Now building Uare.ai
Rob LoCascio

Short bio

Rob LoCascio is the Founder and CEO of Uare.ai, the platform for Individual AI. He founded LivePerson in 1995 and scaled the company to roughly 3,000 employees and a multi-billion dollar market cap. He founded Uare.ai, formerly Eternos, in 2023. $10.3M raised from Mayfield and Boldstart Ventures, on the thesis that the next wave of AI must be Authentic Intelligence: built from one person, owned by that person, never trained into a public model.

In his words

"Individual AI is an Authentic Intelligence that thinks, sounds, and knows like you. AI is everywhere, and now it belongs to you."

Rob LoCascio · Founder & CEO, Uare.ai

"Every major AI company is racing to build one AI that serves everyone. That's the wrong race. The next ten years belong to people who own AI that serves them specifically, not the platform."

On the next ten years

"Most people have no idea that every conversation they have with an AI is training someone else's product. You are the data. You are the asset. And right now, you get nothing in return."

On data ownership

"I invented web chat in 1997 because I believed the internet was supposed to connect people, yet no one was there when you needed help. Same problem, new form. AI today is everywhere and still somehow not really there for you. That's the gap Uare.ai is built to close."

On LivePerson to Uare.ai

"Five years from now, your Individual AI knows your health history, your goals, your voice, your values. It doesn't work for a platform. It works for you. That's a fundamentally different relationship between humans and machines than anything that exists today."

On the five-year vision

Long bio

For feature pieces, interview prep, and analyst briefings.

Rob LoCascio is a serial entrepreneur who grew up in New York. He founded LivePerson in 1995 and invented web chat for customer service, scaling the company to roughly 3,000 employees and a multi-billion dollar market cap over nearly three decades.

In 2023 he founded Uare.ai, formerly Eternos,. The thesis: AI in this generation must mean Authentic Intelligence, not Artificial. The platform is built on a proprietary Human Life Model that captures seven dimensions of a person, identity, world, story, mindset, drive, pattern, and growth, feeding a single private model that thinks, speaks, and creates the way that one person does.

Uare.ai raised $10.3M from Mayfield and Boldstart Ventures. Privacy-first: user-owned data, deletable, never used to train public models. Public launch June 1, 2026.

Rob LoCascio at LivePerson
Rob at LivePerson, the company he founded in 1995.

Milestones

Three decades at the human edge of technology.

1995

Founds LivePerson

Bootstrapped from a couch into a publicly traded global company that defines the conversational AI space.

1997

Invents real-time web chat

Launches the first real-time web-based live chat system, transforming how businesses talk to customers online.

2000

LivePerson IPO

Takes LivePerson public on NASDAQ. Scales it to 6,000+ enterprise clients and a multi-billion dollar market cap.

2022

#1 Most Innovative AI Company

LivePerson named #1 Most Innovative AI Company in the World by Fast Company.

2023

Founds Uare.ai

After 28 years at LivePerson, starts a new company, formerly Eternos, to build the platform for Individual AI.

2025

$10.3M seed

Raises $10.3M from Mayfield and Boldstart Ventures to redefine human-AI interaction.

2026

Public launch

Uare.ai opens to the world on June 1, 2026.

As featured in

The New York Times Forbes Fast Company Fortune Inc. HuffPost TechCrunch CNBC BusinessWire

Recognition

Fast Company · #1 Most Innovative AI Company in the World LivePerson
2022
Fast Company · Most Innovative AI Companies LivePerson
2020
Smart CEO · Circle of Excellence Technology category
2015
Fortune · 100 Fastest Growing Companies LivePerson
2011
Forbes · 25 Fastest Growing Tech Companies LivePerson
2011
GIL CEO of the Year Frost & Sullivan
2010
EY Entrepreneur of the Year, Finalist Metro NY
2008
#CXAwards · Best Use of AI
2023

Speaking topics

Available for keynotes, panels, and analyst briefings. Topic list aligned with Uare.ai's current narrative; specifics tailored to the room.

01

Individual AI and the future of personal data ownership.

02

Authentic Intelligence vs Artificial Intelligence.

03

The Human Life Model. Seven dimensions of a person, captured.

04

From LivePerson to Uare.ai. Building at the human edge of technology.

05

Why every Professional is an Individual first.

06

Voice as the first AI interface. The case for capture in 10 seconds.

Past speaking engagements

TechCrunch Disrupt Fortune Brainstorm Forbes Councils Member Fortt Knox · CNBC Mixergy An Hour of Innovation The Kara Goldin Show CEOs and ABCs

Over the Wall · Rob's podcast

Industry titans on the biggest mistakes they have made and the lessons learned. Hosted by Rob LoCascio. 30+ episodes featuring founders, athletes, astronauts, actors, and investors.

Watch on YouTube → 30+ episodes 500K+ views Founders · Athletes · Astronauts · Actors · Investors
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