For speaking engagement inquiries and media opportunities, please visit mogawdat.com Mo Gawdat is the former Chief Business Officer of Google [X]; host of the popular podcast, Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat; author of the international bestselling books Solve for Happy, Scary Smart, That Little Voice in Your Head, Unstressable, and Alive; founder of One Billion Happy; and Chief AI Officer of Flight Story. After a 30 year career in tech and serving as Chief Business Officer at Google [X], Google's 'moonshot factory' of innovation, Mo has made happiness his primary topic of research, diving deeply into literature and conversing on the topic with some of the wisest people in the world. In 2014, motivated by the tragic loss of his son, Ali, Mo began pouring his findings into his international bestselling book, Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy. His mission to help one billion people become happier, #OneBillionHappy, is his moonshot attempt to honor Ali by spreading the message that happiness can be learned and shared to one billion people. In 2020, Mo launched his chart-topping podcast, Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat, a weekly series of extraordinary interviews that explores the profound questions and obstacles we all face in the pursuit of purpose and happiness in our lives. In 2021, Mo published Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World, a roadmap detailing how humanity can ensure a symbiotic coexistence with AI when it inevitably becomes a billion times smarter than we are. Since the release of ChatGPT in 2023, Mo has been recognized for his early whistleblowing on AI's unregulated development and has become one of the most globally consulted experts on the topic. In 2022, Mo published That Little Voice in Your Head: Adjust the Code That Runs Your Brain, a comprehensive user manual for using the human brain optimally to thrive and avoid suffering. ​ In 2024, Mo, along with co-author Alice Law, published Unstressable: A Practical Guide to Stress-Free Living, which became a #1 Amazon bestseller on day one and has spawned a community of people who share the mission to eliminate unhealthy stress from their lives. ​ In 2025, Mo began writing Alive: Conversations About Life When Technology Becomes Sentient in collaboration with his Substack community. The book delves into the far-reaching impact of artificial intelligence on human life and challenges our understanding of what it truly means to be alive.