Falon Fatemi

Falon Fatemi is the CEO of Fireside, the only platform that allows brands to own their fandoms and pioneer monetized industry-first fan experiences to grow their franchise, which she co-founded with Mark Cuban. Fireside was featured by Fast Company in their Next Big Things in Tech 2023 list for bringing their interactive tech to the smart TV experience.

Previously, she was the founder of Node, the first AI company with a horizontal prediction-as-a-service platform, which was acquired by SugarCRM in 2020.

Fatemi, previously both Google and YouTube’s youngest employee, is a longtime contributor to Forbes, where she writes about the future of entertainment, the community economy, and emerging technologies. She is also a contributor to Entrepreneur Magazine, and has written articles for Wired, Business Insider, Fast Company, Venturebeat, Re/Code, TechCrunch, Huffington Post, and more.

Fatemi has been received recognition for her achievements across multiple platforms. She is a Fortune 40 Under 40 in Technology winner and has been named one of Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business. In 2019, she was honored as one of Goldman Sachs' top 100 intriguing entrepreneurs and was listed in Inc. Magazine as a Science Pioneer among the top 100 women building America's most innovative and ambitious businesses. The previous year, she was included in Fast Company's list of the 100 Most Creative People in Business and featured in the San Francisco Business Times as one of the 40 under 40 visionaries transforming the Bay Area and beyond. In 2017, Marie Claire referred to her as "The Rainmaker," naming her one of the 50 women on their New Guard list of female visionaries changing the world.