Waqas Makhdum is a leader in AI development and community engagement, currently serving as the VP, AI Builders | DevRel & Community at Nebius. In this role, he focuses on fostering developer relations and building the AI community.

Prior to Nebius, Makhdum was the Head of Developer Marketing & Community at OpenAI, a prominent organization in artificial intelligence research and deployment. His experience also includes an advisory role for SVAI Hub at Snowflake.