AI EXPONENTIAL THINKER
"AI Literacy & Youth Empowerment
for Responsible Innovation"
ABOUT US
AI Exponential Thinker (AIXT) is the world’s first multi-generational nonprofit led with youth and powered by Artificial Intelligence
Mission
"AI Literacy and Youth Empowerment for Responsible Innovation"
We empower young people to think critically and engage responsibly with AI.
Target
By 2030, AIXT aims to empower 1 million young people across 100+ countries, providing access to AI knowledge & critical skills to Build a globally inclusive human capacity pipeline for the AI era
“The window to act is now. We must prepare the next generation for the AI era before the consequences become irreversible” said Dr. Lobna Karoui, President of AI Exponential Thinker, during the organization’s 5-Year Celebration in Courchevel 1850 on January 1, 2026.
"Next Gen First" Strategy
“Next Gen First” is 2026-2030 strategy designed to equip youth with the knowledge, skills and agency needed to shape the AI era responsibly.
AI Exponential Thinker designed Three programs and prepared High impact AI Talks through Podcasts & Deep Talks.
AI Talks are the thought-leadership backbone of our programs
AIXT Programs for Youth
Youth AI Literacy Program
Empowering youth (16–25) to engage responsibly with AI through action-based learning, guided reflection, AI Talks, and high-visibility recognition opportunities.
AI, Entrepreneurship & Resilience Mentoring Program
A selective mentoring program for high-potential youth and young professionals (18-30) who want to build confidence, resilience, and agency in an AI-driven world.
The program combines guided learning, reflection, mentoring and real-world thinking, inspired by AIXT’s Youth AI Literacy approach but designed for deeper personal and professional growth.
AI 100 Days Shaping Youth Perspectives on AI
A 100-days AI awareness campaign combining Deep Talks, webinars, and youth engagement.
Human readiness will define the impact of AI
“AI is scaling faster than human understanding. If the next generation is not placed at the center now, we risk building powerful systems without the human capacity to guide them responsibly” Dr. Lobna Karoui
Exponential Trust Times - AI Channel of Trust
AI Talks to inspire, inform and empower Youth in the AI Era
AIXT is supported by a global advisory ecosystem of leaders from Fortune 500 companies and globally recognized institutions, including Google, Meta, Harvard, WEF, SoftBank, strengthening its ability to operate independently, globally and with long-term vision.
“As AI systems become more powerful, we need to teach AI our Cultures, our values to make it safer for us” Nell Watson, Senior Scientific Advisor at Harvard and AI Futuristic at Singularity University
“Our mission is clear: equip current and future generations to navigate the AI exponential age with responsibility, critical thinking and growth Mindset” Dr. Lobna Karoui, President of AI Exponential Thinker
Governance - Team
Dr Lobna Karoui
President - AI Exponential Thinker
Chief Data & AI Officer in Fortune 500 Stellantis - Société Générale - Capgemini
AI Advisor - Banking, Health, Ultra Luxury
Founder "Exponential Trust Times"
Kay Firth-Butterfield
Advisory Council - Global
AI Advisor & Former Executive Global Head of AI and Machine Learning
at the World Economic Forum
Mona Hamdy
AI Ethics - Harvard
Investment Advisor in USA & Saudi Arabia
Advisory Council - Global
Dr. Kaoutar Sghiouer
Global Chief Data & AI Officer - Sanofi
Advisory Council - EMEA
Dr Marcelle Laliberté
Advisory Council - EMEA
Chief Diversity Officer - HEC Paris
Phd in Education from the University of Pennsylvania - Researcher in Education & AI
Dr. Imed Zitouni
Advisory Council - Global
Head of Engineering - AI
Microsoft - Google - Meta
AI Researcher - USA
Ramdas Narayanan
Ambassador Council
SVP Head of Clients Insights Analytics - Bank of America
Gregory Renard
Advisory Council - Global
Cofounder & Chief AI Officer at XBrain
deep learning faculty and advisor at The Holberton School
Former AI Advisor to French Government
Prof Amal Al Fallah
Advisory Council - Global
Researcher & co-responsible "AI and Data Science" at LIP6 & CNRS
Minister of Digital - Morocco
AI Chair - Unesco
Zainab Amin
Advisory Council - EMEA
Vice President National Digital Transformation, Microsoft - Saudi Arabia
Dr. Nozha Boujemaa
Advisory Council - Global
AI Advisor - OECD
Chief Science & Innovation Officer IKEA - Decathlon
Head of AI Researches INRIA
Dr Radja Messai
Ambassador Council
Director - Qatar Foundation
Marina Narishkin
Ambassador Council
Directeur de TF1 Licences chez TF1 Entertainment, sponsor de start-ups Station F pour Tf1
Maha Leboss
Ambassador Council
VP Transformation & Information Systems - Fondaction Canada
Dr Alexandra
Cernian
Ambassador Council
AI Expert at European Commission
Researcher at University Polytechnica of Bucharest
Fatiha Senhaji
Vice President, Inclusive Entrepreneurship at the Business Development Bank of Canada - BDC
Ambassador Council
Laila Hosni
Advisory Council - EMEA
CEO - Executive Director
Sawiris Foundation
Arnaud Coulondre
Ambassador Council
Tech SVP - Amazon, USA
Joel Farvault
Ambassador Council
Former Head of Data Innovation and Data Analytics at AXA Group Operations, MENA Region
Principal Engineering at AWS
Farouk Mezghich
AI Products Go To Market
Docusign - Microsoft
Ambassador Council
Thank you to All & Core Team Champions : Julie Smith - CoS ; Sam Lee, Issam Karoui, Hanene Chaabane - Partnerships Leaders; Chris Ung - Design Leader;
"The race is on for AI, Everybody is trying to get to the next level. Everybody is trying to get to the next frontier” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang - CES 2026
The future of Humanity depends on who is prepared to engage with AI at exponential speed
100,000+ youth Empowered
200+ Mentees
10000+ Supporters
100+ high-impact AI Talks
5 Years
50+ Countries
"The capacity to learn is a Gift, The ability to learn is a Skill, The willingness to learn is a Choice." Brian Hebert
Be "AI Exponential Thinker"
Explore AI & Emerging Technologies new opportunities
Be Critical Thinker
Be Life Long learner
Join Growth Mindset Tribe