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# Richard Rizk
Co-founder and CTO of BLACKBOX AI, building infrastructure for AI-written software.

## About

Richard Rizk architects the inference engine at BLACKBOX AI as its co-founder and CTO. He focuses on model performance, intelligent routing, and building infrastructure for enterprise AI.

His work centers on how the production stack must evolve as machines write more code. He explores the realities of deploying and debugging software when human oversight is minimal.

Before BLACKBOX AI, Richard was a business analyst at the United Nations and studied electrical engineering at McGill University.



## Past Sessions

### World Congress 2026 North America · September 23, 2026
San José, CA
- [Running AI-Written Software in Production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100548-running-ai-written-software-in-production) · 30 min · 🎥 Watch recording



## Videos

- [Running AI-Written Software in Production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100548-running-ai-written-software-in-production) · Anurag Goel, Milin Desai, Richard Rizk, Sead Ahmetović, Jared Zoneraich