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2026 Erin Jerri Inc. All rights reserved.

I'm Erin Jerri. I build the systems AI walks into.

Engineer, author, and founder working across AI, spatial computing, and the interfaces

Lead author of O'Reilly's Creating Augmented and Virtual Realities the spatial computing reference written years before AI glasses made the category mainstream. Former CTO, and builder in AI and XR since 2015

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Software engineer, startup founder, and writer - born and raised in Silicon Valley.

Erin Jerri Malonzo Pañgilinan is a proud Silicon Valley native born and raised software engineer, startup founder, former CTO, author, and speaker working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, spatial computing, and emerging interfaces.

WHAT I WORK ON

I focus on what happens after the model - when AI has to operate inside products, workflows, and environments.

When AI has to operate inside products, workflows, and environments.

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AI-Native Products

Systems that operate beyond chat - executing inside real products and workflows.

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Spatial & Wearable Interfaces

AR, VR, MR, and AI glasses — the next room software has to behave in.

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LongevityAI

AI applied to longevity, fitness, women's health, fertility, menopause, and neurodegenerative disease.

WORK WITH ME

I take a small number of engagements each year, in the places where the decision is expensive and the answer isn’t obvious yet.

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Speaking

I create talks tailored to your events on all things AI and more.

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Founders, product & investor teams

Advisory

Focused paid sessions for teams already in motion, where the next product decision carries real consequences. I’ve been building in AI and spatial computing since 2015 as an engineer, founder, and CTO — the advice comes from having shipped it.

Keynotes, executive briefings, and technical talks.

MAJOR TECH COMPANIESWOMEN IN TECH & AAPI LEADERSHIPMEDIA & ENTERTAINMENTENGINEERING LEADERSHIPUNIVERSITIES & CONFERENCESTECH WORKSHOPS

Selected talks

Keynotes, executive briefings, and technical talks on AI, spatial computing, and interface shifts.

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Federated Intelligence: Architectures for Collective AI

How AI can truly be for everyone.

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How We See: A New Vision for XR and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Humanity

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Embodied Time: Balancing the Real and the Digital in the Age of AI

Toward a Non-Toxic Quantified Self: Intentional Technology, Embodied Life

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Rethinking Microinteractions: A Sustainable, Intentional Approach to Creation with AI

How to build efficiently and sustainably with AI — without having to token max to the extreme.

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What I am building

TimeBite

Most tools are built around what you planned. TimeBite is built around what actually happened — how your days really unfold, so you can align them with what you said mattered.

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Selected for programs and fellowships across AI, XR, and web3, including the AWS CTO Fellowship, Alley (Verizon Ventures), and Gitcoin Kernel.

AWS CTO FELLOWSHIPALLEY · VERIZON VENTURESO'REILLY MEDIAMETA OCULUS LAUNCH PADFAST.AIVENTURE FORWARDNVCA

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Read my Substack. New writing on AI, XR, and wearables — and how we are bridging the physical and digital reality.

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She is the lead author of
Creating Augmented and Virtual Realities
: Theory and Practice for Next-Generation Spatial Computing (
O’Reilly Media
), which debuted as the
#1 new release in Amazon’s Game Programming category
, has been translated into Chinese and Korean, is distributed in more than 42 countries, and became widely known within the XR community as the “VR Bible.”

Erin is the founder of TimeBite, an AI-native platform currently in beta on Apple platforms, that helps people better understand how they spend their time and align daily actions with long-term goals.

Her technical background includes selection into leading engineering and entrepreneurial programs, including the Amazon Web Services CTO Fellowship (2022), Gitcoin Kernel (2021), Verizon Ventures’ Alley program (2019), Meta’s Oculus Launch Pad (2018), the University of San Francisco Data Institute’s Deep Learning Fellowship (2017–2018), the inaugural Data Ethics program through fast.ai (2020), and Venture Forward through the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and UC Berkeley Executive Law Program (2025).

Erin earned her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Early in her career, she spent more than seven years as a journalist and more than five years in civic engagement, including paid campaign staff for Obama for America (2012) and Ro Khanna for Congress (2014).

She co-founded two nonprofit organizations — FASTER (Filipinx Americans in STEAM), which supports Filipinx American professionals in tech, and ARVR Academy, which focused on increasing representation of women in immersive technology — and has served on the board of the Silicon Valley Ice Skating Association (SVISA)

Today, Erin builds AI-native products, advises founders on AI and spatial computing, and is developing new books, film, and television projects.

O'Reilly Media AuthorUC Berkeley AlumnusSoftware EngineerFounder & Former Startup CTO

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The argument behind the work.

Before tech I spent seven years as a journalist and five in civic engagement. That's why I care how systems shape behavior, and how culture, design, and technology become the infrastructure a future gets built on.

Culture As Infrastructure in the Age of AI

Culture As Infrastructure in the Age of AI

In re: the Connection Recession

GameAI, the Simulated Multiverse, and Playing Game Theory Optimal (GTO) Poker + Top Books You Should Read to Improve Your Poker Game
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GameAI, the Simulated Multiverse, and Playing Game Theory Optimal (GTO) Poker + Top Books You Should Read to Improve Your Poker Game

For all the gamers: GameAI, the Simulated Multiverse, My Recommended Reads on Playing Better Poker

How to Think Like a Poker Player (Even If You’re Building Software)

How to Think Like a Poker Player (Even If You’re Building Software)

Books, strategies, and the mindset that actually improves decision-making

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Watch talks

QCon 2024 and My Talk on Multidimensionality - Spatial Computing x Spatial Intelligence to Create New Worlds

QCon 2024 Panel: Designing Inclusive User Interfaces (UIs)

25 Sept 2025
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QCon 2024 and My Talk on Multidimensionality - Spatial Computing x Spatial Intelligence to Create New Worlds

QCon 2024 and My Talk on Multidimensionality - Spatial Computing x Spatial Intelligence to Create New Worlds

2 Dec 2024
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WITI Flyer - Erin Pangilinan

Workforce Innovation, Trust, and Influence (WITI) Prompt 24 Conference

20 Nov 2024
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Filipinas In Computing - Anita Borg Institute - Presentation

Filipinas In Computing - Anita Borg Institute - Presentation - 2024

11 Apr 2024
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XR Bootcamp - Vision Pro vs Quest 3 Round Table Flyer

XR Bootcamp - Vision Pro vs Meta Quest 3 Debate

29 Feb 2024
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Harvard University - Women Engineering Code (WeCode) Conference 2023 AR/VR Panel. Pictured: Erin Pangilinan, Jazmin Cano, and Alaina Percival

Harvard Women Engineering Code (WeCode) 2023 - Panel

1 Apr 2023
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Taro Flyer - IWM
Tech Intersections Flyer - Erin and Bria

"How to Realistically Frame Post Traumatic Growth as a Woman of Color in Tech" Tech Intersections 2023 Conference Keynote Speech

8 Mar 2023
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Taro Growing Your Career in Tech: Panel

23 Mar 2023
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