Full Name

Joseph Spence

Job Title

Chairman & Chief Investment Officer

Company

NativelyAI

Speaker Bio

Joseph S. Spence II is a global strategist, technologist, and investor shaping the future of AI infrastructure and cross-border innovation. He is Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of NativelyAI, the intelligence platform hosting the “Raise Your Hack” industry design sprints at the RAISE Summit. NativelyAI has activated over 200,000 developers across 120+ countries, powering more than 3,500 AI-native prototypes with leading universities, sovereigns, and multinationals. He also leads his family office, Champion24x7, alongside his cousins—Hall of Fame athletes and Guinness World Record holders in chess, boxing, and mixed martial arts. Their work in unlocking human potential is featured in Adam Grant’s #1 New York Times bestseller Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greatness. Joseph’s early career began at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, later rising to executive roles at Goldman Sachs and AllianceBernstein, where he lead multiple industry teams and global risk for over $60B in private alternative assets, respectively. Fluent in Japanese and trained in Zen meditation, Japanese swordsmanship, and the original Sāṃkhya-Yoga tradition of India, he integrates these philosophical systems into his approach to AI—treating computation as a lever for human abundance, cognitive clarity, and systems-level renewal. At RAISE, he brings together capital, code, and global talent through NativelyAI’s developer sprints—translating high-velocity innovation into durable infrastructure and market-ready AI systems.