About the Talk

What does it take to move from reacting to disease outbreaks to predicting and preventing them? Join Geoffrey Mosoti, Senior Technical Product Manager, AI at the Gates Foundation, for a conversation on how AI and computational modeling are beginning to reshape global health decision-making. Drawing from work that supports policymakers and health systems in resource-constrained settings, Geoffrey will explore how AI can help researchers model disease spread, improve resource allocation, and translate complex analysis into practical action. The discussion will also examine what it looks like to build AI tools that are not only technically powerful, but genuinely useful to the people and institutions working on the front lines of care.

About the Speaker

Geoffrey Mosoti Nyakiongora is a Kenyan product manager, graduate architect, researcher, and technologist whose work sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence, architecture, and global health infrastructure. Based in Seattle, he brings a combination of computational design expertise, epidemiological research experience, and a deep ethical commitment to equity and access. Background & Education Geoffrey holds degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Nairobi. His academic formation spans design thinking, applied AI, urban systems, sustainable design, simulation, architectural history, and entrepreneurship and innovation. Research & Recognition His thesis research at MIT, Bridging the Health Divide: Achieving Equitable Healthcare Access in Rural Kenya Through AI, explores how large language models trained on Kenyan cultural and healthcare data can transform hospital design in underserved regions integrating telemedicine capabilities, prioritizing efficient space utilization, adaptability, and cultural appropriateness. This work earned him a place at the 2025 Venice Biennale, one of the world's most prestigious architectural exhibitions, marking only the second time in the Biennale's 130-year history that a Kenyan architectural designer had been invited to exhibit. His earlier research on urban forms and sustainability in Kenya led to a collaboration with renowned architect Rem Koolhaas, OMA, and AMO on the Countryside: The Future project (2017–2020), where he served as one of the lead researchers and coordinators for the Kenyan team. Professional Career Geoffrey currently serves as a Senior Technical Product Manager on the Infectious Disease Modeling (IDM) team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, where he bridges research and software strategy. Prior to this, he held a Special Projects role at Higharc Inc., an AI-native homebuilding platform, where he worked at the frontier of automated architectural design. His contributions included developing and refining AutoLayout technology — a system that automates the generation of floor plan configurations for single-family homes — as well as building and maintaining room layout pattern libraries that serve as the design intelligence underlying the platform's generative capabilities. He also contributed to AI agent testing, helping evaluate and improve the reliability and performance of Higharc's AI-driven design tools. This role placed him at the crossroads between architectural knowledge and product engineering, translating deep design intuition into scalable, intelligent software systems.