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Where AI meets human potential
Dr. Sam Sammane is a visionary entrepreneur, AI ethicist and award-winning author committed to bridging the gap between cutting-edge technology and human values. He builds deterministic, auditable AI for decisions that cannot be wrong and helps businesses put agentic AI to work without taking people out of the loop.
20+
Peer-reviewed papers
Formal verification and automated reasoning
4
TEDx talks
Malaysia, the Philippines and Wales
12+
Speaking events
Including CXO 2.0 Dubai and Las Vegas
2
Award-winning books
Nonfiction and science fiction
Forbes Technology Council Member and contributing author 
Four TEDx talks IIUM, Ayala Avenue Women, Swansea, UPV Women 
Award-winning author The Singularity of Hope and Republic of Mars PhD in Nanotechnology (formal verification and automated reasoning), Université Joseph-Fourier-Grenoble I, 2005.
Books
Nonfiction · AI strategy and ethics · 2024
Humanity's Role in an AI-Dominated Future
A practical blueprint for keeping people at the center as AI grows more capable: how to adopt it, govern it and make sure it amplifies human judgment instead of replacing it.
Awards and honors
Science fiction · 2025
Science Fiction · Murder Mystery · Dystopian
A murder in a Mars colony that has erased its own past. A political thriller about memory, surveillance and what freedom means when order is the only law.
Awards and honors
Speaking
Sam speaks on agentic AI for business, deterministic and auditable AI for regulated industries, and what humans should keep doing themselves as AI gets more capable.
Humanity in an AI future
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The fate of human intelligence in the AI era
Manila, Philippines
Disconnecting in the age of AI
Swansea, Wales
Eclipsed by AI: Navigating the Future of Work and Innovation
Metro Manila, Philippines
December 8, 2025
The Complete Roadmap of Entrepreneurship: From Founding to Exiting
Founders Conference, Day 1 · Intercontinental Dubai Festival City, UAE
December 8, 2025
Responsible AI Integration in Healthcare: Balancing Risks & Rewards (panel)
Health 2.0 Conference, Day 1 · Intercontinental Dubai Festival City, UAE
December 9, 2025
Build Your Agentic Business: Your 2026 Big Opportunity
FUELD Conference, Day 2 · Intercontinental Dubai Festival City, UAE
December 9, 2025
How Global Partnerships Can Fuel Economic Growth
CXO 2.0 Conference, Day 2 · Intercontinental Dubai Festival City, UAE
Video
Dive into the future of consciousness! This video explores groundbreaking theories that bridge Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Mechanics, and the very…
Video
💊 Pharmaceutical compliance is broken — and AI is here to fix it. For decades, pharma, biotech, and life sciences teams have operated in one of the most…
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Is a Mars colony even possible? These friends joke about the challenges of such a feat, especially when leaving LA seems hard enough.
Video
#0 What happens when a neuroscientist, a visionary entrepreneur, and a philosophical tech investor sit down to ask the one question no one can answer: Can AI…
Moving beyond principles: concrete strategies for embedding ethics into AI development, deployment, and governance.
How to design AI systems that empower, not replace, human workers. A practical framework for ethical AI deployment.
Beyond science fiction: how the push to Mars drives innovation, sharpens problem-solving and forces us to define what humanity is.
News
Sam Sammane Explores Power, Identity, and Surveillance in New Sci-Fi Epic 'Republic of Mars' The novel, released May 4 on Amazon in digital and print editions, marks Sammane’s first work of fiction. 
Sam Sammane Named Finalist in 2025 American Fiction Awards for Sci-Fi Mystery 'Republic of Mars' His first major fiction honor, after a string of nonfiction awards for The Singularity of Hope. 
Sam Sammane's Fiction Career Reaches New Milestone with Literary Titan Book Award for 'Republic of Mars' The Literary Titan Book Award recognizes his debut novel, following nonfiction acclaim for The Singularity of Hope. 
In Republic of Mars, Sam Sammane Asks What Happens to Truth in a Colony That Can't Look Back A dystopian murder mystery about memory, surveillance and what a society loses when it deletes its past. 
Literary Titan Honors Dr. Sam Sammane's 'Republic of Mars' with Prestigious Book Award Literary Titan recognizes the novel for its political imagination and its questions about freedom and control. 
AI Ethicist Dr. Sam Sammane Responds to MIT Study Linking ChatGPT Use to Lower Brain Engagement A call to look deeper at human behavior and overdependence on AI tools. Newsletter
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FAQ
Short answers about Sam, his companies, his books and how to book him.
Dr. Sam Sammane is the founder and CEO of Quantum General Intelligence (QGI), CEO of TheoSym, a Forbes Technology Council member, a four-time TEDx speaker and the award-winning author of The Singularity of Hope and Republic of Mars. He holds a PhD in Nanotechnology (formal verification and automated reasoning), Université Joseph-Fourier-Grenoble I, 2005 and has published 20+ peer-reviewed papers under his legal name, Ghiath Al Sammane. He lives in Orange County, California.
Quantum General Intelligence (QGI) is an independent AI company founded by Dr. Sam Sammane, who leads it as Founder & CEO. Deterministic AI for regulated finance and insurance. Emerged from stealth in January 2026 with the QAG Engine, Q-Prime embeddings and Qualtron. San Diego, California. Learn more at qgi.dev.
TheoSym is the company Dr. Sam Sammane leads as CEO & Founder. Human-AI Augmentation software and AI consulting. Founded in 2023, TheoSym builds AI for life-science laboratories and production AI systems, training and white-label AI for businesses.
He wrote The Singularity of Hope: Humanity's Role in an AI-Dominated Future (nonfiction, 2024), which has earned ten book-award honors including a PenCraft Book Awards first place, and Republic of Mars (science fiction, 2025), which won the Literary Titan Book Award and was a finalist in the 2025 American Fiction Awards.
Send a request through the contact page at sammane.com/contact/ or see past talks and topics at sammane.com/speaking/. He has given four TEDx talks (TEDxIIUM, TEDxAyala Avenue Women, TEDxSwansea and TEDxUPV Women) and more than 12 speaking events, including CXO 2.0 in Dubai and Las Vegas. Topics include agentic AI for business, deterministic and auditable AI for regulated industries, and leadership in the AI era.
