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Phil Libin started Evernote with the simplest idea: Remember everything - or, more precisely, everything that matters. Today, the company's sleek suite of apps and services help you capture thoughts and ideas, snap photos, grab audio, and clip information, then access it from anywhere. With more than 90 million users around the world, Evernote has a $1 billion-plus valuation. (Sorry, Filofax.)
But Russian-born Libin is not stopping there. Evernote's business of the future is built around what he calls hyper-awareness - taking everything it knows about you and what you're doing and using it to anticipate what you'll want to know next. Spooky? Yes, indeed, but "anticipatory computing" is already happening every time you hit search. For extra points, Phil's an absolutist on data privacy, which is core to Evernote's model. And hold the Siri jokes: He thinks they only obscure how near we are to artificial intelligence that really works.
Jump into the future with Phil Libin at IGNITION 2014, Business Insider's expertly guided tour of the digital horizons. Join us at the TimesCenter in New York City for three days of deep dives, extended conversations, and awesome networking with a blue-chip roster of speakers, including
- Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos
- Accel Partners' Jim Breyer
- athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush
- Kleiner Perkins' John Doerr
- Whisper CEO Michael Heyward
- Shutterstock founder Jon Oringer
- Gilt chair Kevin Ryan
- former Apple CEO John Sculley
- Union Square Ventures' Fred Wilson
