William Wang is the CEO and Founder of ChipAgents.ai, the category leading agentic AI platform for advancing agent-based AI approaches for semiconductor workflows. He is also the Mellichamp Endowed Chair Professor of AI and Designs at UC Santa Barbara, and a global leader in fundamental AI research. He founded the UCSB Center for Responsible Machine Learning, the Mind and Machine Intelligence Initiative, and the UCSB NLP Group. His honors include the IEEE SPS Pierre-Simon Laplace Award, NSF CAREER Award, BCS Karen Sparck Jones Award, DARPA Young Faculty Award, and IEEE AI’s 10 to Watch.