The head of AI at Apple. The founder of Nest. The head of Google’s speech recognition. The CTO of Twitter. The CTO and cofounder of LinkedIn. The VP of technology at Apple. They all have one thing in common: In the early 1990s, they worked at a small Silicon Valley startup you’ve never heard of.
Image: In 1992, Megan Smith with the “walkabout” prototype, which later became the cell phone in a scene from General Magic–A Film by Sarah Kerruish and Matt Maude. (Photo: courtesy Spellbound Productions)
