Head of AI

Daryl Roberts is the Head of AI at obney.ai [obney.ai] — and his road there was anything but typical. He spent six years as a diesel mechanic (and a U.S. Marine before that) before teaching himself AI, building projects in public until the work spoke for itself. Today he designs and ships production AI systems for clients across legal, education, industrial, and healthcare, and he's taught hands-on AI engineering to working developers. Daryl is a believer in practical strategies over complexity. Borrowing the Marine Corps' OODA loop, he teaches an "AI Engineering Loop" for building systems you can actually trust, and has spoken on applied AI engineering at NoAI. He loves turning intimidating topics into things anyone can build. Off the clock, you'll find him reading research papers or escaping into the Louisiana outdoors.