Peli de Halleux is a Research Engineer at Microsoft. Peli founded MakeCode, a browser-based coding platform for K-12 and recently shifted to generative AI. Before MakeCode and in the early days of smartphones, Peli built TouchDevelop at attempt to creating a phone-based coding experience. Peli is currently working on making users of GenAI productive by allowing them to automate tasks reliably. Peli is an avid Ice Hockey player and you can see tumble on the ice on late Sunday nights in the Seattle area.
