Brandon Middleton

Role: Lecturer, Stanford d.school Organization: Stanford d.school (Hasso Plattner Institute of Design) Profile: https://dschool.stanford.edu/directory/brandon-middleton Relationship: Met briefly at DeepLearning.AI Dev Day 26 (April 28–29, 2026) Relationship Depth: New contact — not yet connected

Why On My Radar

• Met him briefly after his session at Dev Day 26.
• Kept hearing him talk about “AI literacy” while I was in a different session — the term came up enough that I want to understand his framing.
• Already pinged Christine Bywater — she didn’t know him.

Potential Overlap

• AI literacy framing is core to my Advocate hat and to Flash Lab + Build-a-Bot positioning.
• d.school connection means design-thinking pedagogy lens — could align with how Flash Lab is structured.
• Possible co-thinking on educator-facing AI literacy curriculum.

Next Step

• Cold-warm email: introduce myself, reference his Dev Day session, ask if he has 30 minutes for a coffee on the topic of AI literacy in design / educator contexts.

Interactions

| Date | Type | Notes | |——|——|——-| | 2026-04-28 or 29 | [CHECK-IN] | Brief hallway conversation after his Dev Day session |