Krishna Sood
Product Legal @ Black Forest Labs
Krishna Sood leads product legal, IP, and regulatory affairs at Black Forest Labs, the Freiburg-headquartered frontier AI model developer company behind the FLUX family of visual intelligence models. In this role, she oversees the company's global compliance strategy across the EU AI Act, GDPR, and US frameworks, alongside IP strategy, trust and safety policy, and product legal work spanning BFL's model releases.
Krishna has worked in the US, Europe and Australia and her 20 year career spans roles at Microsoft, A+E Networks, the BBC, Formula One and in private practice. Krishna's work sits at the intersection of cutting-edge generative AI and the legislative frameworks shaping its deployment, with a particular focus on copyright, data and open innovation. Krishna is a guest lecturer on copyright, data and AI, and an expert advisor to the EUIPO observatory and the Global Partnership on AI.
Is the Web Closing? What It Could Mean for Businesses, Journalists, and Researchers
In this panel, Krishna Sood will bring a perspective of how technological evolutions interact with existing AI policy frameworks and what this means for business strategy, Carl Miller will address the research side of information systems and digital threats, and Paul Bradshaw will discuss why access matters for journalism and accountability. Moderated by Denas Grybauskas, the conversation will examine where the biggest risks to open access are emerging, who is affected, and why the future of the open web matters for public good, journalism, and businesses.
Meet the speakers
Coming from different industries and backgrounds but united in common passion and aspirations, these web scraping experts will share their experiences and answer your questions.
