Wesley Kerr is the Head of Technology Research at Riot Games, where he leads the company’s long-term AI strategy across Game AI, Next-Generation AI Games, and Foundational Models. He founded Riot’s first AI research center, advancing agents that learn to play games and forging collaborations with academia and industry. His current research spans embodied agents, reinforcement learning, and large language models, with projects like bots for first-person shooters and next-generation AI gameplay. Wesley holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Arizona and previously worked at Google Research on game search and discovery.