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Claire Adams is a Software Engineer at Slack. She has worked on scaling and maintaining Slack’s infrastructure to support over 32 million daily active users. Currently, she specializes in applying generative AI to search use cases to improve user productivity. Claire graduated summa cum laude from Barnard College of Columbia University with a degree in computer science and a minor in environmental science. In her free time, Claire plays water polo and enjoys going to the theater in New York City.
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