Julia Källström

Julia Källström (b. 2006) — younger daughter. Julia is the younger of the "2 daughters that are 7 and 9" Martin introduced from the CES 2014 stage ▶ 1:02, and one of the daughters whose classroom reports — classmates with ChatGPT open in every lesson — grounded his observations on real-world AI adoption. ▶ 2:21 She has taken the design-and-communication side of the family trade: a graphic-design student at Linköping University who ran her gymnasium union's PR and now works the shows and haunted houses at Kolmården. linkedin-com ↗

In Martin's story

• Two daughters, seven and nine. Julia is the younger of the two Martin introduced from the stage at CES in January 2014 ▶ 1:02, and the summer before, at the Wearable Technology conference, when he explained why he wanted a camera that captures everyday life: "I have 2 kids growing up. They are now 7 and 9 years old, and it seems like only yesterday they were little toddlers." ▶ 16:54
• The classroom report. In March 2023, weeks after ChatGPT's release, Martin's first field evidence of generative AI landing on ordinary life came from his daughters: classmates with ChatGPT open in every lesson, staying on topic. ▶ 2:21

Her own path

• Studies. Graphic Design and Communication at Linköping University.
• School years. Berzeliusskolan in Linköping, where she was PR-ansvarig for the student union Berzans Elevkår — its social media, posters and promotional videos, a redesigned website, and the running of its events and competitions — and PR-ansvarig on the committee behind the school ball, billed as the largest gymnasium ball in the Nordics.
• Kolmården. Three roles at Kolmården Wildlife Park in Norrköping: actor in the park's two haunted houses during the Halloween season, decorator for the themed seasons and theme weeks, and publikvärd hosting show entrances and guests in the park.
• Teaching. Cirkelledare at Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan, co-running a cooking course for a year and a half.
• Jobs along the way. Centralcaféet in Kinda (the café Kinda-Posten wrote about), an administrative summer at Beyond Gravity helping the company move buildings, a winter at the toy chain Lekia in Norrköping, and ChopChop Asian Express in Mjölby.

Source: her LinkedIn profile ↗.

Rhymes

• She took the design-and-communication side of the family trade; Martin's own titles at Multiply were Chief Product Officer and Chief Marketing Officer.
• Haunted houses and themed seasons at Kolmården are a form of immersive theatre — the form Martin built the AI for in Elysium.
• Both sisters began at Centralcaféet in Kinda and both spent a summer at Beyond Gravity.

Part of People & Partners — the recurring cast of Martin Källström's story.