Kevin Surace
Future-proof your business with Kevin Surace, AI innovator, TED speaker, and disruptive tech pioneer.
Why book Kevin Surace for your next event
- Kevin Surace is the visionary mind behind the first AI virtual assistant, paving the way for today’s Siri, Alexa, and ONStar. Booking him means gaining insider access to the evolution of human-AI interaction and learning how to apply these cutting-edge innovations to future-proof your organization.
- With 94 patents and a reputation as CNBC’s Innovator of the Decade, Kevin brings a proven track record of groundbreaking invention. His keynote equips your team with the mindset and frameworks used by elite innovators to drive disruption and competitive advantage across industries.
- Having keynoted TED, addressed the US Congress, and appeared on CNN, MSNBC, and FOX News, Kevin’s insights resonate across audiences. Booking him ensures your event features a globally recognized voice who informs, excites, and energizes professionals into action.
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The AI Revolution: Embrace, Adapt, and Accelerate Your Business Future
Top-ten keynote speaker on generative AI, disruptive innovation, and JOY=SUCCESS!, Kevin Surace delivers powerful, customized talks that inspire action and drive real business outcomes. A Silicon Valley pioneer with 94 patents and accolades including CNBC’s Innovator of the Decade, he brings unmatched credibility to every stage. His keynotes fuse humor, energy, and insight, empowering organizations to embrace transformation, lead through disruption, and stay ahead of rapid change.
Keynote Speaker Kevin Surace is an award-winning innovator, futurist, and serial entrepreneur who has redefined how organizations approach technology, leadership, and transformation. Widely known as the visionary behind the first AI virtual assistant and a pioneer in voice interface technologies that laid the groundwork for Siri, Alexa, and ONStar, Kevin brings unmatched expertise to the stage.
With an impressive 94 patents and a legacy of building disruptive technologies, Kevin has earned titles such as CNBC’s Innovator of the Decade and INC Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year. His groundbreaking work spans across artificial intelligence, generative AI, sustainable innovation, and digital transformation. He has led high-impact initiatives, including the energy retrofits of the Empire State Building and New York Stock Exchange, and was one of the first to deploy generative AI in commercial software applications.
What sets Kevin apart is his unique ability to blend deep technical knowledge with humor, charisma, and actionable insights. As a speaker, he doesn’t just inform, he inspires. His engaging, customized keynotes energize audiences and offer practical strategies to thrive amid disruption. From TED and the US Congress to hundreds of corporate stages, Kevin has helped organizations around the world adapt, innovate, and lead.
Whether your goal is to decode AI, drive digital innovation, or spark cultural change, Book Kevin Surace for your event to deliver a keynote experience that is visionary, energizing, and deeply relevant to your business success.
Keynotes
Keynote by Kevin Surace:
JOY=SUCCESS
The title of an upcoming book and a fabulous motivational keynote for your employees, partners and attendees! Especially in the age of AI, learn how having joy as a core value not only determines but also drives success in your tasks, job and home life. And how that success creates more joy! We will dive headfirst into the importance of a sense of purpose as core to joy. AND provide your attendees with their own roadmap to success which they can put to work today!
What is Joy and Why Does It Matter? The Joy-Success Cycle: How Joy Leads to Success and Success Leads to More Joy. The Joy Killers: How to Overcome Fear, Stress, and Burnout. The Joy Boosters: How to Cultivate Positive Emotions, Mindsets, and Habits. The Joy Practices: How to Apply Joy to Your Work, Relationships, and Goals. The Joy Stories: How to Learn from People Who Have Found Joy and Success. The Joy Challenge: How to Create Your Own Joy Plan and Track Your Progress. Your attendees will leave energized and have a renewed spirit and energy at the office starting the very next day!
Audience takeaways
- Joy-Success Cycle: Learn how joy drives success and how success, in turn, creates more joy in life and work.
- Overcoming Joy Killers: Discover strategies to conquer fear, stress, and burnout, maintaining a joyful mindset.
- Cultivating Positive Habits: Gain practical tools to build joy through positive emotions, mindsets, and daily practices.
- Personalized Joy Plan: Create a personalized plan to track and enhance joy in your work and life.
Keynote by Kevin Surace:
Generative AI
With the advance of Generative AI including ChatGPT and other LLMs, anyone can tap huge AI language and multimodal models. How do these new large language models work? What can they do? How will it impact your business? What can I implement today? What about risks and IP?
This is a high energy hard hitting and talk that will get your audience talking about how they can improve their own productivity starting today. Each keynote is specifically customized to your needs and your industry.
Audience Takeaways:
- Understanding AI: Learn how generative AI and large language models work and what they can do for your business.
- Immediate Implementation: Discover actionable strategies to boost
productivity using AI tools today. - Navigating Risks: Gain insights into managing risks and protecting intellectual property with AI technologies.
- Industry-Specific Customization: Receive tailored AI solutions relevant to your
specific industry and business needs.
Keynote by Kevin Surace:
AI and Automation...It’s Impact on Your Life and Your Company
Hear about where artificial intelligence is today, where it is going, and how you can participate. See robots and algorithms and real wins in action. Learn about the process, what we can do today, and how it can change your company starting now. Nothing to be scared of...it’s just math.
You will surely laugh aloud, while this makes you ponder. You will leave with brand new knowledge ready to put to work, excited and ready to hop aboard the AI express!
Audience Takeaways:
- Current and Future AI: Understand where artificial intelligence stands today and its future trajectory.
- Real AI in Action: Witness robots and algorithms delivering real-world successes.
- Practical Implementation: Learn actionable steps to integrate AI into your company starting now.
- Engaging and Informative: Enjoy an entertaining and thought-provoking session that leaves you ready to embrace AI with confidence.
Keynote by Kevin Surace:
Bringing Silicon-Valley Disruptive Innovation to Your Organization
How does Silicon Valley continue to innovate faster than any other region on the planet? Learn the secrets of how and why people are driven to disrupt. What culture can you bring to your own organization to encourage this process? What are the risks and rewards? And how you can get going on your company’s journey
to disrupt with practical skills and to-do’s you can act on now.
You will enjoy this high-energy, interactive and funny talk on disrupting any industry starting today.
Audience takeaways:
- Secrets of Silicon Valley: Discover how Silicon Valley continuously leads in innovation and disruption.
- Cultivating a Disruptive Culture: Learn how to foster a culture in your organization that encourages innovation.
- Risks and Rewards of Disruption: Understand the potential risks and rewards of driving disruption in your industry.
- Practical Steps to Disrupt: Gain actionable skills and strategies to start
disrupting your industry today.
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