Zack Kass is an AI Futurist, keynote speaker, consultant, and the former Head of GTM for OpenAI. He has spent over 14 years in the field of AI with companies like Figure Eight, Lilt, and OpenAI. His mission is to ensure businesses and governments are active participants in the AI-powered future by demystifying AI, making it accessible and understandable for everyone, and helping leaders navigate the rapidly evolving environment.
Zack received his BA from The University of California, Berkeley. While Head of Go To Market at OpenAI, Zack worked at the helm of the team key channeling OpenAI’s innovative research into tangible business solutions. Zack built the teams responsible for OpenAI’s sales, partnerships, and customer success and served as a personal advisor to countless executives deploying the technology across their businesses.
Today, he is considered one of the foremost thinkers in Applied AI. His thought leadership and techno-optimist views have been featured in countless publications, such as Fortune, Newsweek, Entrepreneur, AdAge, and Business Insider to name a few. Zack has also advised many top companies on AI, including Coca-Cola, Morgan Stanley, and Agmen.
Beyond the corporate world, Zack is a staunch techno-optimist, an advocate for AI’s potential to revolutionise the human condition and reduce suffering. He works tirelessly to promote the promise of AI, serving as a counter-narrative to the prevailing media cynicism.
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Zack Kass' official speaking topics are listed below:
The Innovators Dilemma - Preparing You for Abundant Change:
AI strategist Zack Kass is your guide to making sense of today’s paradoxical landscape. Working across industries, Zack shares fresh case studies and insights to help you identify your best AI-powered opportunities. Key takeaways: How to align vision and actionable AI strategies. How to adopt a future-proof mindset. How to integrate AI thinking up and down the ladder. Start reshaping your future with Zack’s focused and fast-moving presentation.
AI Strategy, Simplified - Charting AI's Journey into the Future:
From its humble start to its future potential, AI is about to disrupt everything we know about business, forever. How did we get here? What does it mean for your industry? How can you move to the forefront of AI-fueled advancements? How can you optimize for humanistic skills? AI strategist Zack Kass shares the roadmap you need to understand AI’s trajectory and its implications. Key takeaways include demystifying AI, frontline lessons from AI implementation, and integrating AI into your workforce for resilience.
Leverage AI for Good - Transforming the Employee Experience
Abundant - AI Solutions for a Better World
Official Feedback from In-Person & Virtual Events
Feedback from In-Person Events:
"Zack helped us plan our entire AI strategy" - Coca-Cola
"Excellent. Zack made AI relevant for our life sciences audience." - CMI Media Group
"Zack set the bar very high for future events" - Deloitte
- 2021 - Head of GTM for OpenAI
- 2021 - Advisor for Lilt
- 2018 - VP of Revenue for Lilt
- 2017 - Advisor for Lilt
- 2015 - Director of Enterprise Sales for Mixpanel Inc
- 2013 - VP of Sales & Customer Success for Figure Eight
- 2012 - Director of Sales for Figure Eight
- 2009 - Senior Account Executive for Figure Eight