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Steve Brown

Keynote Speaker - AI Futurist, Former Google DeepMind & Intel Executive

Speaking Fee: $30,000 - $40,000 i Fees vary by event type, travel, and appearance details.

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AI futurist and former Google DeepMind and Intel executive, Steve Brown helps leaders build AI-first organizations and prepare for the forces reshaping business and society.

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Meet Steve Brown

Steve Brown is an AI futurist, entrepreneur, and author with more than 25 years of experience at the forefront of AI, digital transformation, and high tech. A former executive at Google DeepMind and Intel, he advises Fortune 100 companies and global brands on AI strategy and transformation, helping leaders navigate rapid technological change with clarity and practical action.

Steve has delivered hundreds of keynotes across five continents, translating complex AI concepts into accessible insights for business leaders. His clients include Nike, JPMorgan Chase, Samsung, Comcast, Audi, PepsiCo, Disney, and many other global organizations seeking to understand the future of AI and its impact on business, work, and society.

Steve Brown is available to be booked for corporate and private events. Contact the Mollie Plotkin Group today to inquire about Steve Brown’s fees.

Want to book Steve Brown for an event?

Contact the Mollie Plotkin Group at 215-995-0905 to book Steve Brown for a keynote speech, corporate event, leadership program, workshop, fireside chat, virtual appearance, or other private or professional event.

Our team will help confirm Steve Brown’s availability, speaking fee, travel requirements, and fit for your audience. To start the booking process, please share your event date, location, audience size, event format, and the type of presentation you are looking for.

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Biography

Advising Leaders on AI Transformation

Steve Brown is an AI futurist, entrepreneur, and author who helps organizations understand and prepare for the rapid transformation driven by artificial intelligence. He advises Fortune 100 companies and global brands on AI strategy, organizational change, and the shift toward AI-first business models.

Over the course of his career, Steve has worked at the highest levels of technology and innovation. At Google DeepMind, he served as Senior Director and in-house futurist during the launch of AlphaFold. At Intel, he served as Chief Evangelist and Futurist, helping organizations understand emerging technologies and their business impact.

A Voice on the Future of Intelligent Machines

In addition to his executive leadership roles, Steve has co-founded multiple AI ventures and served as a BCG Luminary. His client roster includes companies such as Nike, Samsung, Lenovo, Bank of America, Intuit, and Disney.

Steve is also the author of The AI Ultimatum: Preparing for a World of Intelligent Machines and Radical Transformation, a guide that helps today’s leaders navigate the opportunities and challenges created by AI. His insights and commentary have been featured by CNN, the BBC, Bloomberg, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired.

Born in the U.K., Steve is a dual British-American citizen and lives in Portland, Oregon.

How to Hire Steve Brown

To hire Steve Brown for an event, contact the Mollie Plotkin Group with the proposed event date, location, audience size, event format, and program goals. Steve Brown is available for corporate events, conferences, leadership meetings, private events, workshops, fireside chats, and virtual programs.

After receiving your request, a Mollie Plotkin Group booking agent will review Steve Brown’s availability, discuss the event details, and get back to you within 48 hours with next steps for securing Steve Brown for your program.

Steve Brown Booking Fee

The cost to book Steve Brown depends on the event date, location, format, audience size, and scope of the appearance. Steve Brown’s speaking fee ranges from $30,000 to $40,000. Speaking fees may vary for keynote speeches, workshops, fireside chats, private events, corporate meetings, and virtual programs.

For the most accurate Steve Brown booking fee, contact the Mollie Plotkin Group with your event details. Our team will help confirm availability, pricing, and the best format for your event.

Speaking Topics & Programs

Steve Brown helps leaders understand what AI can do now, what is coming next, and how to redesign work around new levels of speed, scale, and impact.

Common keynote themes include: agentic AI, digital workforces, AI-first organizations, workflow redesign, human leadership, practical AI use cases, orchestration, robots, spatial AI, world models, and the future of work.

AI Agents: Building a Digital Workforce to Amplify Your People

Learn how AI agents can become digital teammates that help people work faster, smarter, and at greater scale.

In this practical keynote, Steve Brown shows leaders how to deploy AI agents across everyday operations and redesign workflows around them. Audiences will learn how agents can plan, act, complete work, and elevate people from doing the work to directing it.

Understand agentic AI and how different types of agents work
See how agents reshape workflows and elevate human roles
Leave with practical guidance for building a digital workforce

Ideal for leadership teams, HR, operations, and technology audiences.

AI First: Turning AI Into Your Competitive Edge

See how organizations can move beyond AI pilots and make AI the core engine of performance.

Steve Brown shows leaders how AI-first companies are rebuilding work around agents, robots, and human judgment. This keynote gives audiences a clear roadmap for redesigning work so technology handles execution while people focus on creativity, judgment, and leadership.

Distinguish between adding AI tools and becoming truly AI-first
Identify where AI can reduce cost, time, and capacity constraints
Explore AI-enhanced, AI-first, and AI-native organizations

Ideal for leadership teams, boards, C-suite audiences, and executive retreats.

AI Now and Next: Getting Ready for the Future of AI

Cut through the hype and get a clear view of where AI is headed next.

In this high-energy keynote, Steve Brown shows what AI can do today, what is coming next, and what these shifts mean for leaders and organizations. From agents and robots to spatial AI and world models, audiences will leave with practical steps to prepare for the future of AI.

See what today’s AI can and cannot do
Understand the next waves of AI, from agents to robots to world models
Recognize how these shifts will impact your industry and workforce

Ideal for general sessions, opening keynotes, and global conferences.

Closing Takeaway

Steve Brown gives audiences a practical, forward-looking view of AI and helps leaders understand how to redesign work so people and technology can create greater speed, scale, and impact.

Featured Client Reviews for Steve Brown

5 Stars!

I highly recommend that any group looking for a world-class inspirational speaker look no further than Steve Brown. He calmly shares deep insight and a clear vision for the future of AI and inspires immediate action from his audience.

— Jim Teece, Oregon Connections Telecommunications Conference

Incredible keynote!

Thought-provoking and visionary, leaving our audience inspired and eager for what’s ahead. Your ability to break down complex concepts and paint a compelling picture of what’s next truly resonated with everyone in the room.

— Jo Ann Aaronson, Sr Global Account Manager, Lenovo

I strongly recommend Steve for any company looking to deepen their understanding of AI.

— Greg Chandler, CIO, The Standard

Books

The AI Ultimatum: Preparing for a World of Intelligent Machines and Radical Transformation

Most business leaders know they must embrace AI, but are they asking the right questions? The step from "Should we deploy AI" to "How do we do it" is not far enough. Like digital transformation, AI transformation will be an ongoing, multi-year process that fundamentally reshapes every aspect of business and society. The AI Ultimatum provides business leaders with critical thinking frameworks and practical guidance to navigate successive waves of AI innovation through 2035. Unlike tactical guides focused on today's tools, this book helps leaders think and plan how AI can transform their business in different ways in the short, mid and long term. Key Questions Addressed: How do we ignite a culture of experimentation, innovation, and high growth based on AI transformation? How do we build a portfolio of AI projects that balance risk, ambition, and reward? What data is needed today to fuel tomorrow's AI-powered innovations? When should we build versus buy AI capabilities? How do we elevate performance using process orchestration to optimize human-machine intelligence? How do we evolve our workforce in the era of agentic AI, where autonomous "digital employees" work for electrons instead of dollars? Which AI use cases will deliver the highest ROI today and tomorrow? How do we prepare for successive waves of AI innovation even as we deploy today's solutions? Through extensive research and practical case studies, this book will enable leaders to navigate multiple waves of AI innovation while maintaining strategic flexibility and operational excellence. It offers both immediate tactical guidance and long-term strategic vision, helping organizations thrive in an era of unprecedented technological change.

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The Innovation Ultimatum: How Six Strategic Technologies Will Reshape Every Business in the 2020s

Most businesses identify six key digital technologies--artificial intelligence (AI), distributed ledgers and blockchain, the Internet of Things (IoT), autonomous machines, virtual and augmented reality, and 5G communication--as critical to their relevance and growth over the coming ten years. These new disruptive technologies present significant opportunity for businesses in every industry. The first businesses to understand automation and these transformative technologies will be the ones to reap the greatest rewards in the marketplace. The Innovation Ultimatum helps leaders understand the key technologies poised to reshape business in the next decade and prepare their organizations for technology-enabled change.

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