Zack Kass

Zack Kass is a global AI advisor, researcher, and keynote speaker known for helping organizations turn advanced AI capabilities into practical business outcomes. As the former Head of Go-To-Market at OpenAI, he led sales, partnerships, and customer success, translating cutting-edge research into real-world applications.

Today, Zack advises Fortune 1,000 boardrooms and leadership teams across industries, working with companies including Coca-Cola, Morgan Stanley, and Amgen. His work focuses on making AI understandable and actionable so organizations can confidently participate in an AI-powered future. Zack Kass is available to be booked for corporate and private events. Contact the Mollie Plotkin Group today to inquire about Zack Kass’s fees.

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From AI Research to Real-World Impact

At OpenAI, Zack Kass led the teams responsible for sales, partnerships, and customer success, playing a key role in bringing advanced AI technologies into practical business use. His work focused on bridging the gap between innovation and application, helping organizations understand and implement AI effectively.

As an executive advisor, Zack has worked with leaders in 124 cities across 20 countries. He partners with organizations to deploy AI at scale, guiding leadership teams through both the opportunities and challenges of a rapidly changing technological landscape. His insights have been featured in Fortune, Newsweek, CNN, Entrepreneur, AdAge, and Business Insider.

Advancing the Future of Work and AI

Zack’s mission centers on ensuring that businesses, governments, and individuals are active participants in shaping the AI-powered future. He collaborates with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the University of Virginia to study the future of work and intelligence, and serves as the AI for Conservation Fellow at Conservation International.

He is also the bestselling author of The Next RenAIssance: AI and the Expansion of Human Potential, where he explores how AI can expand human capability and reshape industries.

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The cost to book Zack Kass depends on the event date, location, format, audience size and scope of the appearance. Zack Kass’s speaking fee starts at $65,000. Speaking fees may vary for keynote speeches, workshops, fireside chats, private events, corporate meetings and virtual programs.

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Zack Kass helps audiences make sense of AI at a moment when the technology is moving faster than most organizations can absorb. Drawing on firsthand experience shipping frontier technology, time inside OpenAI, university research roles, and hundreds of conversations with leaders, he gives audiences a practical way to think about AI, decide where it creates value, and lead with more clarity.

Common keynote themes include: AI strategy, adaptability, leadership, automation boundaries, human judgment, team performance, organizational change, pilot design, governance, and societal acceptance.

The Next Renaissance

How leaders respond to abundant intelligence will shape where human value stands out most.

In this keynote, Zack Kass introduces his theory of Unmetered Intelligence and shows how AI is driving the cost of cognition toward abundance. He explains how that shift changes the source of competitive advantage, why behavioral adaptability becomes more valuable, and how leaders can respond with clearer standards, training, and review rituals. Audiences leave with a practical plan that can scale from senior leadership to frontline teams.

• Build a shared mental model for AI that reduces hype and focuses action
• Identify three high-leverage workflows and test them through low-cost pilots
• Define an automation boundary that protects human judgment and customer trust

Ideal for leaders and teams that need a practical framework for adopting AI without losing clarity, trust, or accountability.

The Next Great Company

The organizations that thrive with AI will pair new technology with adaptability, learning, and strong human skills.

This talk focuses on what it takes to build and sustain high-performing teams and companies in an AI-driven world. Zack Kass outlines how leaders can develop, motivate, and retain people while rethinking strategy for a changing business environment. The session emphasizes soft skills, constant learning, and a culture that can keep adapting as the landscape evolves.

• Strengthen the human skills that help teams perform in an AI-driven workplace
• Build a culture of constant learning and adaptability
• Rethink how organizations develop and retain high-performing teams

Ideal for executives, managers, and organizations preparing their people and culture for ongoing AI change.

Societal Thresholds

Progress will not be defined only by what AI can do, but by what society is willing to accept.

In this keynote, Zack Kass explores the widening gap between technological possibility and societal readiness. He argues that cultural, ethical, and institutional resistance will play a major role in determining the pace of progress, and he gives audiences a framework for understanding that tension. The result is a clearer view of how to navigate resistance and lead responsibly through a pivotal moment.

• Recognize the gap between technical capability and societal acceptance
• Understand how resistance shapes the pace of innovation
• Use a framework for leading through cultural, ethical, and institutional tension

Ideal for audiences grappling with the broader implications of AI adoption across organizations, industries, and society.

Closing Takeaway

Across Zack Kass’s keynotes, the message is clear: AI is changing how work gets done, but leadership still depends on human judgment, adaptability, and the choices organizations make next. Audiences leave with practical language, useful frameworks, and a clearer sense of how to move from uncertainty to action.