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AI Keynote SpeakersUnder $30,000

Every speaker below has a listed fee range starting under $30,000 — vetted AI founders, researchers, and practitioners who deliver headline-quality keynotes within a mid-range event budget.

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AI keynote speakers bookable with a budget under $30,000 include Peter Norvig, Daniel Kraft, Gopi Kallayil, and Chris Yeh — all vetted and bookable through Speak About AI, with exact quotes and availability confirmed at no cost. The full list of 32 matching speakers is below.

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$20k to $50k

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Peter Norvig

Former Director of Research at Google, AI Pioneer

Keynote Topics

• The Pursuit of Machine Learning

• The Crossroads Between AI and Space

• The Challenge & Promise of Artificial Intelligence

Daniel Kraft

Stanford and Harvard Trained Physician, Scientist, Entrepreneur, and Inventor

Keynote Topics

• The Digital & AI Enhanced Future of Health & Medicine: Where Can Technology Take Us?

• Future of Health & Longevity

• The Exponential Future of Virtual, Augmented, & Extended Reality in Health & Medicine

Gopi Kallayil

Chief Business Strategist for AI at Google

Keynote Topics

• Conscious Business

• Happy at Work

• The Internet to the Inner-net

Chris Yeh

Co-Founder of BlitzScaling Ventures

Keynote Topics

• Embracing AI: Successfully Navigating The AI Revolution

• Blitzscaling: How To Build The Companies of Tomorrow

• The Alliance: The New Employer/Employee Relationship

Mo Tiwari

Staff Research Scientist at Google, former OpenAI Technical Staff

Keynote Topics

• AI in the coming years: how to stay ready and ride the wave

• Enhancing organization capabilities with AI

• AI Research Today: the Bleeding Edge

Divya Chander

Neuroscientist Applying AI to Cognitive Longevity

Keynote Topics

• Singularities generative AI and artificial general intelligence

• Can you read my mind? The promises and perils of AI decoding in the brain

• Augmentation or Evolution 2.0 - Rewiring humans from the inside out

Shama Hyder

AI, Business Growth & Innovation Speaker | Strategic Urgency Expert

Keynote Topics

• The Strategy of Now: Building Strategic Urgency in the Age of AI

• Leadership in the Age of AI: How to Build Strategic Urgency Across Your Organization

• Winning Customer Loyalty: Strategic Urgency in the Age of AI

Dan Russell

Former Principal UX Researcher at Google, Author of “The Joy of Search”, and Research Scientist

Keynote Topics

• Humans and AI working together - the upside and downsides

• AI consciousness? Is it real and will it matter?

• The 10 Things you need to know AI to make future facing decisions

Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek

CEO of Clarity AI, AI Expert, Keynote Speaker

Keynote Topics

• Intro to AI 101: from hype to boots on the ground

• 5 helpful AI tools today: live demos

• Gen AI fundamentals: from hype to business results

Gary Bolles

Catalytic Speaker on The Future of Work, Learning, and Leading

Keynote Topics

• Transformational Leadership in the Age of AI

• Hiring & Developing Your Future AI-Powered Workforce

• The AI-Empowered Manager: Guiding Human Talent in the Age of AI

Katie McMahon

Former VP at Shazam, President & COO at Native Voice

Keynote Topics

• Scaling Technology From 0 to 1

• Identifying Opportunities in Today’s AI Landscape

• A customizable theme to fit your audience's technical level/interest (Example: "Making Sense of AI Through 2024 - What it means for you - what lies beneath the LLM ocean (spoiler alert: it’s polluted)..." )

Ben Parr

AI Founder, Investor, Columnist, and Co-Founder of Octane AI

Keynote Topics

• Coworking with AI: How to Leverage AI for Productivity and Work

• Entrepreneurship 01: Lessons from Starting and Building Octane AI

• The Future of AI Investing: Trends Investors and Founders Should Know

Chris Duffey

Growth Marketer, Tech Futurist, & Best Selling Author

Keynote Topics

• Pioneering the Next Era: Unleashing GenAI's Potential in Business Transformation

• Crafting Tomorrow's Realities: Designing Immersive AI Journeys

• Elevating Connection: Personalized Brand Experiences

Sonal Gupta

Principal Engineer (Director) at Google, Former Senior Engineering Manager at Meta

Keynote Topics

• The AI Revolution

• Generative AI Media Products

• Developing AI Products

Tatyana Mamut

CEO and Founder of Wayfound, Former Chief Product Officer at Nextdoor, General Manager at Amazon, and VP of Product Experience at Salesforce

Keynote Topics

• AI & The Human Touch

• Culture Risk: Organizing for Customer Centricity

• Building Cultures of Innovation

Dan Lohrmann

Field Chief information Security Officer for Public Sector at Presidio

Keynote Topics

• True Cyber Emergency Stories and Leadership Action Plans

• Why Security Pros and Teams Fail and What Can We Do About It?

• Global Security Predictions: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?

Charlene Li

Author, Advisor, and Executive Coach

Keynote Topics

• Winning With Generative AI: Crafting a Future-Ready Strategy

• Creating a Unified Generative AI Strategy: An Executive Roadmap

• Strategizing Generative AI: Vision

David Ewing Duncan

Award-Winning Journalist, Entrepreneur & Author

Keynote Topics

• Human 3.0: How to build a better human?

• Meeting in the Middle: The convergence of life sciences and health

• AI & Health

Sounil Yu

Author, CISO, and Former CSS at Bank of America

Keynote Topics

• Generative AI: The Three Concerns Problem and the Tale of Three CISOs

• The Age of AI (or How to Delay Building Skynet until it turns 25)

• What to Expect When You’re Expecting (your AI baby)

Zac Cramer

IT Business Owner, Certified EOS Implementer, & AI Practitioner

Keynote Topics

• From Shiny Object to Strategy: A Practical Roadmap for AI That Delivers Real ROI

• AI Won't Replace Your Business—But Someone Who Knows AI Might Eat It for Lunch

• Be in the 5%: Why Most AI Projects Fail and How to Make Yours Actually Work

Simone Bianco

Vice President of Computation at Altos Labs

Keynote Topics

• How can we rationally engineer biological systems?

• Using AI to reprogram and rejuvenate organisms

• Generative AI for good

Zach Rattner

CTO & Co-Founder at Yembo | Bringing AI to the home services industry | Author of Grow Up Fast: Lessons from an AI Startup

Keynote Topics

• Thriving in an era of constant change

• Applying AI to new areas

• Demystifying AI

Founder of AI Ireland & Speaker

Keynote Topics

• The 90-Day AI Transformation: How to identify resource and launch AI pilots that deliver measurable ROI from day one—and scale what works across your organisation.

• Generative AI & the Future of Work: Practical frameworks to upskill teams redesign workflows and future-proof your organisation before competitive and regulatory pressure intensifies.

• AI Compliance & Strategic Risk: What the EU AI Act means for boards budgets and brand protection in 2025 and beyond—and how to build a compliant value-creating AI roadmap.

Nicky Verd

Digital Futurist Nicky Verd helps people and organizations redefine their relevance and thrive in an AI economy where culture, not tech, is the true catalyst for change.

Keynote Topics

• New Rules for Relevance in an AI-Driven Economy

• AI Culture Is the Real AI Strategy

• Human First, Digital Always: Rethinking Transformation

Robert Daigle

Global Director of AI at Lenovo, dedicated to democratizing artificial intelligence by bridging the gap between startup agility and Fortune 200 scale.

Keynote Topics

• AI Moves from Experimentation to Execution (2026 inflection point)

• From Pilots to Production: Building the Enterprise AI Value Engine

• Agentic AI in Retail: The Next Customer Experience Revolution

AI Governance, Policy, & Regulation

Russell Wald

A leading authority in AI governance and Executive Director of Stanford HAI, bridging the gap between cutting-edge technology and responsible public policy.

Keynote Topics

• Insights from the AI Index

• Moving Beyond Technical Performance

• National Security & Geopolitical AI Strategy

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What Does an AI Keynote Speaker Cost?

AI keynote fees typically run from around $15,000 for rising experts to well over $100,000 for household names. The $20,000–$30,000 range is the sweet spot for most conferences: speakers with genuine build-side credentials — founders, research scientists, and industry practitioners — without celebrity pricing.

Every speaker on this page has a published fee range whose lower end is at or under $30,000. Final pricing depends on format (virtual keynotes usually cost less), location and travel, date, and any workshops or executive sessions added around the keynote.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can I book a good AI keynote speaker for under $30,000?

Yes. Speak About AI lists multiple vetted AI speakers with fee ranges starting between $15,000 and $30,000, including AI founders, Google and Amazon alumni, and published researchers. The full list is on this page.

What affects an AI speaker's final fee?

Format (in-person vs. virtual), location and travel required, event date, exclusivity, and add-ons like workshops or panel participation. Virtual keynotes are typically 20-40% below in-person fees.

Do fees include travel expenses?

Usually travel is billed separately or as a flat travel buyout added to the speaking fee. Speak About AI includes expected travel costs in every quote so there are no surprises.

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