SpeakersA lot of conferences this year have added an AI session to the agenda, and it’s usually the one the planning committee spends the longest arguing about, since nobody wants a speaker who just reads out the same headlines everyone has already seen on LinkedIn. MCP Talent Agency books AI keynote speakers for conferences, association meetings, leadership retreats, and sales kickoffs all over Canada and the USA. The speakers on this page include the founder of Shazam, a former head of go-to-market at OpenAI, a former Google executive, and a best-selling author on leadership and generative AI. Send a note to one of the advisors about who’s coming to your event and roughly what the budget looks like, and they’ll put a few names together for you to go through.
Types of AI Speakers You Can Hire
On the roster, there are people who used to work inside Google and OpenAI, a founder whose app a lot of you probably have on your phone, and authors and futurists who talk about AI and leadership.
Explore Our List of Artificial Intelligence Speakers
The list below has artificial intelligence speakers based in California, Ontario, and Washington, DC. Every profile has a short bio along with a video of the speaker on stage, and anyone you’d like to know more about can go on My List so you can ask about all of them in a single quote request later on.
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Why Choose MCP Talent Agency to Hire Artificial Intelligence Keynote Speakers in Canada and the USA?
Plenty of people call themselves AI speakers now, and the ones worth booking usually worked on this stuff well before it was in the news, can explain it to a room of non-engineers, and don't give the same talk they gave eighteen months ago. That's the part MCP Talent Agency helps sort out. If you want to hire artificial intelligence speakers in the USA, several of the speakers here live in California and DC, and if you'd like to hire artificial intelligence speakers in Canada, there's a Toronto-based innovation strategist who's founded four companies. Here is what booking through the agency covers:- A shortlist put together around your audience, whether that's a room of CFOs, a healthcare association, or a sales team that just got handed a new set of AI tools.
- A video of each speaker on their profile page, so you and whoever else is on the planning committee can watch them before anybody gets booked.
- A proposal that goes out by email with the fees, the talk titles, and the video links all in one document, which is easy to forward to your boss.
- A call with the speaker before the event, where they ask about your industry and who's going to be in the audience.
- Someone from the agency handling the offer and the back-and-forth on terms, then going through the contract with you.
- The option of a virtual keynote if part of your crowd is joining remotely.
- A logistics manager who goes over the AV setup, the schedule, and the travel with you before the event.
WHAT OUR CLIENTS ARE SAYING
"I had the pleasure of attending an event where Lital was the keynote speaker - she is AMAZING! She had the entire room captivated; everyone was immersed in the content and her style. I would not hesitate to recommend her - her talk was the topic of conversation for the rest of the day, and the weeks to come, when I interacted with others from our organization. Thank you, Lital!"
Shell
“The audience loved Zack’s speech. Zack was a great keynote speaker and set the bar very high for future events.”
Deloitte
“Your performance was 1st class. Everyone said it was the best session of the day! It was brilliant.”
Morgan Stanley
“His presentation was excellent, and he made AI relevant to our life sciences audience.”
CMI Media Group
How to Book Your AI Keynote Speaker
- Start with a conversation. Share your event goals and budget, and we’ll recommend speakers or confirm availability, then send a proposal your whole team can review, complete with fees, topics, and video links.
- Once you’ve settled on a speaker, we handle the offer and the negotiation, and walk you through the contract step by step.
- From signing onward, your dedicated logistics manager runs the planning process, sets up a call between you and the speaker, and makes sure your speaker shows up ready to deliver.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to book an AI keynote speaker?
Fees for AI speakers sit toward the higher end of the market at the moment, mostly because demand has jumped and a lot of the speakers on this page have spent years at companies like Google or OpenAI. Somebody with a best-seller out and a lot of media appearances is going to charge more than a consultant who mainly does regional association events, and if they’re flying in from California there’s the airfare and hotel on top of that. You can sort the speakers by price range on the site, and an advisor will tell you what someone’s fee currently is if you ask before you put an offer in.
Do AI keynotes work for audiences without a technical background?
Yes, and most of the groups booking these talks are not technical at all. It’s often a group like a credit union conference, a sales team or a room full of HR managers, and what they really want to hear about is what AI is going to change in their own jobs over the next couple of years. The speakers who go over well with those crowds skip the jargon and talk about real companies and real tools. When you’re booking, just mention that the audience isn’t technical, because some of the speakers on the roster come from a research side and some have spent years explaining this stuff to regular audiences.
How do you tell the top AI keynote speakers from the rest?
One thing planners look at is what the speaker was working on a few years ago, before ChatGPT came out and everybody started talking about AI. If they were building products, running teams at a tech company, or writing about the field back then, there’s usually a lot more behind what they’re saying. It’s worth sitting through a full talk on video instead of just the two-minute highlight clip, since that’s where you find out if they can explain how things work or if they mostly repeat predictions. The advisors also hear back from clients after events, so they can tell you how a speaker went over with groups like yours.
Can an AI expert speaker for hire tailor the talk to our industry?
Most of them will, and the better ones won’t really go ahead without it. Usually a few weeks out, they’ll get on a call with you and ask what industry you’re in, what sort of jobs the people in the audience have, and whether your company is already using AI tools or just starting to look at them. Then they swap in examples that suit your group, so an insurance conference might hear about claims processing and a construction association might hear about scheduling and job sites. How much a talk gets customized varies by speaker and fee, so it’s worth confirming what’s included before the contract is signed.
How far in advance should we book an AI speaker?
AI is the topic every conference seems to want this year, so the well-known speakers get their calendars filled earlier than they used to. Booking six to nine months out is a reasonable plan, and if your event is in the spring or the fall, when most conferences happen, earlier is better. Virtual keynotes are easier to fit in on short notice, and sometimes a speaker has a date open up, so it doesn’t hurt to ask even if your event is only a couple of months away.