Accelerate AI Literacy and Transformation

AI Keynotes and Education

SmarterX is an AI research and education firm and parent company of
AI Academy, The Artificial Intelligence Show, and Marketing AI Institute.

 

AI Academy by SmarterX
The Artificial Intelligence Show
Marketing AI Institute

We educate and empower leaders to reimagine business models, reinvent industries, and rethink what's possible. 

  • We believe AI will rapidly transform businesses, industries, jobs, the economy, educational systems, and society. The vast majority of professionals and leaders are not prepared for that change.
  • We believe you can build a smarter version of any business through a responsible, human-centered approach to AI.
  • We believe the future of all business is AI native, AI emergent, or obsolete.  
  • We believe AI education and training will be the foundation for success in every organization.
  • Our goal is to Accelerate AI Literacy for All.TM

 

Start Your AI Transformation with AI Academy by SmarterX

Accelerating AI literacy and transformation isn’t optional. It’s a career and business imperative.

AI Academy by SmarterX and our AI Mastery Membership help professionals and organizations thrive through the disruption and uncertainty ahead.

The AI Mastery Membership is a 12-month subscription that gives you access to all the education, insights, and answers you need to master AI for your company and career. 

Become an AI Mastery Member today

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Learn Through the Podcast

Tune in each week to The Artificial Intelligence Show with Paul Roetzer (SmarterX and Marketing AI Institute founder and CEO) and Mike Kaput (SmarterX and Marketing AI Institute Chief Content Officer) to get the latest AI news. 

Paul and Mike make AI approachable and actionable by breaking it down for business leaders into three main topics, plus 5 - 10 rapid-fire items. 

You can listen on your favorite podcast network or watch on the Marketing AI Institute YouTube channel. 

The Artificial Intelligence Show

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Inspire Through Keynotes 

SmarterX founder and CEO Paul Roetzer is a renowned international AI speaker, having presented 200+ conference keynotes, as well as virtual and in-person private engagements for major brands, agencies, tech companies, investors, non-profits, and schools.

Featured keynotes include:

  • The State of AI for Business: 5 Things Every Leader Needs to Know
  • The AI-Forward Organization: 5 Essential Steps to Scaling AI
  • Intro to AI: How AI Will Transform Your Company and Career
  • The Road to AGI: A Potential Timeline of What Happens Next, What It Means, and What We Can Do About It

Keynotes start at $60,000 + travel. 

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Engage Through Workshops

SmarterX offers a collection of workshops designed to engage your teams and accelerate responsible AI adoption and transformation. 

All half-day workshops are personalized for your organization and industry, and feature SmarterX’s proprietary frameworks and templates.

  • Applied AI for Practitioners Workshop: Identify and prioritize AI use cases and pilot projects. 
  • AI Innovation Workshop: Move beyond efficiency and productivity use cases, and focus on applying AI to drive innovation and growth through new ideas, products, markets, and business models. 
  • Prompting for Professionals Workshop: Learn the art and science of prompting, and create a collection of template prompts that your teams can immediately apply to their workflows.
  • Strategic AI Leaders Workshop: Analyze and prioritize business problems that may be solved more efficiently, and intelligently, with AI.

Workshops start at $75,000 for a half-day event.

Inquire about an AI workshop for your organization

AI Workshops

Explore through Research

What’s the story of AI? Where are we? Where are we going? What can you do to prepare your organization and people for success?

Stay current on the AI topics that will impact your career and company.

The SmarterX research agenda includes topics related to AI and:

  • Economy 
  • Education 
  • Ethics
  • Future of Work
  • Industries 
  • Infrastructure 
  • Technologies

Research is discussed weekly on the podcast, and periodically published to the blog and newsletter. 

AI research papers

About SmarterX

SmarterX was introduced by Paul Roetzer in 2022 as the consulting arm of Marketing AI Institute, and spun out as its own company in 2024.

While we offer limited consulting and advisory services, the SmarterX business model is designed to prioritize one-to-many initiatives that affect the largest number of leaders and organizations possible, as quickly as possible. 

SmarterX looks to drive efficiencies, productivity, innovation, and growth in all areas of business, but focuses on marketing, sales, and service as the primary drivers of value creation. 

Marketing AI Institute continues to cater to marketing practitioners and leaders through content, courses and events, including the Marketing AI Conference (MAICON), its flagship annual event.