Marc Porat

AI has arrived, AGI is arriving, and Superintelligence will be here faster than you thought. Frontier AI and intelligent agents will be smarter and more capable than all the humans on earth. With so much disruptive change coming, are we facing a technological dystopia or utopia?

Marc Porat has been at the forefront of technological and sociological revolutions over the course of his 30-year career, from coining the concept of “The Information Economy” to creating the first smartphone and intelligent agents with General Magic. In this fascinating talk that is equal parts positive and serious, Marc will share his vision of humanity’s future in the world of Superintelligence. Audiences will come away understanding how superintelligence can both create and destroy, and what it will mean for you personally and for your business.

Key benefits & insights:

• Understand where AI is today and where it will be in the next 3 years and beyond.
• Immerse yourself in what personal & business life will be like in the age of Superintelligence
• Gain some immediate, amazing advice—for example, how to create an AI digital twin, a chief of staff, or a team of tutors and doctors.

Audience
Appeals to a broad audience, a wide variety of backgrounds, levels, and ages.

Formats
30 / 45 / 60 min from large audience keynote to off-sites to fireside chats.

Positioning
AI Strategist | Visionary Technologist | Inspiring Leader

AI is moving at lightning speed, creating a market discontinuity as profound as the Industrial Revolution. It can both create and destroy value for your business. With superintelligence just around the corner, how can your business prepare for the future?

Drawing on 30+ years of founding breakthrough companies and his advisory work with large & small companies and private equity clients, Marc explores the personal, economic, and geopolitical implications of superintelligence. Audiences will come away learning how to identify opportunity windows, avoid risks, and build resilient and innovative strategies in a time of accelerating change.

Key Benefits & Insights

o Understand that sharp discontinuities are the black swans of this era—they can create and destroy value very quickly

o Learn how to think about AI-driven market discontinuities and take action before competitors.

o Motivate leaders to act decisively with a fine-grained strategic framework, with the awareness that falling behind might be unrecoverable, and moving with purpose can create an insurmountable moat.

Audience
Can be tuned to focus on high-level executives or a broad business profile.

Formats
30 / 45 / 60 min keynote; keynote + 30 min Q&A; executive roundtable.

Positioning
Technology Visionary | AI Strategist | Inspiring Thinker.

Some revolutions happen to you—others you help invent. As co-founder of General Magic, the Apple spinout, Marc Porat created one of the most influential stealth tech companies in the world. The company, described by thought leaders as “visionary”, “legendary,” and “iconic,” helped create the first smartphone and intelligent agents in the early 90s. While General Magic was ahead of its time, its inventors later spawned the innovations of the iPod, iPhone, Android, intelligent agents, and more. 

In this inspiring story of invention and failure, Marc shares how he envisioned the first smartphone (called the Pocket Crystal) before there was even an internet. He formed a superteam of tech geniuses from Apple who created all the technology you take for granted today—and all from scratch. While the company failed, the ideas Marc inspired changed the world. Audiences will come away learning not only the behind-the-scenes story of General Magic but also lessons on timing, building, scaling, and leading innovative organizations that can deliver breakthrough products without breaking themselves.

Key Benefits & Insights

o Translating moonshot vision into winning execution.

o Building hot, innovative cultures that can adapt to seismic market shifts.

o Avoiding failure mode

Audience
Appeals to a broad audience, a wide variety of backgrounds, levels, and ages.

Formats
30 / 45 / 60 min from large audience keynote to off-sites to fireside chats.

Positioning
Technology Visionary | CEO & Board | Inspiring Leader