Ryan Frederick
Ryan advises companies putting AI to work right now, and invests in the ones building what comes next.
Hundreds of talks nationwide, more than 50 in 2026, on what AI is doing to work, leadership, and the economy.
Who's had Ryan on stage
Trade associations, industry conferences, and companies across the country.
Signature keynotes
Each one is about what AI is doing to a specific industry, not AI in general.
Designing Work for the AI Era
What happens to a job, a team, and an operating model when intelligence gets cheap.
The Economics of AI
What AI costs, what it returns, and who ends up keeping the difference.
The Productivity Dividend
How AI Changes the Math of Employee Ownership.
AI Rising. For Keeps.
The Next Five Years Belong to Operational AI.
The Autonomous Care Era
How Vision AI Is Redefining Remote Patient Monitoring.
What he says on stage is what he tells clients.
He spends his days on AI strategy with real companies and his own money on AI startups. Both show up in the talk.
Where to catch Ryan next
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AI Advisor, Investor & Speaker
Ryan Frederick advises companies on AI, invests in AI startups, and spends a lot of time on stage explaining what the technology is doing to work and the economy.
Principal, Transform Labs
Advises mid-market companies, nonprofits, and family businesses on AI strategy and execution.
General Partner, AI Transform Fund
Pre-seed checks into North American AI companies.
He also sits on the advisory board of AI 2030, angel invests, and mentors founders. So far in 2026 he's spoken at more than 50 events around the country, from trade associations to industry conferences to company offsites.
Start a conversation→What organizers say afterward
“People were still talking about your keynote from Monday on Thursday.”
“Your talk was the most attended and received the highest score.”
“The most highly rated session at the conference!”
“Ryan is an interviewer extraordinaire!”
Two books for people who run things
The Founder's Manual
A lot of what founders are told about building products and companies is backwards. This book covers the parts that are counter-intuitive, including:
Sell Naked
Eight sections on running a services firm, drawn from decades of managing and selling for them: team dynamics, cash flow, growth, finding the right client fit, partnerships, and how to exit.
Order here→Interview by Joe Kutchera
Joe Kutchera, an author and marketing advisor, interviews Ryan about The Founder's Manual.
They talk about problem-solving, creating new products, and building successful companies.
Schedule Ryan as a Speaker
Tell him who's in the room, when, and what you want them thinking about on the way out.
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