Kevin Surace is a Silicon Valley innovator, serial entrepreneur, and futurist known as the father of the Virtual Assistant.
Named INC Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year and a CNBC Top Innovator of the Decade, he holds 94 worldwide patents and has pioneered groundbreaking technologies including the first cellular data smartphone (AirCommunicator), the first human-like AI virtual assistant (Portico), soundproof drywall, high R-value windows, AI-driven building management, and Generative AI for QA automation.
His innovations have transformed industries from telecommunications to sustainable building, including the energy retrofits of the Empire State Building and New York Stock Exchange.
A World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer and Chair of the Silicon Valley Forum,... Read More
Kevin Surace is a Silicon Valley innovator, serial entrepreneur, and futurist known as the father of the Virtual Assistant.
Named INC Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year and a CNBC Top Innovator of the Decade, he holds 94 worldwide patents and has pioneered groundbreaking technologies including the first cellular data smartphone (AirCommunicator), the first human-like AI virtual assistant (Portico), soundproof drywall, high R-value windows, AI-driven building management, and Generative AI for QA automation.
His innovations have transformed industries from telecommunications to sustainable building, including the energy retrofits of the Empire State Building and New York Stock Exchange.
A World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer and Chair of the Silicon Valley Forum, Kevin has been inducted into RIT’s Innovation Hall of Fame, nominated as Planet Forward Innovator of the Year, and featured for five years on TechTV’s Silicon Spin.
Hailed by Fortune 500 companies as a “defining figure in business and technology” and recognized by the BBC as one of America’s top futurists, he continues to shape the future of AI, sustainability, and enterprise innovation.
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