Day 1 Speaker

Taylor Shead is the visionary Founder and CEO of Stemuli, an award-winning gaming company at the forefront of AI, education, and workforce development. Stemuli combines a massively multiplayer online game and generative AI to personalize education and reimagine career mobility for all. Under Taylor’s leadership, Stemuli was named the 2024 United Nations Global Champion of AI for Good, representing North America among global groundbreaking startups of AI x Innovation. Taylor’s passion for addressing inequities in workforce readiness drives her to bridge the gap between learning and career success. Honored as one of Dallas' most influential CEOs, her work has earned accolades from Forbes, Yass Prize, QS, Google, and other global organizations. With a vision to defy gravity using AI-powered gaming, Taylor aims to do what has never been done– finally making it possible to automate customized career-connected learning and align school to real-world jobs and workforce needs.