We hear a lot about AI, but this is much more than ChatGPT.  Stephen Straus looked at the coming of the Age of AI as being similar to when Netscape went public in the 1990s and launched the Age of the Internet. Five years ago he founded KUNGFU.AI.   In this interview Stephen and Thom Singer talk about his career, AI, and the future of tech in Austin.   About KUNGFU.AI

KUNGFU.AI partners with clients to realize the real business value of Artificial Intelligence to help them compete and lead in the age of AI ethically and responsibly. Our team of AI-native experts deliver strategy, engineering, and operations services to achieve AI-centric transformation. We deliver return on AI (ROAI) by increasing revenue, increasing profits and increasing overall company valuation for our clients.

About Stephen Straus

Stephen Straus is co-founder and Managing Director of KUNGFU.AI, an artificial intelligence professional services firm based in Austin that strategically partners with clients to help them achieve AI-centric transformation to compete and lead in the age of AI ethically and responsibly. Stephen is a serial entrepreneur and former venture capitalist who has started, ran, and successfully sold two companies. He was also a Kauffman Fellow and General Partner at Austin Ventures, at the time the largest venture capital between the two coasts, during the dot-com boom and bust. He is a graduate of Colgate University and received his MBA from Harvard Business School. He is founding Chair of Impact Dyslexia, a non-profit focused on creating bold solutions to the dyslexia crisis, serves on the Engineering Advisory Board of the Cockrell College of Engineering at the University of Texas and is a former member of the Board of Directors of Sustainable Food Center and Austin Film Society.  He is also currently spearheading The Startup Diversity and Inclusion Pledge and is a partner and mentor at Capital Factory. Stephen lives in Austin with his terrific wife and they have four great kids.

About Austin Technology Council

Austin Tech Connect is the official podcast of the Austin Technology Council.  ATC was founded in 1992 to help promote the growth of Austin technology companies and to help create more community in the growth tech ecosystem.  Today the organization is a leading organization and a major voice for the continued growth of tech in Central Texas.