Stephen Straus is a co-founder and CEO of KUNGFU.AI, a management consulting and engineering firm focused exclusively on artificial intelligence. As a serial entrepreneur and former venture capitalist, he has successfully built and sold two companies and was a General Partner at Austin Ventures during the dot-com boom and bust. He is a graduate of Colgate University and received his MBA from Harvard Business School. Straus is also deeply involved in community and nonprofit work, serving as founding Chair of Impact Dyslexia, a member of the Engineering Advisory Board of the Cockrell College of Engineering at the University of Texas, a partner and mentor at Capital Factory, and a leader of The Startup Diversity and Inclusion Pledge.