iShruti
iShruti
Exceptional experts the mainstream circuit overlooks. Real prices upfront, shortlist in 24 hours.
The AI keynote circuit has a representation problem — and solving it is not just the right thing to do, it is strategically important. The AI systems being built today will affect every person on earth. The speakers who help organizations navigate AI should reflect that universality, not the narrow demographic that built the systems.
At iShruti, we have made a founding commitment to roster diversity: at least 40% of our verified speakers are women, people of color, or speakers from the Global South. We built this into our speaker sourcing process from day one, not as an afterthought — it is written into how we source, screen, and shortlist.
Our diverse AI voices are not diversity hires — they are exceptional practitioners, researchers, and leaders who happen to be underrepresented in the mainstream AI speaker market. We serve ERG summits, heritage month events, DEIB-focused leadership conferences, and events built to center perspectives the circuit ignores.
Experts first. Representation always.
Not diversity hires. These are exceptional practitioners and researchers who happen to be underrepresented on the circuit — priced upfront, shortlisted in 24 hours.
AI is deployed at scale across Nigeria, India, Brazil, and Indonesia — affecting billions who are rarely at the strategy table. These speakers bring that intelligence.
The scholars exposing AI's blind spots are disproportionately women and people of color. Centering them is substantive, not symbolic.
ERG events deserve experts, not symbols. Ours are both.
Role models move the pipeline — seeing an expert who looks like you changes recruitment, retention, and aspiration.
AI and algorithmic justice: the scholar-activists reshaping the field
Global South AI: building technology that works for the majority of humanity
Black technologists in AI: contributions, barriers, and the path forward
Women in AI: from participation problem to leadership imperative
AI bias in healthcare: how automated systems amplify health disparities
Decolonizing AI: why the dataset problem is a power problem
Indigenous data sovereignty and AI governance
AI and immigrant communities: navigating surveillance, opportunity, and identity
Intersectionality and AI: when race, gender, and class compound in algorithms
The African AI ecosystem: leapfrogging old infrastructure with new intelligence
Latin American AI: building for half a billion people
Beyond translation: AI in low-resource languages
Need a different angle? Every talk is customized to your audience.
Hire a speakerIn-person, on your main stage.
Remote keynote or fireside.
Multi-voice sessions.
One price, our 17.5% printed inside it. Travel at cost, capped. No surprise line-items — ask any bureau to show you theirs. We can help build a full multi-speaker lineup for your summit — ask us.
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Five questions every organizer asks — tap one.
Both are valuable and they're not the same thing. A diverse speaker (someone from an underrepresented background) may or may not speak specifically about diversity topics — they may be a healthcare AI expert or a fintech specialist who happens to be a woman of color. A speaker who addresses diversity in AI speaks specifically about bias, representation, and equity in AI systems. We have both; let us know which you need.
For heritage month events, you want a speaker who can connect their lived experience and cultural context to their expertise in a way that feels authentic and substantive — not tokenizing. The best heritage month AI speakers weave their identity into their professional narrative in ways that illuminate how their perspective has shaped their work.
Yes — we have speakers from India, Nigeria, Kenya, Brazil, and other countries who engage specifically with AI governance from a Global South perspective. These speakers are particularly valuable for organizations with global operations who need to understand how AI regulation and ethics look outside the US-EU axis.
We maintain pricing transparency across our roster and actively work to ensure diverse speakers are not undervalued. We do not disclose speaker fees to third parties without consent, and we encourage organizations to budget based on the value of the expertise, not assumptions about what a diverse speaker "should" cost.
Yes — and many prefer to. Our diverse AI voices are not speakers only for "diversity events." They are expert keynote speakers who are appropriate for any conference that would benefit from their expertise. ERG programming is one context; they also keynote general leadership summits, technical conferences, and executive retreats.
Rather we just figure it out for you?
Get a shortlist$10K–$30K for most events; virtual from $2,500. The price you see is the whole price — our 17.5% is printed inside it.
We individually check identity, real work, and stage skill. Every speaker. No exceptions.
Yes — actively. We source from Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. The AI speaker market is far too US/UK-centric and we're deliberately correcting that.
Yes — we have speakers who address the specific ways AI systems affect LGBTQ+ individuals: facial recognition bias, algorithmic outing risks, discrimination in AI-powered hiring, and representation problems in training data.
Yes — this is a service we specifically offer. Share your event structure and audience demographics and we'll help you build a lineup that reflects genuine diversity of background, expertise, and perspective.
Not necessarily — but the highest-profile diverse AI speakers book quickly. Start your search 9–12 months out for Tier 1 names; there are exceptional Tier 2 speakers available on shorter timelines.