Ryan Hammer
Solo AI Founder & Speaker • NoBanks Nearby
California, United States •
$1,501 - $5,000
About
Most AI speakers narrate corporate roadmaps from slide decks. I am a solo founder running 24 production AI applications on a 2,300 dollar consumer Mac with zero cloud bills. Your students get the live working stack on the projector, real Q and A with no scripted answers, and a no-VC path to shipping AI.
Speaking Topics
Signature Programs (3)
A live walkthrough of the architecture that lets one person run 24 production AI products on consumer hardware with zero cloud dependencies. Covers the open-source Hermes agent framework, the 5-agent C-level operating organization model, local-MLX inference on a Mac Mini and a refurbished 2011 PC, and the economics of solo-founder AI in 2026. Includes a hands-on demo of the actual stack running on the projector.
Audience
CS, AI/ML, Entrepreneurship, Engineering students
Duration
60 to 90 minutes
A first-person account of being formally diagnosed with ASD at age 40, the operating-system reframe of neurodivergence as productive operator wiring, and how the diagnosis informed (rather than triggered) the AI-builder career arc. Includes the LinkedIn essay Defogging The Lens as preparatory material. Non-sensational, direct, clinical-language-respectful.
Audience
Psychology, Disability Studies, Neurodiversity, Education students
Duration
60 to 90 minutes
The career-arc story from 17 to 18 years as a working cinematographer (since 2008) to teaching himself code in July 2024 and shipping 24 production AI applications in 22 months. Includes livingagentic.me, an AI-cinema hybrid production pipeline that bridges both worlds. Designed for students facing the media-industry transformation.
Audience
Film, Media, Communication, Music Industry, MBA Entrepreneurship students
Duration
60 to 90 minutes
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