Steve Shapiro

Steve is a serial entrepreneur and three-time founder in the education technology and workforce training industries. Steve’s latest venture, Finetune.AI, was a ground-breaking leader in the Generative AI space and was acquired by Prometric in August, 2022, the first generative AI acquisition in the education/workforce space. Steve led Prometric’s AI Initiatives and FineTune for three years post-acquisition before transitioning to an advisory role. Under Steve’s leadership, Finetune had been first to market with highly innovative, patented technology involving AI products that can organically and creatively produce new, dynamic content and intelligently classify and meta-tag content across multiple taxonomies. Steve is also a Venture Partner at LearnLaunch, premier EdTech Accelerator program in Boston and also an Ignite Advisor for the Center for Technology Licensing at Cornell University. Steve is also an Angel Investor and Adviser to multiple early-stage technology ventures and member of Cornell Red Bear Angel Group and advisor to various large venture funds. Steve serves on numerous advisory groups advising Congress and the Senate on AI policy in education and the workforce. Steve has a bachelors and MBA from Cornell.