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Sharon Gai.

Sharon Gai is an AI keynote speaker, ecommerce expert, author and former Alibaba executive based in New York City.

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LinkedIn Followers
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Newsletter Subscribers

About Sharon.

Biography.

Sharon Gai is an AI strategist, international keynote speaker, and leading authority on agentic commerce. A former executive at Alibaba and General Manager at a billion-dollar ecommerce unicorn, Sharon has built a reputation for helping global brands craft forward-thinking digital strategies powered by programmatic marketing and AI. She has delivered keynotes for organizations including Coca-Cola, Walmart, UBS, Nestlé, Deloitte, and Lenovo, and her insights have been featured on CNN, Bloomberg, Reuters, ABC, and TechCrunch.

She is the author of "Ecommerce Reimagined" and "How to do more with less: future-proofing yourself in an AI driven economy" (Wiley) and is also a former Global Shaper with the World Economic Forum. Sharon holds an Honors Bachelor's degree in International Development from McGill University and a Master's in Information Management from Columbia University. She is widely recognized for making complex AI and commerce trends accessible, actionable, and compelling for audiences across industries worldwide.

Sharon's presence across channels.

PlatformFollowers

LinkedIn

@sharongai

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Newsletter

sharongai.substack.com

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What Sharon covers, and who shows up for it.

Talks About

  • Building AI Products & Companies
  • AI Strategy & Leadership
  • Consumer & Retail
  • AI Search & GEO
  • AI in Sales & Revenue

Audience

  • Founders & Entrepreneurs
  • C-Suite & Executives
  • Senior Leaders & Managers
  • Consumer & Retail
  • Marketing Leaders

Best for

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Software & Technology
  • Retail & eCommerce
  • Marketing & Agencies
  • Consumer Brands

Formats available.

  • Brand partnerships

    Sharon brings the channel and the credibility. Social, newsletter, video, and more, running as long as the work needs.

    Channels & formats

    • LinkedIn

      • Video Post
      • Image Post
    • Instagram

      • Static Post
      • Reel
      • Story
    • Newsletter

      • Dedicated Send
      • Brand Feature
    • Podcast

      • Interview
    • Webinar

      • Partner webinar
  • Speaking

    Keynotes and fireside chats built around Sharon's own stories, lessons, and hard-won experience.

    Formats

    • In-Person Keynote
    • Virtual Keynote / Webinar
    • Podcast Guest
    • Fireside Chat
  • Live events

    Founder summits, product launches, and closed-door exec sessions. Sharon hosts the room, then brings it home to their own audience.

    Formats

    • Event Facilitation
    • Attendance & content
    • Hosting & moderation
    • Retreats & summits
    • Executive engagement
  • Ambassador program

    Ongoing, not one-off. Sharon takes on a small number of brand partners per year.

    Formats

    • Brand ambassador

FAQ

Questions before you brief Sharon.

How booking works, what to expect, and how we scope work with Sharon.

Sharon has his own rate card, and the cost depends on the format, the deliverables, and how long the engagement runs. A single LinkedIn video sits at a very different level to a nine-month ambassador programme. Send us your brief with what you have in mind and we'll come back with pricing for Sharon specifically.

We move quickly. Social and newsletter partnerships can go from brief to live in about a week when the diary allows, and live dates and ambassador programmes may need a little more notice. The real constraint is that Sharon gets booked up, and we deliberately limit how much sponsored work any creator runs in a given period. An audience that sees back-to-back brand posts stops trusting them, and it's your campaign that pays for that. Send us your date with the brief and we'll tell you straight away what's open.

Yes. Sharon takes in-person keynotes and live event bookings internationally, with travel and accommodation costed into the engagement. If the budget or the timing doesn't support travel, he also does virtual keynotes, webinars, fireside chats, and podcast appearances.

Sharon writes and produces his own content. You brief the message, the audience, and the non-negotiables, and he decides how it lands, because that judgement is what his audience turns up for.  Scope and usage rights are agreed in the contract, and you see the work before it goes live.

Usually yes. Sharon  may work with more than one brand in a category over time, but what matters is how it's spaced and what's agreed. We manage that actively, with exclusivity periods and gaps between competing campaigns, so your work isn't running alongside a competitor's and neither of you is paying for a diluted message. Tell us your category in the brief and we'll be straight with you about what's already committed.

Interested in working with Sharon?

Every query gets a rapid response from Sharon's manager.

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