Stew Fortier

Stew Fortier is a serial entrepreneur and the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Type.ai, an artificial intelligence writing platform launched during the Winter 2023 batch of the Y Combinator accelerator program. Prior to establishing this SaaS company, he co-founded Foster, a productivity software tool that previously participated in the Y Combinator Winter 2021 startup cohort. His earlier professional background includes serving as the Chief Technology Officer at the enterprise sales and marketing technology firm Banzai, specializing in product and engineering leadership. Additionally, Fortier held a position as an Entrepreneur in Residence at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, expanding his expertise within the technology sector. Throughout his career, this tech leader has maintained a primary professional focus on executive engineering leadership and the continuous development of innovative artificial intelligence applications for productivity software.