About
David Borish has spent 25 years building things at the edge of what's possible, from co-creating the first VR headset sold on television with Shark Tank's Daymond John to developing high-speed 360-degree camera technology adopted by the NFL and NRL for sports broadcast. He holds two patents, has two successful exits, and a track record of identifying technology shifts before they become obvious.
His July 2024 prediction that China's AI capabilities would surge was widely dismissed until DeepSeek's emergence triggered significant market corrections months later, validating what he had been writing and speaking about across his platforms. That ability to see around corners is what drives his current work as an Enterprise AI Strategist at Trace3, an Apollo Management Company, where he advises major organizations on artificial intelligence implementation, and as the architect of the "Open-Prem Inflection Point" framework, a thesis on on-premises AI deployment developed in partnership with IBM for enterprise clients.
Borish is the founder of The AI Spectator, where he publishes daily analysis of the AI industry, and co-host of "Jocks and Bots," a technology show which explores the intersection of sports, technology, and culture. His work has been featured in Forbes, , Entrepreneur, MarketWatch, and The Canadian Press. He serves as a Guest Lecturer and Mentor at New York University and delivers keynotes at institutions including NYU, Cornell, and conferences worldwide.
He is currently writing "The Tony Hawk Paradox," a book exploring simulation theory through the lens of how video game tricks became real-world reality. It is the kind of question that sits at the intersection of everything he has spent his career thinking about: technology, culture, and the moments where the impossible becomes inevitable.
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SEEING WHAT'S NEXT BEFORE THE MARKET DOES
David Borish is an Enterprise AI Strategist, keynote speaker, and author whose track record includes predicting China's AI surge months before DeepSeek triggered billions in market corrections. Creator of the Exponential Replacement Curve and the Open-Prem Inflection Point papers, David gives leaders the analytical frameworks they need to understand where AI is heading and how fast it's getting there.
HIGHLIGHTS
2025
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In 2025, I joined Trace3 as their first AI Strategist. Trace3 is an Apollo Global Management company serving over 3,500 enterprise and mid-market customers in the U.S., with more than 700 engineers on staff. My role focuses on helping these customers navigate AI deployment decisions, particularly around the shift from cloud to on-premises infrastructure.
2019
AI Voice Search Assistant
US 10,224,035 Issued Mar 5, 2019
I helped build PRIMO AI as Chief AI Strategist. The company solved a straightforward problem: speech-to-text systems struggle with dialects, and figuring out which provider works best for your specific data is expensive. Our patented platform automated that comparison across STT and NLU services, scoring each one against real customer audio.
2017
I co-founded neo360 with Brian Rock in 2016. We built the first slow-motion video-on-demand technology that gave mobile users direct control over high-speed replay. FOX Sports tested it during a live broadcast, and we licensed the technology to the NFL and NRL through our partnership with Fingerworks.
2014
In 2015, I sold the first VR headset ever offered on television, through HSN, as part of Moguls Mobile, the company I co-founded with Daymond John and Gregg Smith. We built the brand around consumer mobile products and followed the VR headset with a line of speakers, keyboards and other accessories.
2013
I co-founded Glam Screen with Jonathan Cheban (Foodgod) and Gregg Smith. As Chief Creative Director, I led product development across the full line of mobile accessories, including the mirror screen protector that became the brand's signature product. The Kardashian family's support helped the brand reach a wide consumer audience quickly, and we became the first mobile accessory to make the coveted Vanity Fair Christmas list.
2008
I launched Midtown Capital Group's security-based loan origination product in the middle of the 2008 financial crisis. The model aggregated individual loan requests into larger bundles, meeting higher minimum thresholds at major banks so each borrower got access to better rates and terms than they could get on their own. Within two years, RCG Private Equity acquired the company, and the model is used throughout the industry to this day.
