Location Fishers, Indiana, United States Regions Great Lakes, Midwestern US Gender Male
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Harrison Painter is an Indianapolis-based executive AI advisor working with CEOs and leadership teams at mid-market companies on AI readiness and AI proficiency.
Founder and CEO of LaunchReady.ai, the measurable standard for AI-capable companies, built on Painter's proprietary framework: The 7 Levels of AI Proficiency. The framework places
every leader on a seven-level scale from AI Aware (Level 1) to AI Orchestrator (Level 7) and powers the free 35-question adaptive assessment at assess.launchready.ai.
Author of "You Have Already Been Replaced by AI: What Happens Next Is Up to You" (Amazon, 2026). Host of the AI Ready Podcast (2.8M+ YouTube views). Builder of AI Law Tracker, the Indiana AI legislation tracker referenced by State of Indiana officials. Faculty at Ivy Tech Community College's AI Certification course. Featured in the 2026 Indianapolis Business Journal Q&A Spotlight.
Twenty years building businesses, with the last three focused on the standard for what AI-ready looks like inside a real organization. Previously founded a company that sold to a public company. Follower of Christ. Based in the Indianapolis metro.
