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Taylor Black

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Founding Director, AI & Emerging Technologies Institute at The Catholic University of America
📍 Seattle, Washington, United States

Taylor is a venture architect with over 20 years of experience, currently serving as Director of AI & Venture Ecosystems in Microsofts Office of the CTO. A graduate of Boston College Law School, he is described by others as a dedicated, creative, and visionary leader.

He is a parent who actively contemplates the intersection of technology, faith, and human flourishing. Taylor engages in deep conversations that move beyond business jargon, focusing on how innovation can serve human dignity and what it means to live a good life in the age of AI.

He is the founding Director of the Leonum Institute at The Catholic University of America, an institute at the crossroads of AI and Catholic social thought.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Founding Director, AI & Emerging Technologies Institute
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States
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AI & Human Flourishing
A core theme in his work, questioning how AI contributes to well-being beyond simple metrics like efficiency, which he calls "the floor, not the ceiling. "
Venture Ecosystems
Designs and leads initiatives at Microsoft to foster the next generation of groundbreaking technologies by integrating innovation, product development, and community engagement.
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Career

Work history

8-2025
Founding Director, AI & Emerging Technologies Institute
The Catholic University of America
8-2025
Founding Director, Leonum Institute | Research Assistant Professor CS Department
The Catholic University of America
10-2024
Affiliate Instructor, Technology Commercialization (ENTRE 541)
UW Foster School of Business
4-2024
Strategic Advisor
Treehouse Studios
3-2023
Fellow & Venture Partner
Conduit Venture Labs
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Education
JD
Boston College Law School
MA
Boston College
BA
Gonzaga University
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