Our Story
Built on shared curiosity, complementary expertise, and a belief that technology should serve human leadership—not replace it.
SAVANT-AI was incorporated in October 2022—just before ChatGPT changed everything.
But the foundation was laid decades earlier. In 2016, while advising high-net-worth families at Fidelity Investments, Matt began researching AI and its implications for business leadership. After years serving a handful of billionaires and hedge fund managers in Palm Beach, Fidelity's higher volume of clients demanded new levels of organization. He started looking for systems that could enhance his reach and speed of processing—so he could spend more time in client meetings helping families make sensitive decisions with the best data and information. He saw what was coming. He started preparing.
When the generative AI wave arrived, he was ready. And he brought his son Christian into the work.
What started as shared curiosity became something more enduring: a company rooted in a love for technology, progress, iteration, innovation, and creativity. A company that believes executives deserve better than generic tool demos—they deserve frameworks for leading through change.
Founder & CEO
Matt has led 17 corporate AI engagements, training 500+ leaders — from CEOs and board members to front-line managers — with more slated for 2026. More than 2,000 professionals have come through SAVANT-AI's courses and workshops.
Before founding SAVANT-AI in 2022, he spent 18 years in private banking and investment management, advising wealthy families at firms including J.P. Morgan and UBS. He is a United States Marine, a Columbia University graduate, and began his career as a production artist at Morgan Stanley.
He created the SAVANT 5 framework, the ThinkPrint methodology, and the SLI and STI assessment systems that measure individual and organizational AI readiness. He builds and manages his own agentic AI systems daily — and remains tool-agnostic by principle, because the landscape changes weekly and the sherpa's job is the mountain, not the gear.
His value is in reading a room, meeting each person where they are, and guiding them through five levels of mastery at their pace, in their language.
Education: MBA from Cranfield School of Management (UK), BA with Honors in Literature-Writing from Columbia University, AI Certificate from Stanford Continuing Studies.
Certifications: AWS Certified AI Practitioner, Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals, Google AI Essentials.
Co-Founder & President, Savant Games
Christian has been building with technology for 26 years — from gaming systems to AI-powered automation. As Co-Founder of SAVANT-AI, he designs the systems architecture behind the company's training platform, manages community operations, and co-delivers every live session alongside Matt.
As President of Savant Games, he leads the company's gaming division, bringing game mechanics and engagement design into how adults learn AI. He is technical by nature and a teacher by instinct — equally comfortable configuring a workflow engine or walking a first-time user through their first conversation with AI.
Education: East High School and Interlochen (creative discipline), Community College of Denver (programming, psychology, cybersecurity).
"I have seen Mr. Matthew Burton work well with clients in a diligent and thoughtful manner." — Anthony Chan, Ph.D., Chief Economist, JPMorgan Private Wealth Management
AI is a tool, not a replacement. Our job is to make executives more capable, not more dependent.
Real transformation requires sustained engagement, organizational support, and the courage to redesign how work gets done.
Ethics and governance aren't add-ons—they're built into how we teach, how we advise, and how we operate.
Generic recommendations waste everyone's time. We meet executives where they are and build roadmaps for where they're going.
