John Rector

John Rector, Charleston-based entrepreneur, author, and AI strategist
Entrepreneur · AI Artificer

John Rector

Co-founded E2open — a $2.1 billion exit in May 2025. In January 2026 opened Charleston AI, a 3,000 sq ft facility helping people and organizations understand and use artificial intelligence.

The Story So Far

A decade of building companies — and, since 2023, generating them.

2026
Opened Charleston AI at 405 Jessen Ln, Charleston, SC, and published a shelf of new books — World War AI, The Coming AI Subconscious, The Attender, Robot Noon, Talent, and many more. Browse the full library →
2025
E2open was acquired for $2.1 billion, and I published Robot Noon. Launched Palm ❤️ Studio, Maibly, Nozeus, Boulai, and Infinia.
2024
Launched The Reality Equation in August — an evolving lecture series, book, and curriculum on attention, prediction, and how reality is experienced. Published my first book, Love, The Cosmic Dance, and launched Florrol Strategic Advisors — alongside Civval, Launch™Time, Potyn, and Parality.
2023
My first full year with generative AI. Built Begin Chat, Bowdaro, Blacc Ink, Nextyrn, Hesym, and Rowlty.
2022
My first experience with ChatGPT — the beginning of everything that followed.
2020
Prior
Earlier chapters at IBM, E2open, Mind Media Group, and Social Media Target.

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John Rector is a Charleston-based entrepreneur, author, and AI strategist — co-founder of E2open ($2.1B exit), founder of Charleston AI, and creator of The Reality Equation.

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John Rector is a Charleston-based entrepreneur, author, and AI strategist. He co-founded E2open, the supply-chain software company acquired for $2.1 billion in 2025, and in 2026 opened Charleston AI, a 3,000-square-foot lab that helps people and organizations understand and use artificial intelligence. He is the creator of The Reality Equation — a lecture series, book, and curriculum exploring attention, prediction, and how reality is experienced — and the author of more than two dozen books. He writes and speaks widely on artificial intelligence, attention, and the future of human work.

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