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This is the commuity where we discuss and share the latest Gen AI application industry trends, best practices, use cases, and regulatory considerations in FinTech & EdTech in Australia and globally.
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See all- Inside the AI-Native Family Offices & Private Equity Firms of the FutureLink visible for attendees
Welcome to the 4th virtual event of the “Gen AI in FinTech & EdTech” meetup in 2025: “Inside the AI-Native Family Offices & Private Equity (PE) Firms of the Future - An anonymised field report on where the industry is headed”.
Gen AI in FinTech & EdTech is dedicated to discussing and sharing the latest trends, best practices, use cases, and regulatory considerations for Gen AI applications in FinTech and EdTech industries in Australia and globally.
Key takeaways:
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Plain‑English primer on what matters to family offices and PE firms and their key challenges and opportunities.
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What an AI‑native family office and PE firm of the future looks like
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Trending use cases and the use case mirages.
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Where early ROI tends to show up early across areas such as IMs, complex board processes, portfolio management.
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The paradigm shift that gets PE leaders thinking in the right way about the coming wave.
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Simple Doc to Data pattern that you can reuse everywhere.
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Learnings from devising strategy & building solutions that can be adopted across several industries.
Featured Speakers:
Daniel Hurst (guest speaker)
Daniel Hurst is Head of AI at Propel Ventures, where he leads the firm’s AI strategy and product development. He works closely with leadership teams and engineers to turn bold ideas into real-world impact - ensuring AI is practical, trustworthy, and aligned to business value.
With a background in software engineering, executive advisory, VC and large-scale transformation, Daniel brings deep experience in what it takes to be an AI-Native across various flavours of financial organisation cross retail, insurance & capital markets. He has led some of the highest profile technology initiatives across Australia, the US, and Europe, supporting some the world's leading organisations on their journey to adapt to an AI-first world.
Daniel is known for his clear, grounded approach to artificial intelligence - helping business leaders cut through the noise, understand what’s coming, and take confident steps forward. At Propel, he also shapes internal AI offerings and the design & onboarding of new "agentic consultants" that can reliably interact with both clients and human employees.
Kurt Yang (host)
Kurt is an experienced product leader, passionate about leveraging innovative digital technologies and lean product management methodology to help organisations and customers solve their problems effectively. Over the years, Kurt accumulated solid product management experience from companies like CBA, VMware, and Cashrewards.
Kurt also provides lean product management consulting to startups and product coaching to individuals. For more info, please check out kurtyang.com.
Agenda:
- Introduction
- Presentation
- Learnings and tips sharing
- Q&A
When: 7pm-8pm AEST, Tuesday, 26th August 2025
Where: Virtual (Google Meet link will be provided upon registration)
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