All Things AI (Live)

You don't get access like this very often. Also, we are in the process of coordinating schedules, so right now the experts are clearing their schedules.

We're bringing together some of the most experienced AI practitioners in the Triangle—people who build, deploy, and advise on AI systems every day—for a wide-open Ask Us Anything session about AI.

No slides. No vendor pitches. No rehearsed talking points.

Just direct access to experts who've been in the room where real AI decisions get made.

This is your chance to ask the questions you can't get answered on LinkedIn or in webinars:

• What's actually working with AI right now—and what's quietly failing
• How serious teams move from pilots to production
• Where generative AI, agents, and automation deliver real ROI
• What executives get wrong about AI strategy
• How to think about data, security, governance, and risk before problems show up
• Build vs. buy decisions that won't age badly
• The skills your team needs this year, not in theory

If you're responsible for AI decisions, budgets, platforms, or people—or if you're trying to separate signal from noise—this session is designed for you.
You bring the questions.
We bring the experience.

Who should attend

• Technology and business leaders
• Builders, architects, and operators
• Product, data, and platform teams
• Anyone serious about using AI responsibly and effectively

Location
Raleigh, NC
Come curious.
Leave smarter.

Small organizations and nonprofits face mounting pressure to adopt AI while operating on tight budgets without dedicated tech teams. Their bilingual, client-facing staff already juggle direct service, paperwork, and community outreach—they're not writing code, and they shouldn't have to.
This session explores what AI adoption actually looks like in that reality. Drawing on hands-on projects with nonprofits and minority-owned small businesses, Will demonstrates how to identify high-value use cases, design AI workflows with staff rather than for them, and introduce new tools without creating overwhelm.
Examples include Spanish-English workflows for grant writing, documentation and reporting, and day-to-day communication with clients and partners.

Participants will leave with:

• Patterns that reliably work in low-tech environments
• Practical guardrails for privacy and quality
• Ready-to-adapt prompts and process maps to bring back to their teams

What happens when a recruiting operator — not a software engineer — decides to rebuild his company around AI?

In this live lunch & learn session, James Horne, Director of Delivery at Axiom Path, shares how his team built 25+ AI automations and digital employees that now operate alongside human recruiters — screening candidates, managing workflows, and turning 21,000+ historical recruiting notes into a searchable knowledge system.

James will demonstrate a live voice AI built to talk about...itself and it's role in Axiom Path and their AI Transformation.

This session explores what it really means to become AI-first: starting with process, increasing leverage, and learning how to manage digital employees alongside human employees.

This is not a coding talk. It’s an operator’s blueprint.