Name: 🏗️ AI in Practice Lab – Build or Buy? Making Smart Choices for AI at Work
Start: 2025-12-04T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-04T14:00:00-05:00

🏗️ **AI in Practice Lab – Build or Buy? Making Smart Choices for AI at Work**

🗓️ **Time & Date:** 1:00 PM Thursday, December 4, 2025
📍 **Location:** Online

As AI becomes central to more business workflows, teams face a common question: should we build our own tools or buy off-the-shelf solutions? The wrong call can waste months of effort — or lock you into a system that doesn’t fit.
In this Lab, we’ll break down how to make confident, evidence-based decisions about when to build, buy, or blend AI solutions.

💡 **What You’ll Learn**

• Build vs. Buy Framework: How to evaluate needs, costs, and maintenance tradeoffs — with examples from real AI projects.
• Low-Code Options: How to prototype or extend existing tools using platforms like Zapier, Airtable, and Make before investing in custom builds.
• Vendor Vetting: Key questions to ask when evaluating AI vendors and APIs — from data protection to long-term adaptability.
• Hybrid Approaches: How to layer AI on top of existing tools to get 80% of the benefit with 20% of the effort.
This is a **practical, discussion-driven session** — you’ll leave with checklists and examples to guide your next AI implementation decision, whether you’re a founder, manager, or consultant.

🔁 **About AI in Practice Labs**

AI in Practice Labs are short, focused sessions where professionals learn how to put AI to work — not just talk about it.
Each Lab blends live demos, peer discussion, and take-home templates to help you move from prompting to practice.

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Peter Dudka

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