AI Power Plays: Practical Tips to Drive Rapid Results for Your Team or Business

**First Meetup: Thursday, October 3rd**

Foundry Square AI Meetup is flipping the agenda...literally. Unlike most meetups — which start with networking, snacks, and drinks — we jump right into the content and push socializing to the end.

Why? Because the meetup intentionally coincides with the new, super-popular street festival Downtown First Thursdays, which takes place less than one block away. The event draws TENS OF THOUSANDS of locals and has breathed life back into downtown.

Gain new insights into the rapidly evolving field of AI, sharpen your skills through facilitated activities, and then embark on an adventure to re-discover the bustling, revitalized downtown San Francisco.

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AI Power Plays: Practical Tips to Drive Rapid Results for Your Team or Business with AI Tools

Join us for an insightful fireside chat with two emerging experts in AI-enabled productivity — Kent Langley of AI Advantage and Ryan MacCarrigan of Mind the Product and UC Berkeley — as they explore practical ways to harness AI to boost your team’s performance and drive measurable results for your business.

Kent, an experienced coach in AI-driven productivity at AI Advantage, and Ryan, a senior product management trainer with Mind the Product, will share actionable tips and tools that teams can implement immediately to enhance their workflows, reduce inefficiencies, and unlock rapid growth.

This event is tailored for startup founders, product managers, corporate innovators, and professionals with mid- to senior-level experience looking to leverage AI to accelerate productivity and improve their bottom line. Whether you're scaling a startup, managing the product development lifecycle, or still dreaming about the next big thing, you'll walk away with practical strategies that deliver impactful outcomes.

Speakers:

Kent Langley, Founder @ AI Advantage

Kent helps professionals of all experience levels go from drowning in day-to-day overwhelm to deftly managing their workload empowered with AI, so they can boost their productivity, increase their income, communicate effectively, and reclaim their free time while increasing the quantity and quality of their work.

Kent is a many-times founder & valued strategic advisor adaptable to any challenge. He has raised over $15M successfully for his companies and had multiple successful exits; one public.

Today, he is building AI Advantage to unlock humanity's potential by empowering all people with AI.

Ryan MacCarrigan, Senior Trainer @ Mind the Product; Instructor @ UC Berkeley

Ryan works at the intersection of product management and innovation management, specializing in developing evidence-based, product-led cultures in teams large and small. He has nearly 15 years of experience working in product, including senior roles in product management, product marketing, and growth at tech companies in New York City and San Francisco.

He has planned and facilitated hundreds of product and innovation-focused training programs, workshops, and consulting engagements across the U.S., Europe, and Asia—helping thousands of leaders launch products faster. Increasingly, this is enabled through the strategic use of AI tools and training for enhanced productivity.

Ryan also teaches semester-length courses on Design Thinking and Prototyping at UC Berkeley, and serves as an advisor to the Strategic AI Program at the University of San Francisco's School of Management.

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Meetup agenda:
5:00pm: Doors Open @ Galvanize (44 Tehama St.)
5:15pm: 1-hour Panel
6:15pm: Q&A
6:30pm: Walk to Downtown First Thursdays (Street Festival)

We look forward to seeing you there!

Meetup Sponsors:

LEANSTUDIO
Foundry415
Galvanize Co-Working