How to Build an AI-Native Company: For Chiefs of Staff and Operators Who Are Done Dabbling and Ready To Go All In
🗓️ Join us on July 16th!
Most companies are bolting AI onto outdated org structures and wondering why it's not working — together, we will look at and debate the best practices around tech, org design, and operating playbook to turn your company into an AI-native operation from the ground up.
Jack Dorsey and Sequoia's Roelof Botha recently said companies need to reorganize themselves as "intelligences" — replacing layers of middle management with AI coordination. Bold take. And honestly? They're probably right.
But they left out the hard part: The Execution.
After 400+ interviews with leadership teams and two years building in this space, the Ambient team has learned that most companies just aren't set up to give AI the context it needs to actually work.
That's where you get the most impact. And that's what this session is about.
👀 What to Expect
We'll discuss the following tracks, charting the course towards AI-native:
Track 1: Tech The infrastructure, tooling, and context engineering that makes AI actually work at the team level. Not theory. Real stack decisions.
Track 2: Operating Model / Org Design The behavioral and process changes — recording norms, communication clarity, tool standardization — how to create the context AI needs to drive org-wide gains. How roles, layers, and reporting structures need to evolve when AI handles coordination. What does your org chart look like when AI is doing the work of three middle managers?
We'll take you beyond automating tasks, and help you rebuild how your company operates from the ground up.
Come ready to think differently and gain from the learnings of others in the room. The goal is to create a playbook together.
🎙️ More about the Speaker
Lawrence Coburn is the CEO and Co-Founder of Ambient, the shared brain for AI-Native teams, and Founding Partner at Legible.co, a new consulting firm designed to help mid-sized companies increase the ROI of their AI investment. Lawrence is a serial entrepreneur based in San Francisco, with a particular expertise in how AI will impact operating models. Prior to founding Ambient, Lawrence was the founding CEO of DoubleDutch, one of the fastest growing B2B companies of its era, and the market leader for mobile event technology. When he's not working, Lawrence can be found spending time with his wife and daughter in San Francisco's Mission District and playing competitive tennis.
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