AI Founder Masterclasses: An Evening with Microsoft for Startups

​Two sessions for AI founders selling into enterprise and taking agents to production, followed by dinner and drinks.

​6:00pm – The Enterprise AI Founder Playbook
Tom Davis, General Manager at Microsoft for Startups, has gone from founder to acquisition and has advised thousands of startups around the world. He'll share the lessons that separate promising AI startups from the ones that actually sell into enterprises.

​7:00pm – Break

​7:15pm – Designing Agent Solutions for Production Readiness
Vivek Sridhar, CTO in Residence at Microsoft for Startups, leads a small-group roundtable and whiteboard workshop. Getting agents from concept to production depends on making the right architecture, security, deployment and operations calls early. Bring your real scaling, security or deployment challenges and work through them with Vivek. You'll leave with practical feedback and guidance on the trade-offs.

​8:00pm onwards – Networking dinner