AI at the Beach: What 2025 Taught Us About Building in AI in 2026
A practical, builder-focused panel discussion on what actually worked with AI in 2025 and how local teams are shaping products, workflows, and decisions for 2026.
Details:
AI headlines move fast. Production reality moves slower.
This AI at the Beach session brings together local founders and technical leaders who spent 2025 building, shipping, and scaling AI in real products. From consumer platforms to B2B systems, this panel focuses on lessons learned after the experimentation phase ended and real users showed up.
Panelists will unpack what worked in production, what failed under real-world constraints, and how those experiences are directly influencing roadmaps, architecture, and team decisions heading into 2026. Expect grounded discussion on agentic workflows, data readiness, integrations, user trust, and the tradeoffs teams face when AI becomes part of core infrastructure.
This is not a trends talk. It is a practical conversation for engineers, product leaders, founders, and technical decision-makers building with AI today.
Featured Panelists
Danielle Alexander, Founder & CEO, Waste Lens™
Joe Clarke, CTO, ez Home Search
Peter Gasca, Change Management and IT Leader, CGI
Donn Felker, AI Enablement Engineer, Tinder
Moderated by Eugina Jordan, Founder & CEO, YOUnifiedAI
Who Should Attend
• Software engineers and architects
• Technical founders and startup teams
• Product managers working with AI features
• Tech leaders evaluating real AI adoption
What You’ll Take Away
• Clear examples of where AI delivered real value in 2025
• Common pitfalls teams encountered once models met users
• How builders are adjusting strategy and architecture for 2026
• Stronger connection to the Myrtle Beach tech and AI community
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