AI Cafe: Becoming An AI-Native Business: What 4 Years Of Shipping AI Systems Taught Us About What Actually Works
Becoming An AI-Native Business: What 4 Years Of Shipping AI Systems Taught Us About What Actually Works
Everyone is experimenting with AI. Yet, Almost nobody's business actually runs on it. Chris Grayson, co-founder of Blink Build Studios, has spent the last four years shipping production AI systems inside real companies, alongside a team of senior engineers from Snap, Bishop Fox, DARPA, and Oak Ridge National Lab. He'll break down what separates businesses becoming AI-native from those stuck in demo purgatory, and the principles that hold no matter which tools win.
Agenda - AI Networking
8:45 - 9:30 am • Coffee and Socialize
9:30- 10:30 am • Talk, Demo, Q&A
August 13, 2026
Chris Grayson
Security engineer turned founder. Spent 16 years building and breaking systems at Snap, Clubhouse, Bird, and Bishop Fox. DEF CON keynote speaker. Leads architecture and product at Blink Build Studios.
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