What Are We Going to Do about AI?
Your AI pilot shipped. So why doesn't anything feel faster?
Most AI events at LA Tech Week will show you a demo. This one asks the question nobody puts on a slide: is it actually working?
AI is in production almost everywhere now. The hard part is proving it pays off, and finding where the bottleneck went once you sped one step up. Usually it didn't disappear. It moved to review, to approvals, to the one person who still has to check every output.
So we're putting 100 investors, founders and operators in one room for an honest conversation over a free lunch. One panel, five hard questions, real numbers. Nobody's selling a product, and nobody's pitching.
The five questions we're asking:
What number did AI actually move, and how do you know it was AI?
What did it really cost, beyond the API bill?
AI made one team faster. Who's buried now?
Which AI project did you kill, and what tipped you off?
What's the one proof investors should demand, and what's your next 90-day AI bet?
Who's in the room
🎤 Dan Perera, Founder & CEO, JX Tech; author of The Art of UX in AI
🎤 Lou Tillman, Founder, IV Consulting
🎙️ Moderated by Valerie Rivas, Founder & CEO, Evia
Why come 🥗 Free lunch and drinks, so it can be your lunch break during Tech Week 📊 Real numbers, not slides: what's working, what isn't, and what it costs 🤝 A curated room of 100 where everyone is wrestling with the same problem ❓ Bring your own question: we'll leave time for audience Q&A and open networking
Details 📅 Thursday, October 15, 2026 ⏰ 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM 📍 Creator Space LA, Santa Monica 🎟️ Free, but capped at 100 seats
If you've ever been asked "so what's our ROI on AI?" and had to fake the answer, this one's for you. Grab your spot before it fills.