What AI startups can teach us about the future of work (w/ CORE Innovation Hub)
AI is reshaping how work gets done, and the startups building on the frontier are learning things the rest of us haven't caught up to yet. This event brings together three founders who are doing the hard work of applying AI in real operational environments, not just talking about what's coming but navigating what's already here.
Join us for three short talks followed by a Q&A panel, with networking before and after. Whether you're building with AI, leading teams through the transition, or just trying to make sense of where this is all heading, there's something here for you.
Venue & Catering generously supported by CORE Innovation Hub
CORE Innovation Hub designs, activates and builds innovation infrastructure across Australia, connecting industry, startups and government through test beds, hubs and collaborative precincts to de-risk, scale and accelerate critical technologies driving national innovation and economic development.
Christopher Sale, Co-founder & CEO, SuperIT
AI agents promise to automate complex work, but turning that promise into operational reality is harder than the demos suggest. Christopher Sale is a software engineer turned tech consultant and exited founder of an IT managed services company, now building AI agent systems at SuperIT designed to assist with real-world IT operations. He'll walk through how Agent Skills can be applied in specialised domains, drawing on lessons from real experimentation in IT services, including what has worked and what hasn't when applying agent systems to live operational workflows.
Milad Dakka, Founder & CEO, Colabyr
AI is now writing most of the code. So why aren't companies shipping faster? Milad Dakka is the co-founder of Colabyr, a governance-first collaboration platform for software development in the age of AI. With a PhD in Computational Science and over seven years building AI systems across robotics, construction and enterprise software, Milad has seen firsthand that faster code generation is necessary but nowhere near sufficient for organisational velocity. Better models don't fix the real bottlenecks. In this talk, he'll unpack why organisations racing to adopt AI tooling keep hitting the same walls, and what it actually takes to redesign around them.
Suhaan Manchanda, Founder & AI Strategist, Zeno
Zeno helps organisations integrate practical AI into their everyday operations. They build AI systems that connect to existing tools, automate repetitive work, and make company knowledge easy to access. The result is teams that work faster, make better decisions, and spend less time on manual tasks.
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