Trust Is the New Moat. The Hidden Buying and Investing Criteria for Enterprise AI. (w/ The AI Collective)
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For this session, we’ll cover: Trust Is the New Moat.
Every enterprise AI deal has a hidden gate. Before a buyer signs or an investor writes a check, they're running the same quiet screen: can I trust this thing where it matters.
We're putting two seats at that table.
Michael Luu runs risk for a major water utility, where a wrong AI call isnt a bad quarter, it's a public safety event. Vik Ghai screens the same AI as an investor deciding what to back. Different consequences, same filter underneath.
We'll walk the checks both seats run. Building for enterprise AI? This is the hidden criteria running before anyone writes you a check. Come find out what you're being measured on.
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Speakers:
Vik Ghai - Managing Partner, G2C Ventures.
Seed stage enterprise AI fund in Palo Alto. 2x enterprise founder with exits including Quantum Secure. Backs domain experts rebuilding enterprise workflows into systems of outcomes.
Michael B. Luu
Senior Vice President, Corporate Services and Chief Risk Officer at California Water Service Group.
Senior exec with a track record across enterprise risk management, utility operations, safety and physical security, IT, and customer service. Built Cal Water’s ERM model, its first cybersecurity practice, and an award winning customer experience program. Former president of the SF Bay Area InfraGard chapter, 1,000+ members across 16 critical infrastructure sectors. Bachelor and MBA from San Jose State, certified PMP and Information Security Manager.
Adelina Martiniuc - CEO RoryPlans.ai
CEO of RoryPlans.ai and the creator of RoBrain.dev, Adelina has over 15 years of experience in tech, including leadership roles at Vercel, Cruise, and Google. She wrote her thesis on AI planning and optimization 15 years ago, exploring agent-based systems long before they were widely called “agents.” She is currently building Rory, a multi-agent orchestrator that aligns human teams and AI agents in a single system of execution. RoBrain is a shared memory across your team and your AI agents, with judgment about what's worth keeping.
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