Build From Dock: Protecting Your Company from AI Slop
July 15 • Wednesday
2:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Venture Dock — Palo Alto
About the Session
AI has made it easier than ever to build products, write code, generate content, and launch new companies.
It's also created a new challenge: AI slop.
Low-quality AI experiences, unreliable outputs, synthetic content, and copycat products are flooding the market. As AI becomes more accessible, founders are no longer competing on who can use AI, they're competing on who customers can actually trust.
How do you build products that people rely on instead of ignore?
How do you protect your company, your brand, and your customers while moving at AI speed?
Join Dinkar Jain, Founder & CEO of csquared labs and former AI leader at Uber, Meta, Google, Twitter, and Amazon, for a practical discussion on building AI products that create long-term customer trust instead of short-term hype.
Drawing from years of building AI systems that served billions of users, Dinkar will share how founders can avoid common AI mistakes, build products with real defensibility, and turn trust into a competitive advantage.
What We'll Cover
What and why every startup should care
The hidden risks of AI-generated products and content
Building AI systems customers can trust
When AI should automate and when humans should stay in the loop
Protecting your company from hallucinations, misinformation, and poor AI experiences
Designing AI products that strengthen your brand instead of weakening it
Lessons from deploying AI at Meta and Uber at massive scale
Practical frameworks founders can implement immediately
About the Speaker
Founder & CEO, csquared labs
Former VP Product, AI, Marketplace & Ads - Uber
Former Head of Ads AI - Meta
Former product leader at Google, Twitter, and Amazon
Dinkar has spent his career building AI systems used by billions of people and helping scale products responsible for billions of dollars in revenue. Today, he is building at the frontier of AI while helping founders understand how to create products that customers trust and businesses can defend.
Who Should Attend
This session is designed for:
AI founders
Startup CEOs
Product leaders
Engineering teams
Builders launching AI features
Investors evaluating AI startups
Anyone interested in responsible, scalable AI products
Agenda
2:30 – 3:00 PM Arrivals, coffee & networking
3:00 – 4:00 PM Featured Session with Dinkar Jain
4:00 – 4:30 PM Live Founder Q&A
4:30 – 5:00 PM Founder Networking & Open Discussions
Why Join
AI is becoming a commodity.
Trust isn't.
The companies that win over the next decade won't simply build with AI—they'll build products customers believe, rely on, and recommend.
Whether you're launching your first AI startup or scaling an existing product, this session will give you practical lessons from someone who has built AI at global scale and now works with the next generation of AI companies.
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