​Why AI fails without trustworthy systems — and how leaders fix that first.

Date & Time
📅 Thursday, February 19th, 2026
🕟 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM

​Agenda
- 4:30 – 5:00 PM: Registration & Networking
- 5:00 – 5:15 PM: Kick-Off & Introductions
- 5:15 – 6:00 PM: User Group Discussion (Session 1): From Systems of Record to Systems of Action (Lathendra)
- 6:00 – 6:30 PM: Refreshments, Drinks & Networking
- 6:30 – 6:50 PM: User Group Discussion (Session 2): Business Systems and AI regulations (Josh)
- 6:50 – 7:30 PM: Wrap-Up and Networking

​Location
📍 ZINFI Office, 4733 Chabot Drive, Suite 175 Pleasanton, CA 94588

​About the Event

​AI doesn’t fix broken data or misaligned systems. It amplifies them.

​Most companies struggle with AI outcomes not because the models are weak — but because the underlying business systems can’t be trusted. Leaders see conflicting numbers, delayed reports, brittle pipelines, and dashboards no one fully believes.

​This session is designed to fix that.

​In the first Business Systems and Analytics User Group meetup, we’ll focus on how founders and operators move through three critical stages:

​• Systems of Record — where data is captured and stored
• Systems of Intelligence — where data is transformed into trusted insight
• Systems of Action — where insight drives real decisions, workflows, and outcomes

​We’ll break down why most organizations stall between these stages, and where AI can accelerate the transition — and where it simply magnifies existing flaws.

​This is an outcome-driven, executive-level conversation grounded in real operating experience.

​No sales pitches. No vendor demos. No hype.

​What We’ll Cover

• ​What systems of record, intelligence, and action are actually supposed to do

• ​Why companies get stuck with insight that never turns into action

• ​Why data pipelines break as organizations scale

• ​Where AI adds leverage — and where it creates dangerous false confidence

​Real Patterns We’ll Review

• ​Over-investing in tools before fixing foundations

• ​Automation that hides fragility instead of fixing it

• ​Latency that quietly sabotages decision-making

​Discussion Topics

• ​What leaders actually need to make decisions

• ​Where delays slow the business down

• ​Where automation introduces hidden risk

​What You’ll Leave With

• ​A practical framework for moving from record → intelligence → action

• ​An AI-readiness checklist for business systems

• ​Clear guidance on where to invest first:

  • ​People

  • ​Process

  • ​Technology

​Who This Event Is For

• ​Founders & CEOs

• ​Finance, operations, and systems leaders

• ​Analytics and data leaders

• ​Operators responsible for CRM, ERP, billing, or reporting

​If you’re responsible for decisions and outcomes, not just dashboards, this session is for you.

​Hosts

​Business Systems and Analytics User Group
East Bay Founders Community

​Joshua Meiri – Founder, Origami Precision, LLC
Founder and operator specializing in Salesforce and NetSuite. Joshua helps growth-stage companies design clean, integrated, analytics-ready systems and leads practitioner communities focused on practical system architecture and operational execution excellence.

​Lathendra Uddaraju – Founder, Bigbyte.ai
Solving complex data, governance, and AI challenges. Previously at Google, Uber, Microsoft, and WalmartLabs. Built petabyte-scale data platforms and AI-driven analytics.