The AI Space Podcast-Live!: 2026 AI Market Outlook & Playbook (YouTube-Virtual)
Event Overview
This is the Virtual exclusive, live podcast event on YouTube. This podcast experience aims to build the community of founders, partners, and investors shaping AI. This session will explore key trends in 2026 and reveal an AI playbook to create real traction, cash flow, and valuation.
Hosts & Partners
VC Arena, Crowley Capital, & Stonehaas Advisors
Sponsors
- Stonehaas Advisors
- Carter DeLuca
- Mind & Machine Dallas
- Nancy Burditt Advisory
Format:
- Immersive Networking
- Podcast Panel Discussion + Q/A
- Live Stream to YouTube & other platforms.
Audience: AI Founders, Builders, & Investors
- Founding Team – CEO, CTO, CPO, CMO, etc.
- Executive - Product and Data leaders, Operators
- Entrepreneurs and Fractional Executives
- Legal – Corporate & IP experts
- Investors, VCs and Angels
- PE and Family Offices
- Banking and Financial Institutions
- Community Leaders & Associations
- Ecosystem Partners & Academia
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM | Panel Discussion –
“2026 AI Market Outlook & Playbook:
Growth, Virality, & Real Returns”
Host/ Moderator: Sanjay Kalluvilayil
Panelists: AI Industry Leaders (3)
1. Panelist #1: Dan Sinawat, Founder & CEO, AI Connex and VC Arena
2. Panelist #2: Jake Crowley, Managing Director, Crowley Capital
3. Panelist #3: Steve Deeb, Founder & CEO, Lone Star Ascent
KEY TOPICS / THEMES
- 2025 Key Insights: Lessons from the past year’s winners and challenges
- 2026 AI Playbook: Practical strategies for Founders, Start-ups, and VCs
- Creating Market Traction & Virality: Breaking through the noise
- AI Tech Stack – Designing and Architecting a practical, scalable, & secure platform
- Building Real ROI — Operationalizing AI for measurable, and predictable outcomes
- AI Governance Model — Balancing innovation and ethics to de-risk initiatives
- Building Connections & Community — Strengthening ecosystems and partnerships.
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM | Audience Q&A + Live Poll
- An interactive session capturing real-time perspectives from the audience.
ORGANIZERS
Stonehaas Advisors – an advisory/ consulting firm partnering with AI Founders and Businesses struggling with cash flows to drive customer loyalty, revenue growth, operational excellence, and profitability to maximize valuations – enabling growth, successful capital raises, and strategic exits.
VC Arena - VC Arena is a program where venture capitalists meet founders to face-off on due diligence for evaluation, funding and feedback on their businesses to accelerate their startup's growth...
Crowley Capital - a venture firm deploying capital across AI, deep-tech, and critical infrastructure, supporting pre-seed through Series B+ companies.