Webinar: How Finance Leaders Should Actually Implement AI in 2026
Join Charlie O’Donnell of nextNYC and Chris Fenster of Propeller Industries for a 30-minute webinar on real-world AI use cases in finance, as they go deeper into how finance leaders should think about implementation. What separates successful AI deployments from expensive experiments? Where do teams get stuck? And how do you prioritize the right projects without overwhelming your org?
We’ll cover:
How to assess readiness inside your finance team
The internal workflows most primed for AI leverage
The real cost (and risk) of half-baked automation
What finance leaders should demand from vendors
About Chris Fenster:
Chris is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Propeller Industries, an embedded finance and accounting partner to some of the most iconic venture and growth-stage companies of the last two decades. Since 2008, Propeller has scaled to 250 people across three continents, serving more than 1,400 companies that have collectively raised over $20B in capital and produced over $80B+ in enterprise value — including 22 unicorns and breakout brands like Hims & Hers, Planet Labs, Braze, and Olipop. Today, Chris is focused on a second transformation: building an AI-enabled financial platform powered by what no single startup could build alone — enterprise-grade data infrastructure drawn from 18 years embedded inside hundreds of high-growth companies.
This is event is hosted by nextNYC. To learn more about nextNYC and/or sign up for their newsletter, visit http://next.nyc