​Performance in the age of AI – A Slush side event featuring Lovable and ŌURA

​Breakfast side event of Slush
📍 Maria 01, Building 5 – Arcade Space
📅 Thursday, November 20th · 08:15–10:15
👥 Featuring Ceci Stallsmith (Head of Marketing, Lovable) and Lauri Vuornos (SVP Engineering, ŌURA)

​Why attend

​Performance management is being redefined. Traditional reviews and annual processes no longer fit the pace or culture of modern tech companies. As AI, hybrid work, and scaling teams reshape how organizations operate, leaders are asking: What does effective performance management look like today?

This session brings together founders, team leaders, and people professionals from growth-stage startups to share how they’re modernizing performance management: turning it from a compliance exercise into a driver of clarity, learning, and growth.

​Expect insights on:

• ​When and how to introduce performance management as your company grows

• ​What a good performance system looks like in practice at different stages, and in different functions

• ​How to enable performance versus simply measure it

• ​Where AI can strengthen performance management (and where it shouldn’t)

• ​How to build a culture of performance and growth

​The discussion will be practical, experience-based, and grounded in real lessons from modern tech leaders.

​Who this is for

• ​Founders, CEOs, and COOs

• ​CTOs and Engineering Leaders

• ​People leaders and HR business partners

​Schedule

​08:15 – Doors open, breakfast & coffee
08:45 – Fireside conversation
09:30 – Open discussion
10:15 – Close

​Speakers

• ​Ceci Stallsmith – Head of Marketing, Lovable (previously at Slack & Bessemer Venture Partners)

• ​Lauri Vuornos – SVP, Software Engineering, ŌURA (previously engineering leader at Facebook and Utopia Music)

• ​Kristo Ovaska – Founder & CEO, Taito.ai (previously Founder & CEO at Smartly.io)

​RSVP

​This is an invite-only session and a Slush side event. Please RSVP to confirm your spot.

No Slush ticket required.

​About the hosts

​This event is hosted by the team behind Taito.ai — the Performance Intelligence of modern teams.

Taito.ai is an AI-native performance management platform built for organizations that look beyond static reviews. It helps leaders set clear expectations, enable continuous feedback, and coach their teams to unlock their best performance.

👉 taito.ai