The AI Founder Room SF #01 — From AI Tools to AI-Native Company
AI is moving from a tool we use to a system companies can be built around.
The question for founders is no longer simply:
“How can we use AI?”
It is:
If you were building your company again today, what would you do differently because of AI?
The AI Founder Room is a curated Silicon Valley gathering for founders, builders, operators, and investors building in the AI era.
For our first session, From AI Tools to AI-Native Company, we’ll explore what it actually means to build a company around AI — not simply add AI tools on top of existing workflows.
We’ll discuss:
What work can already be handed off to AI — and what still requires people?
Which capabilities startups are building today may eventually be absorbed by foundation models?
How can small teams use AI to achieve what previously required much larger organizations?
What does an AI-native organization actually look like?
How should AI reshape Sales, Marketing, Service, Operations, and Engineering?
This is not a large conference or a generic AI panel.
The AI Founder Room is designed around a simple idea: bring a relevant group of people into one room, create shared context through a focused conversation, then leave enough space for real questions and meaningful connections.
Who’s in the room
Startup founders & co-founders
AI builders and engineers
Operators building with AI
Applied AI Agent Automation teams
Enterprise AI leaders
VCs and angel investors
Agenda
3:00 PM — Doors Open / Check-in
Arrival, check-in, and early networking.
3:30 PM — Opening
Introduction to The AI Founder Room and the core question of the evening.
3:40 PM — Featured Conversation
From AI tools to AI-native companies: agents, automation, workflows, and how companies may change over the next 1–3 years.
4:20 PM — Founder Q&A
Founders bring real questions about their companies, products, teams, GTM, and AI strategy into the room.
5:00 PM — Networking
Open conversation and high-density networking with founders, builders, operators, and investors.
6:00 PM — Close
Hosted by Foundshore · Co-hosted with Hellyeah
About Foundshore
Foundshore connects founders with the resources, capital, people, and infrastructure they need to build and grow companies across the U.S. and Asia.
About Hellyeah
Hellyeah is an AI performance marketer. The team has managed more than $3B in ad spend, including enterprises such as Pokémon and Marriott. Get your campaign running in minutes.
Community Partners
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One room. High-density conversations for people building what comes next.