Agentic AI for Small Business | Orange County Startup Roundtable
About this Event
🎉 Startup Founders, Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners and Leaders : Join us at this exclusive Orange County Startup Roundtable event by
AI agents are showing up everywhere — in marketing, sales, customer service, operations, finance, hiring, research, and everyday business workflows. 🤖
Small businesses that wait too long may fall behind faster-moving competitors. In a 2025 small business survey, 66% said adopting AI is essential to staying competitive, while 78% of current AI users said they feel pressure to adopt AI to keep up with competitors.
The real question for small business owners, founders, and local entrepreneurs is simple:
Can agentic AI actually help your business grow — or can it create new risks, confusion, and unnecessary complexity?
Join us at the Orange County Startup Roundtable for an open, practical, and business-focused conversation on how AI agents are changing the way small businesses operate.
This is not a hype session. It is a grounded discussion for business owners who want to understand what is real, what is useful, what is risky, and what they should pay attention to next.
What We Will Discuss
AI agents are different from basic chatbots. They can research, respond, summarize, organize, create, analyze, recommend, and in some cases take action across business tools. That creates new opportunities — but also new questions. 💡
At this roundtable, we will explore:
✅ What agentic AI means in plain English.
✅ How AI agents are already being used by small businesses.
✅ Where AI can save time in marketing, sales, customer follow-up, content creation, operations, and customer support.
✅ Where AI can create problems, including inaccurate answers, poor automation, privacy concerns, brand risk, and overreliance on tools.
✅ How small businesses can start using AI without becoming overwhelmed.
✅ What founders, consultants, service providers, and local business owners should watch in the next 12 months.
Who Should Attend
This event is designed for:
▶︎ Small business owners
▶︎ Startup founders
▶︎ Solo entrepreneurs
▶︎ Local service providers
▶︎ Consultants and advisors
▶︎ Marketing and sales professionals
▶︎ Technology builders
▶︎ Business leaders who want to understand AI without the jargon
Whether you are already experimenting with AI tools or just trying to understand what is happening, this roundtable will give you a clearer view of where agentic AI fits into small business.
Why Attend
Small businesses do not have unlimited teams, budgets, or time. The right AI tools may help you do more with less. The wrong approach may waste time, confuse customers, or create unnecessary risk. ⚖️
The U.S. Chamber reports that 58% of small businesses now use generative AI, up from 23% in 2023, and Microsoft reports that 81% of leaders expect AI agents to become part of their AI strategy within 12–18 months.
This roundtable is meant to help you think clearly before you act.
You will leave with a better understanding of:
➤ How AI agents may impact your business
➤ Which use cases are worth exploring first
➤ What risks to avoid
➤ How other local founders and business owners are thinking about AI
➤ Where human judgment still matters most
Format
This will be a community roundtable and networking event, not a formal lecture. Expect a practical discussion, peer learning, and meaningful local connections with founders, business owners, and professionals from the Orange County startup and small business community. 🤝
Event Details
📅 Date: July 16, 2026
🕕 Time: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
📍 Location: The Duck Club, Irvine
About Orange County Startup Roundtable
The Orange County Startup Roundtable by oGoing brings together entrepreneurs, business owners, founders, and innovators to connect, learn, and discuss the trends shaping the future of business.
Our goal is to create practical conversations that help local businesses grow, adapt, and stay competitive.
Come connect, learn, and explore how agentic AI may help — or hurt — your small business.
Irvine Ranch Water District makes its facilities available for use by residents and nonprofit organizations merely as a public service, but does not, by allowing this use, endorse or support the purpose of the event or its sponsor.
Agenda
🕑: 06:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Registration and Networking
🕑: 06:30 PM - 07:00 PM
The Startup Roundtable - Your story • Fun fact • Current ask
🕑: 07:00 PM - 07:45 PM
Agentic AI for Small Business - Unleashing AI Agents
🕑: 07:45 PM - 08:15 PM
Networking & Wrap Up
Where is it happening?
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