Building in the Age of AI: The Founder's Playbook
About this Event
🚀Artificial intelligence is changing not just what we can build, but how quickly ideas move from concept to reality. Foundation models, open-source tools, and accessible infrastructure have thrown the doors wide open, and that changes everything about what founders can build, and how fast they can build it.
💡But more access means tougher questions. Where does AI actually create value, versus just adding buzz? What does it take for a small, early-stage team to build something technically rigorous and genuinely different in a crowded field? And as products move fast, how do you ensure reliability, privacy, transparency, and responsible deployment from day one, instead of treating them as an afterthought?
🌟Join Innovation OnBoard for a panel with Warren Ali, Director of Industry Development at the Vector Institute and Dr. Nardin Samuel, CEO and Co-Founder of Cove Neurosciences, on building technology-driven ventures in today’s fast-evolving AI landscape. Drawing on experience in AI, healthcare, commercialization, and startups, they will explore how founders can turn ideas into scalable, trusted, and valuable AI-enabled products.
The panel will be followed by a live audience Q&A and an informal networking session with students, researchers, founders, and members of Toronto’s technology and innovation community.
🎯 What you will learn:
- How to spot where AI actually adds value (vs. hype) in your industry
- Lessons from building AI-driven ventures in healthcare and beyond
- What investors and users expect from "trustworthy" AI products
- Practical steps for balancing speed with responsible deployment
- Where Canada's AI ecosystem is headed — and how to position yourself in it
Agenda
4:30–5:00 PM — Registration and Welcome
5:00–6:00 PM — Panel Discussion and Live Audience Q&A
6:00–6:30 PM — Networking
Where is it happening?
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