AI Innovation Lab

1.14.25 -- 1.16.25

Join us for an immersive day of FinTech Programming! 

Programming

Explore AI Innovation Lab Immersive Week : Dive into industry trends, join workshops, panels, and meet startups at our Innovation Labs. Experience a week of innovation and collaboration!

Immersive Weeks

Week 1

4.01.24 - 4.04.24 [Virtual]

Week 2

4.29.24 - 5.03.24 [In-person]

Week 3

5.27.24 - 5.31.24 [Virtual]

Week 4

6.24.24 - 6.28.24 [In-person]

AI Innovation Summit

6.27.24 [Hybrid]

Join us for our capstone-like event, where you’ll have the opportunity to network, meet the 2024 Lab cohort, and explore AI through curated programming.
Our Innovation Labs Connects
Founders
Corporates
Investors
Innovation Ecosystem

AI Innovation Lab programming

Explore AI Innovation Lab Immersive Weeks: Dive into industry trends, join workshops, panels, and meet startups at our Innovation Labs. Experience a week of innovation and collaboration!

Immersive Week 3

AI Innovation Summit

Attend on 6.27.24

2024 Lab Focus Area

• Efficient & Scalable Data Infrastructure

• Efficient & Scalable AI Infrastructure

• MLOps & ML Workflow
• AI Governance & Compliance 
• Grounded & Trustworthy AI
• Multimodal & Generative AI

“AI is a field that is moving very quickly, it’s complicated, there’s a lot going on, there’s different sub areas”

EIR Alex Castrounis, Founder & CEO of Why of AI, discusses the AI Innovation Lab.

Built with industry experts

Execution partner

There is a lot of buzz right now around AI for good reason. It’s rapidly advancing and being applied in very impactful ways in the real world, and it has huge transformative & disruptive potential.”

Alex Castrounis, Founder & CEO 

@ Why of AI

“AI is not just buzz. It’s revolutionizing industries, outcomes, and productivity for organizations and people worldwide. Trustworthy AI has massive potential to benefit humanity and our planet if used responsibly,” said Alex Castrounis, CEO of Why of AI. “That’s why launching our second AI Innovation Lab is so thrilling. I can’t wait to see how our new cohort’s AI-focused business leaders and solutions are solving real-world problems and making the world a better place.”

Alex Castrounis, Founder & CEO @ Why of AI

Execution partners

Anchor partners

General partners

Why AI?

This is the third innovation lab. Like any lab, the goal is to bring together startups, corporations, investors, etc., to collectively solve the biggest challenges in an industry or an emerging technology. The AI Innovation Lab focuses on how AI can be applied to solve various problems within other industries as well as what the future of AI holds.”

Rachel Feuerborn, CPO @ 1871​

Lab timeline

Programming

Week 1

4.01.24 - 4.04.24 [Virtual]

Week 2

4.29.24 - 5.03.24 [In-person]

Week 3

5.27.24 - 5.31.24 [Virtual]

Week 4

6.24.24 - 6.28.24 [In-person]

AI Innovation Summit

6.27.24 [Hybrid]

Join us for our capstone-like event, where you’ll have the opportunity to network, meet the 2024 Lab cohort, and explore AI through curated programming.

Supported by

Anchor partner

“At Discover, we strive to be the leading Digital Bank and Payments Network with a focus on Customer interactions as our #1 priority. AI helps drive insights from patterns of Customer needs in a faster, more accurate, and timely manner.”

Keith Toney, EVP / Chief Data & Analytics Officer @ Discover

At McKinsey, we accelerate sustainable and inclusive growth. We partner with bold leaders to unlock innovation, transform through digital and AI, and develop the skills and capabilities across their organization to identify a strategy that reshapes our collective future.

Satya Rao, Partner @ McKinsey & Company

General partner

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