AI Hands-on-Deck Summit: Engineering, Product, Design & GTM Alike

“Let’s add AI into our product.”

It’s the line in every boardroom but only a few know how to make it useful enough that customers care.

The AI Hands-on-Deck Summit is built for that gap. Less hype, more doing.
Learn from leaders reshaping their functions with AI, and roll up your sleeves to turn ideas into working prototypes.

Reserve your spot now.

Every function is being redefined by AI. This event is about understanding how and where to adapt. Expect real use cases, practical frameworks, and live prototyping.

CxO Fireside Chat: Leading Through AI Transformation

Mala Ramakrishnan in conversation with Amr Awadallah and Sriram Chakravarthy on leading through AI transformation.

For executives, the challenge is rewriting business models, rethinking teams, and creating new pathways for growth. This conversation gets candid about what leadership looks like when AI is no longer optional.

Vibe Coding Session with Chinat Yu

Forget dry tutorials. This hands-on session gives you the chance to build a working AI-powered prototype in just hours (no coding background required). Whether you’re a PM, founder, or student, you’ll leave with frameworks, tools, and a finished project.

Why it matters? While AI tools promise speed and scale, most professionals struggle with knowing where to start or which tools actually deliver value. Led by Chinat Yu, Stanford AI Researcher, MLH Top 50 honoree, and creator of VIBE workshops, this session cuts through the noise. You’ll learn how to:

• Validate ideas quickly with functional prototypes

• Debug with confidence, even if you’ve never coded before

• Build and iterate at a pace that matches the AI era

Consider this an accelerator for how non-technical and technical builders alike can unlock momentum with AI. Register for the summit here.

Designing the next Frontier: AI and the Future of Software Lifecycle

With leaders from Netflix, Meta, Stitch Fix, and Pure Storage.

For product leaders, AI is shifting the entire lifecycle. From how we define customer needs, to how products adapt post-launch. This panel explores what “AI-native” really means:

• Vision for products that learn and co-create with users

• New models of collaboration between humans and algorithms

• How to prepare teams and orgs for an AI-first reality

From Logic to Emotion: Building AI Experiences People Love

With design leaders from Crowdstrike, Google, Informatica and beyond.

For designers, the question isn’t just functionality. It’s trust, empathy, and emotion. As AI experiences become everyday interactions, design is the bridge that makes them feel human, ethical, and intuitive. This session explores:

• Frameworks for creating AI experiences people actually love

• Practical tools to accelerate velocity while staying user-centered

• Embedding ethics and cultural intelligence into every interface

⚠️⚠️ Seats are limited. Lock yours in before it fills!!! ⚠️⚠️

Events to RSVP this week!

AI is moving fast. Beyond the summit, here’s what’s happening this week at Founders Creative:

Shape, Share, Scale with our AI Community.

• Launch Your AI Startup

  Join Batch 3 of our Accelerator this fall for mentorship from repeat founders, seed funding access, and free credits for essential tools like OpenAI, AWS and legal support, to turn your ideas turn into startups. Read more here.
  

• Bring your perspective
  If you’re a domain expert in AI, product, venture, or engineering, we’d love to feature your insights at one of our high-impact salons or forums. Apply here.
  

• Grow with Leaders who get it
  Join a vetted community of tech leaders (50% women representation) with year-round access to Leadership Circles, Monthly Salons, Quarterly Socials, and priority Summit invites. Join the orientation.
  

• Showcase your Vision
  Building something game-changing in AI? Secure a curated pitch slot at the next AI Innovators Forum, where decision-makers are in the room. Enroll here.

Hope this roundup helps you cut through the noise and get closer to what matters.

If you haven’t already, don’t miss your chance to join us at the AI Hands-on-Deck Summit on Sep 12.

Lastly, subscribe to the Luma Calendar to keep every salon, workshop, and forum on your radar, before they fill.

See you next week!