/ About this event
In partnership with: TribeX, EventNoire, NBSE Professionals LA + AI Chicks
Dudilagent Live is a hands-on LA Tech Week meetup for people who buy businesses and invest — operators, searchers, MBAs, engineers, operators, and active traders. Watch AI compress 40 hours of diligence into minutes on a real LA-area deal, hear a lender/broker/searcher/investor panel on how deals actually get done, test yourself in the DD Challenge, and network over drinks with a DJ.
🕠 Doors 5:30 PM, program at 6:00, wraps 8:30. Free. Come early and bring a friend!
What's happening • 6:10 — Live AI deal teardown: watch Dudilagent turn 40 hours of due diligence into minutes on a real LA listing • 6:30 — Panel 1 "Buy It": how deals actually get found, funded and diligenced • 7:05 — Panel 2 "Run It": a live taping of The AI Chicks podcast on putting AI to work in your business and career • 7:45 — Networking challenge, drinks (Edmond's Honor), food and a DJ set
Who's on stage:
• Reginald D. Tucker — Partner at East Beach Asset Management, an LA private investment firm. Previously Managing Director of Venture & Growth Investments at an LA multi-family office, after building alternative-investment portfolios for public pension systems in Orange County, New York State and Connecticut. Also an artist (R.Tucker) and founder of the creative platform Recycled Abstract.
• Osei Appiagyei — Owner-operator of an aerospace supply-chain coatings business in SoCal, previously led ALARD Machine Products in Gardena. Ex-Goldman Sachs investment banker, with earlier pricing-strategy roles at American Airlines and US Airways. Chicago Booth MBA.
• Lana Hout — Co-founder of The AI Chicks and award-winning M&A Advisor at Iconic. Co-founded, built and exited LA's #1 business brokerage (250+ owners, 150+ deals); started in valuation at Duff & Phelps, Deloitte and NBCUniversal. Two-time LA Business Journal Woman of Influence in Finance.
• Aisha Corpas Wynn — Co-founder of The AI Chicks; Emmy-nominated Executive Producer who's developed and produced for HBO, Showtime, Roku, Tubi, Viacom and iHeart, with senior roles at MACRO Studios and Anthony Anderson's Big Ant Productions. AI-certified through IBM, Google and Harvard programs. Together, Aisha and Lana host the first AI podcast co-hosted by women — a 2024 Webby honoree with 60+ episodes.
• Humphrey Nartey — Founder of Dudilagent. Chemical engineer and global supply leader: ex-McKinsey (clean energy, supply chain), led commercial strategy at battery startup Mitra Chem (helped secure $100M+ in Department of Energy funding), then senior global supply manager at Relativity Space.
• Moderated by — Taofik Sulaiman, Chief of Product at Dudilagent and Product Manager at YouTube (YouTube TV, NFL Sunday Ticket and Primetime Channels — 8M+ paying subscribers). Previously PM on Google's Privacy Sandbox and Microsoft Gaming, Graphics & Display. Founder of TribeX and TheTradeTribe; angel investor in OpenAI and Anthropic.
Three things to do before you walk in
1. 🍸 Sign up on EventNoire to get a drink ticket at the door: https://events.eventnoire.com/e/dudilagent-live-investors-meetup-latechweek 2. 📝 2-minute check-in — you'll get the free deal-scan guide, the recap and tonight's podcast episode: https://form.jotform.com/taofiksulaiman2/dudilagentlive 3.❓ Drop a question for either panel on Slido (we take the top-voted ones): https://app.sli.do/event/6JbDRPabFLmzbBFNRj5S6g
Bring a friend who's thinking about buying a business or building with AI
Check out the app at https://dudilagent.ai
This event is a part of #LATechWeek, a week of events hosted by the top founders, funds, and companies to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
