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[virtual] 5 AI Risks Are Killing Your Deals. The fifth is why the first 4 keep coming back.

Hosted by Outhora AI

When
9:30 – 10:30 AM
Where
Virtual
Format
Panel / Fireside Chat
[virtual] 5 AI Risks Are Killing Your Deals. The fifth is why the first 4 keep coming back. artwork

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You shipped the AI feature. Your buyer's security team sent back a 90-question assessment. Now the deal is sitting in their legal queue and nobody on your side can answer question 34.

Format: Virtual. 45 minutes with Q&A. Start your day with conversation that carries you through every event that follows.

Content: ✅ The five AI risks killing your deals, and the fix for each ✅ One AI action blocked, authorized and signed, live ✅ One thing to put in place this week

Your hosts:

Steve Ferman — Chief AI Officer, 4 Pillar Coach. 40 years in technology implementation and 6x companies built, scaled and exited. U.S. Marine Corps veteran.

Michael Walker — CEO, Outhora. Builds the authorization layer that sits between AI agents and the systems they can reach, so companies can prove what their AI was allowed to do. 2x founder: 1 exit, 1 acquition.

This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.

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