Founders Founders hosts this tactical session with João Afonso Pereira (Senior Machine Learning Engineer @ Loka) sharing real-world case studies on moving AI from “shiny feature” to strategic business moat.

Key learnings:

• Feature vs. foundation: Evaluate AI bets for defensibility vs. copyable surface area
• Architecting for Agents: Changes in building, shipping, and monetizing when AI becomes autonomous
• Case study scars: Loka’s successes and failures building AI at scale

Format: 25-30 min talk + 10-15 min Q&A + networking