The AI Briefing by Startup Grind

Name: The AI Briefing by Startup Grind
Start: 2026-02-13T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-13T11:30:00-05:00
Location: Location on approval

Feb 13, 3:00 – 4:30 PM (UTC)

New York City

Location on approval, TBA, New York, 10001

The AI Briefing is a high-velocity roundtable for decision-makers brought to you by Startup Grind. We bypass the hype by dissecting one high-signal industry deck with a room of vetted founders, operators, and enterprise executives. No lectures—just a 60-minute deep-dive into the tactics and data defining your next quarter.

In-person event

About this event

The AI Briefing is a recurring AI deep-dive for decision-makers. 
Each month, we select one high-signal industry report, circulate it in advance, and meet to cut through the noise.
This Month’s Source: 2026 AI Business Predictions (PWC 2026)
Most AI initiatives pay for themselves, but fail to drive actual transformation. Join the AI Briefing to become one of the few front-runners who are able to capture top-line growth by moving past sporadic, ground-up experiments.
The Mission: Focus on the shift from exploratory pilots to a disciplined march to value. We'll use the latest PwC benchmarks to identify the levers required to turn agentic AI into an engine for revenue growth.
📊 The Format:
10-Minute Executive Download: A rapid-fire summary of the report’s critical metrics (e.g., the 12% Vanguard Gap: only one-in-eight CEOs currently report seeing both cost reductions and revenue growth from their AI investments).
Cross-Pollinated Debate: Founders share what they are shipping; Executives share what they are actually deploying (and blocking).
Operational Reality Check: We'll confront the 80/20 Reality; technology provides only 20% of the value in an AI initiative. The remaining 80% is the difficult, manual work of redesigning your actual business processes to accommodate agentic labor.
🤝 Who Should Attend:
Enterprise Executives: Benchmark your adoption curve. Are you in the AI Leader bracket seeing 1.7x revenue growth, or falling behind?
Founders & Builders: Stop guessing what enterprises want. See the exact use cases (IT, Marketing, HR) that are scaling right now.
Operators: Learn how non-technical teams are using AI to write code and automate their own workflows.
📍 Where: Location on approval 🗓️ When: Friday, February 13th | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
📬 The Prep: This is a working session, not a lecture. Review the report here. Bring your perspective.
Join the WAITLIST to be considered. Strictly limited capacity to ensure high-quality dialogue.