The AI Briefing by Startup Grind

Jan 23, 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.

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About this event

The AI Briefing is a new 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: The State of Enterprise AI (OpenAI 2025)

This is a look under the hood of how 1 million+ businesses are actually using GPT-4 and o1. The data reveals a shift: enterprises are moving from chatting to doing, with reasoning token usage up 320x and agentic workflows finally hitting production.

The Mission: Bridge the gap between strategy and execution. We'll dissect the data to answer one question: What does the Agentic Enterprise actually look like in 2025?

📊 The Format:

  • 10-Minute Executive Download: A rapid-fire summary of the report’s critical metrics (e.g., the 8x growth in message volume and the rise of non-technical coding).
  • Cross-Pollinated Debate: Founders share what they are shipping; Executives share what they are actually deploying (and blocking).
  • Operational Reality Check: We’ll discuss the Shadow AI reality: 75% of workers are completing tasks they previously couldn't do. And how IT is scrambling to govern it.

🤝 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, January 23rd | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

📬 The Prep: This is a working session, not a lecture. Review the report here. Skim the executive summary. Bring your perspective.

RSVP to be considered. Strictly limited capacity to ensure high-quality dialogue.

When

When

Friday, January 23, 2026
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM (UTC)

Where

Where

Location on approval
TBA
New York, 10001

Agenda

Coffee and Mingle
The AI Briefing
Wrap Up

Organizers

  • Joshua Ness

    Fulbright Program

    Director, Startup Grind

  • Tova Feldheim

    York Effect

    Cofounder

  • Paul GUILLARD

    Chief of Staff / BizOps / Project Manager / BD

  • Prianka Ball

  • Rebecca Liang

  • Mo Salah

    Startup Grind

    Country Manager

  • Madison Simon

  • KT Goldthorpe

    Champ: Early Stage Brand Development for Tech Startups

  • Michaela Freedman

    MF Consulting Inc.

  • Payton Shafer

    CAUSE+EFFECT Strategy

  • Theophila Lee

    Reitler Law

  • Bhavnish Walia

    Amazon

  • Monica Coronel

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