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X-WR-CALNAME:AI as an On-Ramp: Expanding Who Gets to Build
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SUMMARY:AI as an On-Ramp: Expanding Who Gets to Build
DESCRIPTION:Entrepreneurship has always had gatekeepers: capital\, connecti
 ons\, credentials. AI is lowering some of those barriers and quietly raisi
 ng others. This session\, hosted by AI Ready RVA\, gets specific about whi
 ch is which. Across peer-led cohorts in healthcare\, finance\, law\, cyber
 security\, and manufacturing\, AI Ready RVA has watched Richmond business 
 owners move from treating AI like a search engine to using it as a working
  thought partner. That shift is real. It is also uneven\, and it does not 
 automatically translate into a funded\, differentiated business. The panel
  brings four operators who have started companies\, invested in them\, and
  built the systems underneath them. We will cover what changes for a found
 er with no consultant on retainer\, whether the funding bar has actually m
 oved\, where adoption breaks inside real organizations\, and what the comp
 ute powering all of it costs when the free tier ends. That last question m
 atters more in Virginia than almost anywhere else in the country. For ecos
 ystem builders asking where AI fits in access and inclusion work beyond th
 e hype\, this is the session.
LOCATION:No. 303 – Main Space
URL:https://summit.startupchampions.co/sessions/czyysmemb6o0qxb3jn2mf7yo7
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