Overview
AI is moving fast, but beneath the headlines, bigger questions are beginning to emerge. Where is meaningful value actually being created? What are investors betting on now? How are founders building defensible companies when the technology changes every few months? And what does it really take for enterprises to move from experimentation to adoption at scale?
We are partnering with AI Salon for the September edition of AI Salon Singapore, as part of SGInnovate's Let's TECH It series, to bring together three distinct perspectives: a venture investor, a startup founder and a corporate leader. Expect an honest, wide-ranging conversation about what is happening across the AI landscape, what is being overhyped, and what deserves more attention.
We will explore some of the most pressing ideas shaping the industry today, from one-person companies and Forward Deployed Engineers to AI business models, enterprise adoption, the race for talent and compute, and the evolving competition between the US and China.
No rehearsed predictions or surface-level talking points. Just a candid discussion about the questions on everyone's minds, grounded in what our speakers are seeing from the front lines of investing, building and deploying AI.
Course Description & Learning Outcomes
By the end of the session, participants will have a clearer view of:
How AI founders are finding genuine commercial traction amid the hype
What investors look for when evaluating AI startups
How companies are moving from AI experimentation to deployment
The evolving opportunities around AI agents and automation
What differentiates defensible AI companies from thin product wrappers
Tactical lessons for founders building the next generation of AI startups
Singapore's role as a hub for AI talent, capital and company building
Recommended Prerequisites
AI founders and startup teams, engineers, researchers and product builders, venture capital and angel investors, corporate innovation and technology leaders, operators exploring practical AI adoption, and ecosystem partners supporting AI companies.
Open to anyone actively building, investing in or working with AI.
Schedule
Date: 25 Sep 2026, Friday
Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (GMT +8:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore
Location: 32 Carpenter Street, 059911
Agenda
| Day/Time | Agenda Activity/Description |
|---|---|
| 6pm | Doors open. Registration, food and drinks |
| 6.30pm | Welcome address. AI Salon Singapore community update |
| 6.40pm | Address by SGInnovate |
| 6.50pm | Opening keynote |
| 7.10pm | AI Builder Spotlights. Short presentations from founders building and deploying AI products |
| 7.30pm | Panel discussion. Founders, investors and technology leaders unpacking what is happening in AI today and where the market is heading next |
| 8.10pm | Audience Q&A |
| 8.25pm | Networking |
| 9pm | Q&A |
Skills Covered
PROFICIENCY LEVEL GUIDE
Beginner: Introduce the subject matter without the need to have any prerequisites.
Proficient: Requires learners to have prior knowledge of the subject.
Expert: Involves advanced and more complex understanding of the subject.
- Software Development (Proficiency level: Proficient)
- Artificial Intelligence (Proficiency level: Proficient)
- Leadership (Proficiency level: Proficient)
