The Keynote on AI
A live series I host at eCornell with the people that impact how AI gets implemented.
Almost every AI conversation still lives inside software: chatbots, copilots, apps. But the next wave of AI value won't ship as an app at all. It will show up in molecules, in markets, in workflows, in the way organizations actually decide.
Coming up
Past guests
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Tomorrow's Medicine
Lutz Finger and Cyriac Roeding on BioAI: physical breakthroughs (cancer and autoimmune treatments) emerging from AI applied to biology and the path from research to funded companies.
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AI on the Front Lines
Lutz Finger with Alexander Fink on the new AI operating model for warfare: speed, accountability, and human judgment when autonomous systems shape battlefield decisions.
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The Hidden Patterns
Ben Orthlieb (Blue Moon) with Lutz Finger on patterns from 6000 startup pitches: radically lean teams, SMB software opportunities, and overlooked compliance plays in AI-driven startups.
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AI Needs Power, the Grid Needs AI
Lutz Finger with Josh Wong on the AI/energy collision: electricity demand may double by 2040 and AI can unlock grid capacity as experienced operators retire.
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Marketing to Humans Changed
Lutz Finger with Alex Dees (Meridian) on how AI assistants and browser agents reshape the buyer journey, and how brands stay visible when AI systems recommend on a buyer's behalf.
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Humans in an Agentic Economy
Lutz Finger and Cornell marketing professor Emaad Manzoor on the agentic economy: AIs that negotiate, bid, and transact, and how reputation, permissions, and embeddings reshape human identity.
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Reshaping Investing With AI
Lutz Finger with Lila Tretikov (Partner & Head of AI Strategy, NEA) on how venture firms use AI across sourcing, diligence, portfolio construction, and founder support, and how the risk/return landscape is shifting.
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The Future of AI
Lutz Finger and Richard Socher on the rise of Reward Engineers, small teams achieving massive scale, and Socher's claim that AI will do for biology what calculus did for physics.
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After the Gold Rush
Kurt Wagner (Bloomberg, "Battle for the Bird") and Lutz Finger on where AI is creating real value. Where workflows, AI, and human expertise intersect, and why Lutz sold his own AI startup as part of that shift.
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Disrupting Traditional Banking
Lutz Finger with Colin Walsh (Varo Bank) on how AI is rewiring banking. Modernizing financial services and why successful implementation matters more than the tech itself.
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AI in the EU
Lucilla Sioli (European Commission) with Lutz Finger on Europe's AI Continent Action Plan: AI factories, data spaces, talent, and the EU's strategy to become the AI Continent.
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The Future of AI
Lutz Finger with Martín Casado (a16z) on what actually works in AI vs the hype: agents vs copilots, model constraints, and the open-source competitive landscape.
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AI, Innovation, and Risk
Aneesh Chopra (former US CTO) with Lutz Finger moderating. AI's impact on citizens, enterprises, and government, plus the policy needed to keep U.S. AI leadership.
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AI in E-Commerce
How to prioritize AI for the enterprise layer. Lutz's framework for personalization in eCommerce with case studies from media, healthcare, and retail.