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With Mariane Bekker (Head of Dev Relations, You.com), Andi Partovi (CTO, Veris AI), James Kaplan (CTO, McKinsey Tech), Bryan McCann (CTO, You.com).
Venue, 598 Broadway, 11th Fl
Mar 11 (Wed) , 2026 @ 06:00 PM
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Join us in SoHo for an intimate evening with James Kaplan, CTO of McKinsey, & Bryan McCann, CTO of You.com, alongside enterprise builders & technical leaders.

These are the people shipping agentic systems, advising the world's largest organizations, & building the infrastructure that powers it all. Expect sharp talks, real conversations, & a curated room of developers & technical leaders who are done with demos & ready to build.

Agenda

6:00-7:00 PM - Networking, Drinks & Food
Meet fellow developers, technical leaders, & AI builders while enjoying appetizers & drinks before the talks begin.

7:00-8:00 PM - Lightning Talks

Building AI Agent Skills Without Creating Chaos
Mariane Bekker, Head of Developer Relations, You.com
Deploy agentic skills in enterprise workflows without burning down existing systems - from unpredictable outputs to broken integrations, learn what actually sticks.

What Enterprise Developers Get Wrong About Agentic AI
Andi Partovi, Co-Founder & CTO, Veris AI
Enterprise teams often tackle the wrong problems. Andi shares patterns that separate teams shipping agentic AI in production from those stuck in pilot mode.

8:00-8:40 PM - Fireside Chat

Scaling Agentic Systems: CTO Insights from McKinsey & You.com
Bryan McCann, CTO & Co-Founder, You.com James Kaplan, Partner & CTO, McKinsey Technology
Two CTOs. One building a unicorn from the inside, one advising the largest enterprises globally. They go head-to-head on technical bets, infrastructure decisions, & leadership challenges shaping the next decade of AI-native enterprises.

8:40-9:00 PM - Networking, Drinks & Food
Wrap up the evening making connections, sharing insights, & enjoying more food with fellow builders & enterprise developers.

About Us
Veris AI accelerates agent development & deployment with a simulation sandbox that delivers robust, compliant AI systems at speed. Veris sandbox is pre-loaded with test scenarios, simulated tools, & personas. Using the sandbox, you can run thousands of simulated interactions across routine workflows, challenging edge cases, & adversarial scenarios. Veris AI creates root-cause analysis reports, regression testing gates, & prompt or RL optimization loops to improve the agent using these interactions before the agent touches the first real system or customer.

You.com is the AI Search Infrastructure company for enterprises. We build the intellectual backbone that enables organizations to reason like experts, decide with confidence, & act at scale through intelligent agents & workflows.

We deliver real-time, accurate, & citation-backed answers-enabled by our proprietary vertical-specific web indices, which integrate public & domain-specific data for the deepest, most relevant search experience available.

Founders Bay is a membership community of 150,000+ founders, executives, investors & operators coming together to grow their market through curated weekly events, expert-led virtual workshops, mentorship programs & educational resources. Proudly woman-owned & operated by Mariane Bekker, we are dedicated to empowering a diverse & inclusive startup ecosystem.

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