Meet the Founder Behind a $650M AI Exit and Build an AI Agent Together

A Birmingham Tech Week fringe session in two halves: a 30-minute panel on building an AI-capable workforce, then a live build in which the room assembles an AI agent around a real workplace problem. Husayn Kassai, co-founder and CEO of Onfido - the British identity-verification company acquired in a reported $650 million deal - sits on the panel. ollo then runs the build, and attendees leave with access to the agent to test in a secure environment. Hosted by the AI Work & Skills Forum with ollo, 15:00 to 17:30. Free, at Mills & Reeve, One Centenary Way, B3 3AY. Bring a laptop - the build needs one. Tell the organisers if you can no longer come; the guest list controls building access. Mills & Reeve hosts a drinks reception immediately afterwards, which takes a separate registration. Why go: one of the few Tech Week rooms where you hear from a founder who went all the way to an exit and then build something yourself instead of watching slides. Best for operators and team leads who have run AI pilots and now need results.