Founders & AI: How to Build an AI Startup That Big Tech Can’t Kill

The second Founders & AI session takes on the question investors now ask AI founders first: what stops OpenAI or Anthropic shipping your product as a free feature? The answers on the table are proprietary data, owned workflows and customer trust, plus when to fine-tune open-weight models and when to pay for an API. It's a fireside chat with three founders: Cien Solon of LaunchLemonade, Ajit Barik of HyphenOne and Wyzr, and host Anurag Jain of Digital Back Office and Dataflow. Ten minutes go to live founder demos with feedback from the speakers; demo applications close Sunday 22 November. Food, drinks and networking from 17:30, the chat at 18:25, demos at 19:10, then Q&A and networking until 20:00. Free, but registration is approval-gated and seats are capped. Why go: a small Shoreditch room for AI founders who worry they're building a wrapper, with three people building in regulated markets to pressure-test your moat. Bring a demo if you have one.