AI Guardrails for Leaders and Teams

Hosted by Sherveen Mashayekhi

Fri, May 1, 2026

6:00 PM UTC (30 minutes)

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What you'll learn

Build an AI policy that doesn't kill adoption

Most internal AI guidelines are too loose (chaos) or too tight (nobody uses it). We'll design the Goldilocks framework.

Bring "shadow AI use" into the light safely

Your team is using unauthorized tools anyway. Learn how to secure their workflows without killing their productivity.

Build a culture of AI fluency and exploration

Learn how to explicitly encourage and reward safe, high-leverage AI experimentation. Your team has to stay modern!

Why this topic matters

Most leaders handle AI with either total anarchy or overly restrictive corporate policies. Both destroy your team's velocity. We'll cover how to implement smart, modern guardrails that protect your proprietary data and processes while encouraging your team to be as modern as their fastest-moving peers. For all functional areas!

You'll learn from

Sherveen Mashayekhi

Founder & CEO @ Free Agency, AI Product Leader & Investor

Sherveen has been an AI product leader and founder in tech for over a decade, but more importantly, is a long-time obsessive about startups.

He's a first adopter of AI tools and sits in exclusive circles of founders + venture capitalists building the cutting edge of applied AI products. As the founder and CEO of Free Agency (backed by investors like Maveron, Bloomberg Beta, Kevin Durant, and Kygo), he now helps tech professionals navigate the modern hiring landscape, with clients landing roles at companies like OpenAI, Amazon, and Stripe.

He's the host of three shows + podcasts about early stage tech: The Feedback Loop, Three Course Founders, and The Sherveen Show, where he talks multiple times a week with the most exciting technologists, CEOs, and investors building the future.

See more: https://youtube.com/@sherveenshow

Clients hired at companies like...

OpenAI
YouTube
Spotify
ElevenLabs
Notion

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