How Founders Should Place Their AI Bets in 2026

Hosted by Amir Feizpour and Josh Schachnow

Fri, Sep 11, 2026

4:00 PM UTC (45 minutes)

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Agentic Buildcamp - A Cognitive Gym for Building AI Agents — using AI Agents
Amir Feizpour, PhD
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What you'll learn

Read the AI landscape without chasing every model release

Learn how to filter signal from noise as new models and capabilities ship weekly.

Know when to build software vs. sell a service

See how one founder shifted from pure software to a service + software mix as the market moved.

Set realistic outcomes for an AI-era startup

Calibrate expectations for growth, moats, and exits given how fast the landscape shifts.

Spot when your product is "on autopilot" and act

Recognize the signals that it's time to pivot business model, not just features.

Why this topic matters

AI is reshaping what's buildable in months, not years. Founders who treat 2026 like any other year risk over-investing in commoditized features or under-investing in real moats. This session gives builders and PMs a practical lens for making bets, not just tracking hype.

You'll learn from

Amir Feizpour

Founder @ Aggregate Intellect

Amir Feizpour is the founder, CEO, and Chief Scientist at Aggregate Intellect building a generative business brain for service and science based companies. Amir has built and grown a global community of 5000+ AI practitioners and researchers gathered around topics in AI research, engineering, product development, and responsibility. Prior to this, Amir was an NLP Product Lead at Royal Bank of Canada. Amir held a research position at University of Oxford conducting experiments on quantum computing resulting in high profile publications and patents. Amir holds a PhD in Physics from University of Toronto. Amir also serves the AI ecosystem as an advisor at MaRS Discovery District, works with several startups as fractional chief AI officer, and engages with a wide range of community audiences (business executives to hands-on developers) through training and educational programs. Amir leads Aggregate Intellect’s R&D via several academic collaborations.

Josh Schachnow

CEO & Co-Founder @ Visto.ai & Joshua Schachnow Law

Josh Schachnow is the CEO and co-founder of Visto.ai, a platform that uses automation and AI to help immigration professionals prepare applications up to 3x faster. He is also a practicing Canadian immigration lawyer at Joshua Schachnow Law with over 9 years of experience, having helped thousands of individuals and companies navigate the immigration process, and chairs the AI Committee at the Canadian Immigration Lawyers Association. Josh writes and podcasts about his entrepreneurial journey, sharing lessons from building and running a legal tech company alongside his legal practice.

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