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AI BusinessCon 2027 — The Business Rewiring Conference | Washington DC, March 2–3, 2027
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AI BusinessCon 2027 · At a glance
- Dates
- March 2–3, 2027
- Venue
- Fuse at Mason Square, Arlington, VA (Washington DC metro)
- Who
- CEOs, founders & senior executives
- Format
- 2 days, in-person, 30+ operator speakers & workshops
The Problem
AI Is Moving Faster Than Business Can Rewire.
Companies are already investing in AI and new startup are launching everyday.
The bigger risk is not just choosing the wrong tool. It is missing how AI is changing the underlying rules of business, what can now be built, and where disruption is coming from next.
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AI-native companies are rewriting the rules
Lean teams, agents, intelligence, and new operating models are changing what it takes to compete.
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Most companies are still thinking incrementally
Tools, pilots, and productivity matter. But they are only the first layer of the shift.
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The messy middle is getting harder
ROI, data, infrastructure, adoption, workforce, and governance get more complex as AI moves from experiment to scale.
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The opportunity is bigger than efficiency
New products, business models, customer experiences, margins, and entire categories are being created.
This Is Not Another Tech Cycle. It Is the Great Business Rewiring™.
The Stage
Learn From the People Closest to the Shift.
AI BusinessCon™ speakers represent the top 5% of founders, operators, builders, and investors who truly understand the seismic shift happening across business.
For two days they are coming to share what they are seeing, building, solving, and learning, so established businesses can rewire, emerging companies can scale, and founders can build what comes next.
Wave 01 — Speakers Announced Soon
The leaders building, operating, funding and shaping what business becomes next.
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AI-Native Founders
What new models are emerging. See how AI-native companies are changing products, economics, speed, and customer experience.
Building
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CEOs & Operators
What's working now. Hear how leaders are rewiring workflows, teams, products, and operating models inside real businesses.
Operating
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Investors & Market Shapers
Where innovation is moving. Track the ideas, categories, and companies attracting capital and reshaping markets.
Innovating
The Experience
Two Days to See the Shift From Every Angle.
Day One expands your view, possibilities, and network. Day Two helps you work through what it means for your business and beyond.
Day One: Rethink | Reimagine
The New Architecture of Business
See how AI-native companies, new business models, workforce shifts, and changing economics are reshaping what’s possible.
Day Two: Rewire
The Rewiring Playbook
Turn insight into action through practical sessions, real operating examples, and workshops focused on the decisions business leaders are making now.
01Operator Keynotes
Hear what leaders are actually doing, what worked, and what they would do differently.
Speakers Announced Soon
02Hands-On AI Workshops
Work through real business challenges, not technical exercises.
2 Days of Sessions & Workshops
03Solutions Worth Knowing
A curated look at tools and platforms solving real business problems.
AI-Native Tools
04Your Inner Circle
Build relationships with people you can keep learning from after the event ends.
By Invitation
What You Will Gain
Stop Thinking Incrementally.
This shift is bigger than the advent of the Internet.
Understand how big this moment really is, what AI is changing about the way companies operate and compete, and how to translate those shifts into smarter decisions for your business.
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What Is Creating Value Now
Where AI is producing real business results.
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What Is Changing Next
The capabilities and shifts that could reset the decision again.
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What Your Business Needs to Rethink
Where teams, workflows, products, and operating models may no longer hold.
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Where the Opportunity Is
New products, business models, partnerships, and markets worth watching.
Rethink, Reimagine, and Rewire Your Business for the AI Era.
Come to understand the shift. Come to challenge your thinking. Come to work through real problems, build meaningful relationships, and have some fun while creating what comes next.
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The Ideas Start On Stage.The Breakthroughs Happens
The Breakthroughs Happens
In The Room.
From hands-on activations to curated roundtables — the real breakthroughs happen when you go beyond the keynote.
Immersive AI Demos
Experience what the technology can actually do.
Working Sessions + Roundtables
Pressure-test real business challenges with peers and experts.
The AI BusinessCon Community
Keep learning from the people and conversations after the event ends.
Business. Reimagined. With a Beat.
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What Market Shapers Are Saying
"There's going to be two types of companies: those great at AI, and everybody else that they put out of business."
Mark Cuban
Entrepreneur & Investor · Founder, Cost Plus Drugs
— CNBC, 2025
Sponsor With Us
Download the 2027 Prospectus
Put Your Brand in the Room Where Business Leaders Are Making the Next Decisions.
Download the 2027 ProspectusAI BusinessCon™ works with a select group of sponsors who partner with us to help business leaders understand, implement, and respond to how AI is changing business.
Reach a curated audience of CEOs, founders, operators, investors, and senior decision-makers through thought leadership, executive experiences, working sessions, and year-round visibility.
Limited sponsorships. Selected for strategic fit.
Founder & Curator
Built to Close the Gap.
Seema Alexander has spent years at the intersection of business and emerging technology, from helping lead DC Startup & Tech Week and advising Magick ML, one of the earliest agentic development environments, to now leading Disruptive AI, where she helps ship intelligent systems, guides established organizations through transformation, and advises AI-native companies.
That vantage point exposed a critical gap between the people shaping what AI makes possible and the leaders accountable for what happens next.
She coined this moment The Great Business Rewiring™ and created AI BusinessCon™ to bring those worlds into one independent, business-first conversation.
This is not a technology shift. It is a fundamental shift in how businesses operate, create value, and compete.
More at seemaalexander.com
Leadership
Shaped by Leaders Across the AI + Business Ecosystem.
AI BusinessCon™ is being shaped alongside experienced leaders across enterprise AI, economic development, venture building, entrepreneurship, investment, and workforce transformation.
Kristina Francis
CEO, Kin & Commons
Former Executive Director, JFF Labs
Future of work & workforce transformation
Anna Nissinen
Chief Economic Development Officer & Director
Arlington Economic Development
Regional innovation & economic development
Jennifer Ives
CEO, The JSI Group
Former Vice President of AI, Partnerships for Public Service
Enterprise adoption & data
Jerome Johnson, II
Director of Professional Services, AWS
U.S. Federal, Defense & Aerospace
Cloud & defense AI infrastructure
Esther Lee
CEO, Crimson Tiger
Global Policy & Public Affairs Leader
Global AI policy & public affairs
Catherine McMillan
Founding Director, AI Collective
AI ecosystem & community building
AI ecosystem development & inclusion
Rob Richardson
CEO, Disruption Now
Founder, MidWestCon
Entrepreneurship & investor networks
JOIN THE SIGNAL
Rethink. Reimagine. Rewire.
Understand the shift. Challenge your thinking. Work through real problems. Find the opportunities worth pursuing.
Questions? Read the FAQ