We had a great experience at the Corporate Startup Lab ROAI Conference at the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University!
Keynote speaker Andrew Moore (CEO of Lovelace AI) spoke on theme of ROAI (Return on AI). A key takeaway: change management as we know it is not working for AI in 2026.
Here are our three biggest insights from ROAI:
1. Many companies are using layoffs to "force" AI adoption. This isn't a strategy— it’s a reaction. Real progress requires redesigning how work actually happens, not just cutting the people who do it.
2. AI implementation is often treated as a background task or grouped with maintenance. If it doesn't have a dedicated budget and a spot on the primary product roadmap, it will always lose to "urgent" daily fires.
3. Corporate roadmaps usually look 3–5 years out. But when the tools you use today might be replaced in six months, that long-term planning leads to indecision. The tech is moving faster than the approval cycles.
Agilow looks forward to continuing exploring emerging technologies and learning from industry leaders. Here's to more great events like this!