18/05/2026

AI and the Rise of the Entrepreneurial Workforce

AI is transforming how work is organized, how value is created, and how opportunity is distributed. As organizations adapt, the question is not only how to increase productivity, but how to shape workplaces that remain adaptive, human, and resilient.

This session explores the role of entrepreneurial skills and cultures of innovation in navigating this shift, and adds a critical layer: how capital is responding. What kinds of companies, tools, and models are attracting investment? Where are the real opportunities emerging, and where are risks being overlooked?

Bringing these perspectives together, the session looks at work not only as something being disrupted, but as a space actively being redesigned, by founders, organizations, and investors alike.

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