# Event Details

- **Event Name**: AI Can Build It. Can You Lead It?
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 27 Aug, 2026 at 10:30 am – Thu, 27 Aug, 2026 at 11:30 am
- **Event Description**: ? AI Can Build It. Can You Lead It?
​Thursday, August 27th | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Exponential Impact HQ | Colorado Springs, CO

​A working session on what your job becomes at each stage of building with AI, ending with a live check on your own idea.

​You built something with AI. It works, until it doesn't, and every new feature breaks the last one. Now you're stuck on the questions that actually cost money: Do I hire an engineer? A dev shop? Can AI just do it? How do I make sure I'm not sinking months into something that isn't what I wanted? And once real customers depend on it, how do I keep shipping fast without breaking what already works?

​Every software product moves through four phases: prototype, MVP, paying customers, and scaling. AI's real job is different in each one. What works in one phase is exactly what breaks you in the next, and most founders are running a phase behind where they actually are. Ala Stolpnik has mapped these phases building with AI as the founder of Wisary and coaching early-stage teams as a fractional CTO, after years leading engineering at companies like Google and Roblox.

​One of those phases decides whether what gets built is what you actually meant: the MVP, when you first hand your idea to an engineer or point AI at building it. So the session ends there, on your idea, not a hypothetical: bring a laptop and something you're working on, and run it through a live readiness check that scores how ready it is to build. Whatever you hand off is what gets built, so vague in, vague out. You'll leave knowing your stage, what AI should be doing there, and where your own idea really stands, so what you build next is what you meant.

​Event Details
​? Thursday, August 27th
? 10:30 – 11:30 AM
? Exponential Impact HQ
3650 N Nevada Ave
Colorado Springs, CO 80907

​Registration is required. PLEASE USE THE LUMA LINK TO REGISTER!

​Who Is This Session For
​For Colorado founders and early-stage teams, whether you're already building with AI or still figuring out what adopting it would take. Bring a laptop and an idea you're working on.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/colorado-springs/ai-can-build-it-can-you-lead-it/200030482010122
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Colorado Springs
- **state**: CO
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Exponential Impact
- **lat**: 38.88389
- **long**: -104.82066
- **full address**: Exponential Impact, 3650 N. Nevada Ave.,Colorado Springs,CO,United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is AI Can Build It. Can You Lead It? being held?
  - **A:** AI Can Build It. Can You Lead It? takes place on Thu, 27 Aug, 2026 at 10:30 am to Thu, 27 Aug, 2026 at 11:30 am at Exponential Impact, 3650 N. Nevada Ave.,Colorado Springs,CO,United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing AI Can Build It. Can You Lead It??
  - **A:** AI Can Build It. Can You Lead It? is organized by Southern Colorado Startup.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** AI Can Build It. Can You Lead It? is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Colorado Springs, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If AI Can Build It. Can You Lead It? sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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