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The AI panelists dropped serious knowledge last Saturday, and the networking was next-level! ⚡ Over the weekend, a coalition of tech nonprofits took over San Francisco’s new Homebrew Club coworking space in Union Square for a day of deep-dive professional networking, an AI workshop, and an insightful panel discussion. The biggest takeaway? The appetite for building AI in all communities, for all communities, is real. Special thanks to Out in AI, StartOut, and the Innovation Lab for bringing this ecosystem together and letting me introduce The AI Collective to the community. A massive shoutout to our incredible panelists for sharing their insights: • Anthony Garcia (Moderator) • Steve Wheen (CEO, distillery & Board Member, Outversed) • Nico Maffey (Co-founder, Sequencer Media) • Travis Tallent (Founder, Out in AI & DayNova AI) I'm also incredibly grateful for the community support from Mary Douglas • Customer Experience Strategist - Regional Brand Activations - NPO Advocate, Dawn Dzurilla, Brad Hayden, Erick Davidson, Bill Raymond, Elliot Glass, and those who came by to check out the event, including Dylan Peters, Jack S. Song, Theresa Anoje, Kevin T., Brad Dressler, Jack Lamarre, David J. Park, and everyone else who showed up and leveled up the room. Can't wait for the next one! 🚀 #ArtificialIntelligence #SanFrancisco #TechFounders #AICollective #Networking

Heading to Stripe Sessions this Wednesday in San Francisco! Looking forward to connecting with partners, founders, and teams shaping what’s next in payments, fintech, and beyond. If you’ll be there (or around SF), let’s grab a coffee. #WeAredistillery #stripesessions #stripesessions2026

This week we’re on the ground at Google Cloud Next in Las Vegas filming 50+ customer interviews. The brief sounds simple: understand how companies are actually using AI. Early pattern: access isn’t the problem anymore. Most teams now have the tools. The friction shows up in the work itself – where AI either replaces a step or quietly adds one. That gap between “we have AI” and “we actually use it” is where things stall. If you’re here at Next, we’re tracking a few sessions that seem closest to that problem: April 23, 10:30 AM • Agentic Transformation in the Public Sector.  April 24, 8:30 AM • Beyond the Pilot: Why Experiments Don’t Make it Into Production April 24, 12:15 PM • Integrating AI Agents Into Workspace With Chat What’s been harder for your team? Access to AI, or actually changing how the work gets done? We’ll be talking to teams all week – find distillery in Las Vegas and let’s compare notes. #GoogleCloudNext #Next2026 #FutureOfWork #AIAdoption #wearedistillery

Heading to Las Vegas for Google Cloud Next '26? Here are distillery's three sessions for leaders who are ready to embrace security’s potential for innovation: ▸ Agent identity as the backbone for secure AI innovation — When AI agents start making decisions inside your business, who owns their identity? Join Shaun Liu and Ravi Shah to learn how to unify human and non-human identities into one secure platform April 22, 1:30 PM ▸ Strictly confidential: supercharging AI without spilling secrets — How do you protect data while it's actively being used? Sam Lugani, Ranjit Narjala, and Daniel Rohrer demonstrate how confidential computing keeps your sensitive models encrypted during processing. April 22, 2:45 PM ▸ Agentic threat intelligence: Your new AI security teammate — An AI that hunts threats, analyzes malware, and writes incident reports while your team focuses on strategy. This session shows you exactly how to deploy it. April 22, 4:00 PM with VicenteDiaz, AlexPabst Security used to be the thing that slowed everything down. In 2026, that changes. Are you building a secure-by-design future, or still putting out fires? Drop a comment below or shoot me a DM and let's catch up in Las Vegas. #GoogleCloudNext #Next2026 #CyberSecurity #AgenticDefense #wearedistillery