AI Is Running in Your Enterprise.
But Is It Working?
A candid, peer-led conversation for CTO and CIO leaders on the operational realities of enterprise AI — the hidden failure points, the compounding costs, and what it actually takes to move from experimentation to enterprise-grade scale.
DATE
Thursday, June 25, 2026
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Mountain Time
Venue
Water Grill · Denver Colorado
1900 16th St Mall
Format
Moderated Roundtable
15–20 Executives Only
Most Enterprise AI Programs Are Failing Quietly
Not loudly. Not dramatically. Quietly — one ungoverned pilot, one missed data dependency, one invisible infrastructure cost at a time. If you’re a CTO or CIO today, you already know this. The question is what to do about it.
Despite record AI investment, the same pattern repeats across industries: aggressive budgets, early pilot wins, and then a slow grind against data chaos, governance debt, and infrastructure costs nobody planned for. The gap isn’t ambition. The gap is the operating model.
"A designer built in four weeks what a product team had tried to ship for three years — using an AI tool nobody approved. That's not an innovation story. That's what happens when the operating model hasn't caught up with the ambition."
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Four Realities. One Compounding Problem.
Your data isn't ready — and AI can't outrun that
Pilots work. Platforms don't exist. Nobody talks about the gap.
Shadow AI is already inside your enterprise — and you can't see it
AI infrastructure costs accumulate silently until the CFO asks
Panelists & Moderator
Gary Clark
Mark Hydar
Angshuman Patra
Mike Jackson
The Converged Platform —
Built for Exactly This Problem
Unified Data Connectivity
AI Catalog & Controlled Environments
Real-Time Cost Attribution
Prompt to Real & Low-Code Building
Agentic AI & Autonomous Workflows
Observability & Production Control
How the Roundtable Runs
A peer conversation — moderated, candid, and structured to go somewhere. Not a panel. Not a pitch.
01.
Networking & Introductions
Informal peer connections facilitated by the NStarX team. Drinks and light bites upon arrival.
02.
The Honest State of Enterprise AI
Moderated by Mike Jackson. Panelists Gary Clark, Mark Hydar, and Angshuman Patra lead a candid discussion on the operational realities of enterprise AI — what's working, what's failing quietly, and what it actually takes to scale. Open floor to the room throughout.
03.
The 90-Day Question
One forward-looking prompt to the table: If you could make one structural change to how your organization runs AI in the next 90 days — what is the single biggest thing standing in your way?
04.
Dinner is Served
Dinner served concurrently through the closing roundtable and into the platform demo — Water Grill's signature menu in an intimate private dining setting.
05.
NStarX Platform Demo + Networking & Q&A
Live demonstration of the NStarX Converged Platform against a real enterprise scenario — not a feature tour. Open Q&A and peer networking to close the evening. No hard asks. Optional next steps available to every attendee.
Useful Whether You Partner
with NStarX or Not
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A Shared Framework
Language for AI governance, cost attribution, and scale that holds up in a board conversation — not just a technical one.
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A Diagnostic Lens
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A Platform Reference
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A Peer Network
Water Grill Denver
Water Grill
at Market Station
1900 16th St Mall, Denver, Colorado 80202Covered valet parking available at the Market Station Garage (corner of Blake St. & 16th St. Mall).
Thursday, June 25, 2026
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Mountain Time
By Invitation Only
15–20 Executives Maximum
Moderated Executive Roundtable + Dinner
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