The AI Playbook: Building a Secure Foundation for Generative AI

While the potential of Artificial Intelligence is vast, successfully implementing it requires a solid, strategic foundation. In this educational session, we will break down the complexities of Gen AI into a practical, high-level playbook designed for startups and growing organizations.

Rather than a deep-dive coding workshop, we will explore the core infrastructure components necessary to bring your AI initiatives to life, culminating in a real-world demonstration.

Topics covered include:

  • Data Readiness & Security: How to properly ingest, curate, and protect your proprietary data to fuel AI tools.
  • Large Language Models (LLMs): Understanding how to effectively leverage and integrate foundation models for your specific use cases.
  • AI Agents & Architecture: The fundamental building blocks and interoperability required for creating actionable AI workflows.
  • From Concept to Execution: Identifying real business challenges and bridging the gap between high-level concepts and tangible solutions.

 

📅 Thursday, September 24, 2026
⏰ 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
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Who Should Attend:

This session is designed for a broad audience within the startup ecosystem, including founders, business leaders, tech influencers, and teams ranging from entry-level to general technical acuity. No advanced engineering prerequisite is required, just an interest in solving real-world business challenges using AI.

Come Prepared

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Speakers:
Oracle

Dan Murray, Cloud Solutions Engineer

With decades of experience developing startups, Dan has broad experience IT engineering, cloud solution architecture, and ISV service creation and delivery. Currently, he is a cloud solutions engineering leader at Oracle, where he provides use case assessment and solutions architecture across a broad range of commercial and enterprise industries.

Oracle

Bernie Castro, Cloud Solutions Engineer

Bernie is an enterprise cloud engineer at Oracle with over 4 years of experience helping companies adopt cloud strategies, optimize their tech stack, and innovate the way they operate.

Whether supporting a complete cloud migration or developing new workloads, he has helped clients utilize OCI to drive business results and overcome technical challenges.

In his private time, Bernie enjoys disconnecting by going on hikes with his 3 dogs.

Connect with Oracle account representatives:

Connect with Oracle account representatives: Discuss your organization’s AI and cloud priorities during the session.

  • Ana Jacobson, OCI Commercial Account Representative, Oracle
  • Stephen Harper, OCI Commercial Account Representative, Oracle
  • Michael Shields, Regional Vice President of OCI Commercial East, Oracle