State of AI Innovation: What's Actually Working in 2025
We surveyed 250 leading CTOs and AI leaders on their top AI challenges, areas of investment, and how they’re driving ROI in 2025. In this webinar, we’ll uncover what the most successful organizations are doing differently.
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Our latest research finds AI innovation at a crossroads.
Tech leaders are dramatically increasing AI investments in 2025 — most by 50% or more. But 85% have already had to delay critical AI initiatives due to talent constraints.
That's just one finding from our in-depth survey of 250 engineering and AI leaders. The full research reveals what successful organizations are doing differently — with a rare, in-depth look into talent strategy, team structures, ROI, and specific areas of investment.
On February 20th, join A.Team and Riviera Partners for an exclusive first look at our 2025 State of AI Innovation Report. You'll discover:
- Why traditional hiring models are breaking down—and how top CTOs are building teams that ship AI faster
- The team structures that make organizations 2x more likely to reach advanced stages of AI innovation
- Which AI investments are delivering the fastest ROI (and which are falling short)
- The capabilities engineering leaders across 27 industries are prioritizing for 2025
Plus: An expert panel of CTOs and AI experts who've successfully build high-performing AI teams and scaled production deployments will share their playbook for escaping "prototype purgatory" and paving the path to success.
Attendees will get exclusive first access to our 2025 State of AI Innovation Report. Sign up today to secure your spot — seats are limited.
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Agenda
12 pm: Research reveal
12:15: Expert Panel
12:35: Audience Q&A
State of AI Innovation: What's Actually Working in 2025
February 20, 2025
12-1PM EST
Thursday, February 20, 2025
12-1PM EST
Event Location
Virtual
Streaming Live
Agenda
12 pm: Research reveal
12:15: Expert Panel
12:35: Audience Q&A
Our Speakers
Joe Lazer
Head of Content at A.Team
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Joe Lazer is the Fractional Head of Content at A.Team and the best-selling author of The Storytelling Edge.
Vineet Sinha
Fractional CTO at A.Team, Former Head of Strategic Innovation at Salesforce
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Vineet is a passionate coder and proponent of rethinking interfaces for users. He has spent the last ten years building intuitive and innovative interfaces for users to understand and work with large pieces of information. He has done these at Microsoft, Accenture Technology Labs, Motorola, as well as the focus for his PhD at MIT CSAIL.
Nik Laufer Edel
Fractional Product Lead at A.Team
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Nik’s recent work has focused on AI-first strategy and product discovery, helping organizations disrupt themselves and build competitive moats. Previously, he led the redesign at Lyft and Udemy, using research and data to inform customer-centric decisions that moved business metrics.
Kyle Langworthy
Head of AI, ML & Data at Riviera Partners
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With 15+ years in executive search, Kyle leads the AI, ML & Data practice at Riviera Partners, helping Fortune 10, public, and top VC- and PE-backed companies build high-impact leadership teams that drive growth and innovation. Clients include Databricks, Snowflake, Google, Sisu, ASAPP, Clari, Ambient, Hyperscience, Scale, Labelbox, Socure, and Grammarly.
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Joe Lazer
Head of Content at A.Team
Vineet Sinha
Fractional CTO at A.Team, Former Head of Strategic Innovation at Salesforce
Nik Laufer Edel
Fractional Product Lead at A.Team
Kyle Langworthy
Head of AI, ML & Data at Riviera Partners
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State of AI Innovation: What's Actually Working in 2025
We surveyed 250 leading CTOs and AI leaders on their top AI challenges, areas of investment, and how they’re driving ROI in 2025. In this webinar, we’ll uncover what the most successful organizations are doing differently.
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