AI is reshaping roles, not just eliminating them.
The durable advantage is judgment, not tooling. The conversation kept returning to how AI changes the shape of work.
Early momentum
Built in Tahoe. Expanding from there.
The Foundation is designed around participation, not passive consumption. This is what has already happened—and what comes next.
Who was in the room
Executives, operators, and students.
The University of Nevada, Reno Lake Tahoe roundtable brought together leaders from Oracle and The Hackett Group alongside operators and students—a deliberate mix that shaped the day. The organizations represented at the roundtable are shown below.
Panelists
Terry Jones
Founder, Travelocity.com
Kevin Lyons
Founder, Flashvote.com
Gunnar Newquist
PhD Neuroscience — Robotics, Kickmaker.fr
Marc Seewald
VP Product Management, Oracle
Jay Surface
Principal, The Hackett Group
Matt Ressmeyer
Principal, The Hackett Group
UNR Lake Tahoe — March 12. Executives from Oracle, The Hackett Group, Flashvote.com, Kickmaker.fr, Amgine.ai, and other organizations joined the conversation.
Key themes
What the day surfaced.
Tools do not replace judgment.
The most effective operators use AI to extend their thinking. Framing the question still matters more than picking the model.
The physical world, not just software.
Agents, robotics, and infrastructure point toward AI acting in the world, not only summarizing text.
Finding value at scale.
At enterprise scale, the hard problem is knowing where AI creates value and where it distracts.
“At scale, the challenge isn't access to AI—it's knowing where it actually creates value.”
More from the conversation.
We started the day with AI inside finance systems—and ended with AI reshaping society itself.
AI will fundamentally reshape almost everything we experience in business, society, and daily life.
The real shift isn't just software—it's what happens when AI interacts with the physical world.
Photo highlights
Around the roundtable.
Panels and conversations from the University of Nevada, Reno Lake Tahoe executive roundtable.
Forward momentum
The next chapter.
The Foundation's announced plans span Tahoe, San Francisco, and New York. Join event updates for the latest dates and opportunities to take part.
Announced for June 2026
University of Nevada, Reno — Lake Tahoe Public Launch
A broader activation of the Foundation model through content, community, and curated conversations.
Announced for 2026
San Francisco Activation
A satellite event bringing the Tahoe model to San Francisco operators, students, and executives.
Announced for 2026
New York Activation
A New York satellite to broaden the network and test the Foundation model in a different market.