Online Event
Guardrails: AI Governance & Cybersecurity for Startups
Helping AI-native startups build responsibly
Date
May 28, 2026
Time
05:00 pm - 07:00 pm
Address
Online Event
Caribbean founders, executives, and innovators tackle the biggest questions shaping the AI era: cybersecurity, AI governance, regulation, trust, and risk. Learn how AI-native startups can move fast without compromising security or compliance. Join industry leaders, legal experts, cybersecurity professionals, and startup operators for bold conversations on building the future of AI responsibly. Featuring Neil Sumaru, Samantha Deoraj, Areeb Ahmad and Mellissa Lezama. Moderated by Rawle Annandsingh.
What You'll Learn:
- Understand how AI is reshaping finance, geopolitics, and institutional power, and what startups must do to navigate governance and sovereign risk in the AI era with insights from Neil Sumaru.
- Learn how leading organizations are using cybersecurity, zero trust, and secure infrastructure to protect AI systems and turn security into a competitive advantage from Samantha Deoraj.
- Discover how startups can navigate AI governance, fintech regulation, digital assets, and cross-border compliance while scaling globally from Areeb Ahmad.
- Explore how AI is transforming leadership, employment, compliance, and the future of work, and what founders must do to build resilient organizations with Mellissa Lezama.
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The Founder Institute is the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses. Since 2009, our structured accelerator programs have helped over 9,000 entrepreneurs raise over 2BN in funding. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 100 countries, our mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated people to build impactful technology companies worldwide.
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