Online Event
How to Turn Your Industry Expertise Into an AI Startup
Name one problem from your own industry and test if AI makes it a company worth building.
Date
Oct 15, 2026
Time
05:00 am - 06:00 am
Address
Online Event
After years in one industry, you know problems that outsiders never see: the workarounds, the manual steps, the things everyone complains about and nobody fixes. That knowledge is the hardest part of a startup to copy.
This is a hands-on workshop. You will name one problem from your own industry, check whether AI makes it solvable now, and leave with a short list of people to talk to next week to test it.
Register now and bring one problem you have seen for years.
What You'll Learn:
- How to list the problems in your industry that people already pay to work around
- How to judge whether AI makes one of them solvable today
- Why domain experts have an edge over technical founders in the first months
- How to write the problem in one sentence a customer would agree with
- Who to talk to next week to test it, and what to ask them
Who Should Attend:
- Professionals with 5 or more years in one industry
- Domain experts who have spotted a problem but never started a company
- People without a technical background or a co-founder
- Employees thinking about building something of their own
Additional Resources: For more information about the investors, accelerators, incubators, and tech events available in Central Eastern Europe, see our list of Startup Resources. Can you say your problem in one line? Write it with our One-Sentence Pitch tool. Ready to test it? Try our AI Skills for founders for idea validation and go-to-market plans.
About Founder Institute: The Founder Institute is the World's Largest AI-Native Company Builder, giving idea-stage, first-time founders, and employees making the leap to entrepreneurship the tools, global network, and proven methodology to build an AI-powered startup from zero to funding. Since 2009, our structured programs have helped over 9,000 founders across 100 countries raise more than $2BN in funding. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 6 continents, our mission is to empower talented and motivated people everywhere to build impactful, AI-powered companies.
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