[Live]

In-person | 3h

Guest speaker: Mario Meir-Huber, AI & Data Leader
Economics of AI – Financial & Enterprise Value Creation.

In this members-only edition of Cross Corporate Circle, Mario Meir-Huber brings a business-first perspective on the Economics of AI, grounded in his hands-on experience leading Data & AI in large organizations and his work as author and lecturer.

Mario delivers a practical, executive-level framework for turning AI investments into measurable enterprise value. Many AI initiatives begin with strong executive sponsorship and significant investment, yet fail to generate sustained impact. The root cause is rarely the model itself. It is the disconnect between financial value and organizational readiness.

What we will explore:

• Test whether an AI business case is economically robust (Napkin Test)
• Identify hidden margin erosion (dual-run costs, technical debt, platform entropy)
• Assess feasibility across Governance, Architecture and People
• Position initiatives on the Value–Feasibility Matrix before capital is committed
• Translate foundation investments into defensible board-level value logic

The VANE Loop Framework gives a single, visual language to connect what an AI use case is worth with what your organization can actually deliver, and to make that connection visible to every stakeholder in the room, from the CFO to the platform team.

We’ll start with an uncomfortable truth: if your AI business case needs a 47-tab spreadsheet, you don’t understand it well enough. You’ll learn the Napkin Test — a radically simple approach to unit economics that survives real scrutiny and discover the hidden costs that silently kill AI margins: dual-run taxes, technical debt and platform entropy that nobody tracks until it’s too late. Then we flip to the other side, feasibility. Not just “can we build it?” but the full picture – Governance, Architecture and People. Because an AI model that works in a notebook but can’t be governed, operated or adopted in the real world isn’t feasible. It’s a demo.

The magic happens where these two dimensions meet. You’ll plot use cases on the Value–Feasibility matrix, identify your Stars, your Challengers and your No-Go Zones and walk away knowing exactly how to tell your board: “If we invest €1.5M into the foundations, we unlock €45M in value.” That’s a message that moves budgets.

Finally, we close the loop: a continuous steering rhythm inspired by military strategy that keeps your AI portfolio aligned with reality, because in AI a plan that’s right today is wrong next quarter. Come ready to challenge your assumptions. Leave with a framework that actually works.

Who should join

• Strategy and transformation leaders

• Executives responsible for AI and data initiatives

• Decision-makers shaping enterprise AI portfolios
  

• Senior leaders responsible for enterprise competitiveness

• Innovation leaders and digital portfolio

Format

A focused session for corporates already implementing AI delivering a Vane Loop Framework for stronger AI investment decisions, better alignment. and fewer write-offs.
Challenge your assumptions and leave with a framework that actually works.

In-person. Peer exchange. Structured discussion.

Cross Corporate Circle is an exclusive in-person format for weXelerate members.
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