💰 The Economics of AI: ROI, Costs, and Scaling Reality
Hosted by Tech Series AI
📍 Life Time Work Sandy Springs
📅 Thursday, June 18, 2026
⏱ 4:00 PM – 7:30 PM
🎟 Tickets from $15
🌐 Learn more at techseries.ai
Overview
Now entering its fifth event, Tech Series AI continues to build momentum as a curated gathering for Atlanta’s founders, executives, operators, investors, and technology leaders focused on the real business impact of AI.
For this session, we are moving beyond the excitement around AI adoption and into the economics behind it: ROI, cost, efficiency, implementation, and what it actually takes to scale AI inside a modern company.
The core question:
What is AI actually worth?
As companies move beyond experimentation, the conversation is shifting from AI tools and demos to measurable business outcomes, operating efficiency, implementation costs, and real return on investment.
This session explores the economics of AI inside modern companies, including ROI, cost structure, automation, infrastructure, team adoption, scaling challenges, and what it actually takes to turn AI from an experiment into a business advantage.
Tech Series AI is Atlanta’s premier AI business event series, bringing together executives, founders, and operators building the AI-native companies of the future.
This event is designed for leaders asking:
Where is AI creating real financial return today?
What are the hidden costs of AI adoption?
How should companies measure ROI from automation and AI systems?
When does AI reduce costs, and when does it create new complexity?
What should leaders prioritize in the next 6–12 months?
Not hype.
Not theory.
Real economics. Real execution.
🧠 What This Session Covers
The true cost of AI implementation
Where AI is driving measurable ROI today
How companies should think about automation, efficiency, and margin expansion
Build vs. buy decisions for AI tools, workflows, and infrastructure
Why many AI pilots fail to turn into business value
How leadership teams should evaluate AI spend
What it takes to scale AI from isolated use cases into operating systems
🗓 Event Experience
4:00 – 5:15 PM | Arrival, Registration & Networking + Vendor Showcase
Guest check-in and registration
Bar and refreshments open
Curated networking with founders, operators, executives, and technology leaders
Partner and community engagement inside Life Time Work Sandy Springs
5:30 – 6:30 PM | Main Program
Welcome and framing
Featured keynote or executive fireside chat
Panel discussion on AI ROI, costs, and scaling reality
Builder or operator spotlight featuring real implementation lessons
6:30 – 7:30 PM | Networking Reception
Speaker conversations
Sponsor and partner engagement
Intentional networking with Atlanta’s founder, executive, and innovation community
👥 Who Should Attend
Founders building AI-enabled companies
Executives responsible for growth, efficiency, and profitability
Operators managing technology, systems, and workflows
Product, marketing, finance, and operations leaders
Enterprise innovation and transformation teams
AI practitioners focused on implementation and business impact
Investors and advisors evaluating AI-enabled business models
Companies exploring AI adoption, automation, and operational efficiency
🌟 Why Attend
✅ Understand the Real ROI of AI
Learn where AI is creating measurable business value and where companies are overspending.
✅ Get Practical Scaling Insights
Hear how leaders are moving from AI experiments to repeatable, scalable systems.
✅ Learn the Cost Side of AI
Understand infrastructure, tooling, implementation, training, and operational costs.
✅ Connect with Atlanta’s Business & Technology Ecosystem
Meet founders, executives, operators, investors, and AI practitioners building the future of business.
✅ Leave with Clear Priorities
Walk away with practical ideas for what your company should invest in next.
🔑 Key Questions We’ll Answer
What does real AI ROI look like?
How should companies calculate the cost of AI adoption?
Where is AI actually improving margins and efficiency?
When should companies build vs. buy?
What are the hidden costs of implementation?
How do companies scale AI without creating operational chaos?
What should leaders prioritize in the next 90–180 days?
🎟 Tickets
Tickets start at $15.
Includes event access, refreshments, networking reception, and access to one of Atlanta’s most dynamic professional communities.
Register and learn more at techseries.ai.
🤝 Sponsorship Opportunities Available
Sponsorship opportunities are available for companies looking to get in front of Atlanta’s founders, executives, AI builders, operators, investors, and business leaders.
Sponsors receive brand visibility, event presence, community access, and opportunities to engage directly with attendees before, during, and after the event.
This is a strong fit for companies in AI, software, consulting, venture capital, cloud, data, infrastructure, finance, recruiting, real estate, coworking, hospitality, and B2B services.
To learn more about sponsoring Tech Series AI, visit techseries.ai or contact Ethan Cortazzo
directly.
Hosted by
Tech Series AI, powered by GetNetworked, in partnership with Life Time Work Sandy Springs.
About Tech Series AI
Tech Series AI is Atlanta’s AI business event series for executives, founders, operators, builders, and technology leaders focused on the future of business.
Each event is designed to move beyond hype and create practical conversations around AI adoption, execution, ROI, leadership, operations, and the systems modern companies need to compete in an AI-native world.
Learn more at techseries.ai.
About GetNetworked
GetNetworked helps founders, operators, organizations, and event hosts create intentional in-person experiences.
The platform makes it easier to discover curated events, connect with the right people, manage attendees, build community, and turn live events into long-term relationships.
This is not about collecting contacts.
It is about building a real network.
Real rooms.
Real conversations.
Real relationships.
Get out. Get Networked.
💰 The Economics of AI: ROI, Costs, and Scaling Reality
Hosted by Tech Series AI
📍 Life Time Work Sandy Springs
📅 Thursday, June 18, 2026
⏱ 4:00 PM – 7:30 PM
🎟 Tickets from $15
🌐 Learn more at techseries.ai
Overview
Now entering its fifth event, Tech Series AI continues to build momentum as a curated gathering for Atlanta’s founders, executives, operators, investors, and technology leaders focused on the real business impact of AI.
For this session, we are moving beyond the excitement around AI adoption and into the economics behind it: ROI, cost, efficiency, implementation, and what it actually takes to scale AI inside a modern company.
The core question:
What is AI actually worth?
As companies move beyond experimentation, the conversation is shifting from AI tools and demos to measurable business outcomes, operating efficiency, implementation costs, and real return on investment.
This session explores the economics of AI inside modern companies, including ROI, cost structure, automation, infrastructure, team adoption, scaling challenges, and what it actually takes to turn AI from an experiment into a business advantage.
Tech Series AI is Atlanta’s premier AI business event series, bringing together executives, founders, and operators building the AI-native companies of the future.
This event is designed for leaders asking:
Where is AI creating real financial return today?
What are the hidden costs of AI adoption?
How should companies measure ROI from automation and AI systems?
When does AI reduce costs, and when does it create new complexity?
What should leaders prioritize in the next 6–12 months?
Not hype.
Not theory.
Real economics. Real execution.
🧠 What This Session Covers
The true cost of AI implementation
Where AI is driving measurable ROI today
How companies should think about automation, efficiency, and margin expansion
Build vs. buy decisions for AI tools, workflows, and infrastructure
Why many AI pilots fail to turn into business value
How leadership teams should evaluate AI spend
What it takes to scale AI from isolated use cases into operating systems
🗓 Event Experience
4:00 – 5:15 PM | Arrival, Registration & Networking + Vendor Showcase
Guest check-in and registration
Bar and refreshments open
Curated networking with founders, operators, executives, and technology leaders
Partner and community engagement inside Life Time Work Sandy Springs
5:30 – 6:30 PM | Main Program
Welcome and framing
Featured keynote or executive fireside chat
Panel discussion on AI ROI, costs, and scaling reality
Builder or operator spotlight featuring real implementation lessons
6:30 – 7:30 PM | Networking Reception
Speaker conversations
Sponsor and partner engagement
Intentional networking with Atlanta’s founder, executive, and innovation community
👥 Who Should Attend
Founders building AI-enabled companies
Executives responsible for growth, efficiency, and profitability
Operators managing technology, systems, and workflows
Product, marketing, finance, and operations leaders
Enterprise innovation and transformation teams
AI practitioners focused on implementation and business impact
Investors and advisors evaluating AI-enabled business models
Companies exploring AI adoption, automation, and operational efficiency
🌟 Why Attend
✅ Understand the Real ROI of AI
Learn where AI is creating measurable business value and where companies are overspending.
✅ Get Practical Scaling Insights
Hear how leaders are moving from AI experiments to repeatable, scalable systems.
✅ Learn the Cost Side of AI
Understand infrastructure, tooling, implementation, training, and operational costs.
✅ Connect with Atlanta’s Business & Technology Ecosystem
Meet founders, executives, operators, investors, and AI practitioners building the future of business.
✅ Leave with Clear Priorities
Walk away with practical ideas for what your company should invest in next.
🔑 Key Questions We’ll Answer
What does real AI ROI look like?
How should companies calculate the cost of AI adoption?
Where is AI actually improving margins and efficiency?
When should companies build vs. buy?
What are the hidden costs of implementation?
How do companies scale AI without creating operational chaos?
What should leaders prioritize in the next 90–180 days?
🎟 Tickets
Tickets start at $15.
Includes event access, refreshments, networking reception, and access to one of Atlanta’s most dynamic professional communities.
Register and learn more at techseries.ai.
🤝 Sponsorship Opportunities Available
Sponsorship opportunities are available for companies looking to get in front of Atlanta’s founders, executives, AI builders, operators, investors, and business leaders.
Sponsors receive brand visibility, event presence, community access, and opportunities to engage directly with attendees before, during, and after the event.
This is a strong fit for companies in AI, software, consulting, venture capital, cloud, data, infrastructure, finance, recruiting, real estate, coworking, hospitality, and B2B services.
To learn more about sponsoring Tech Series AI, visit techseries.ai or contact Ethan Cortazzo
directly.
Hosted by
Tech Series AI, powered by GetNetworked, in partnership with Life Time Work Sandy Springs.
About Tech Series AI
Tech Series AI is Atlanta’s AI business event series for executives, founders, operators, builders, and technology leaders focused on the future of business.
Each event is designed to move beyond hype and create practical conversations around AI adoption, execution, ROI, leadership, operations, and the systems modern companies need to compete in an AI-native world.
Learn more at techseries.ai.
About GetNetworked
GetNetworked helps founders, operators, organizations, and event hosts create intentional in-person experiences.
The platform makes it easier to discover curated events, connect with the right people, manage attendees, build community, and turn live events into long-term relationships.
This is not about collecting contacts.
It is about building a real network.
Real rooms.
Real conversations.
Real relationships.
Get out. Get Networked.