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I speak about
operator reality.

Operator economics. AI agent teams. Building solo at scale.
Real numbers, real stack, no theater. 20+ years building tech companies. 36 agents running five brands right now.

// what I cover
topic 01
Operator economics: the math behind running agents instead of headcount
$420k in salaries → $12k/year in compute. What the unit economics actually look like when you replace four hires with 36 agents. Real P&L. No rounding.
topic 02
Building AI agent teams — self-hosted, cloud, and everything between
Multi-agent orchestration across OpenAI, Anthropic, and self-hosted infrastructure. How to architect systems that run without babysitting. Tools, workflows, failure modes.
topic 03
Building solo at scale — one operator, five brands, 24/7 autonomous
What changes when code stops being the bottleneck. How to run five companies without a team — using agents for taste-work, operations, and customer touch. The operator's mindset shift.
// past talks
Collision Conference · 2019 · Toronto
Can Guest WiFi Save Brick-and-Mortar?
Main stage · WiFi marketing, captive portals, customer data
// more talks coming — in the meantime, see kevinz.ai/about for background
// formats
keynote
30–45 min
Full talk with slides. Covers one topic end-to-end with audience Q&A. Available with live demo of the agent stack.
panel
30–60 min
AI adoption, operator vs builder mindsets, cost of inaction. Strong opinions, real numbers, no buzzwords.
workshop
half-day
Hands-on. Audience maps their own agent opportunity, builds a minimal workflow. Limited capacity.
podcast / interview
45–90 min
Operator war stories. Live from the Mac Mini. Raw stack, real costs, honest takes on what actually works.

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