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AI Strategy & Integration Firm
Driving measurable business impact through tailored, ROI- focused AI solutions
Official Partner of @claudeai & @openai

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Ten years after our first COO Alliance event, we brought that same small group spirit to Europe for the first time

We spent 3.5 days sharing experiences, working through business challenges, and getting to know the people behind the COO title. I loved being right there in the breakouts, learning and contributing alongside our members

And we made the most of Barcelona, from exploring the city to sunset at Casa Batlló and conversations over dinner.

Thank you to everyone who showed up ready to share openly and help each other. And to my Second in Command, @meridithkuba for bringing so much care and energy to this experience.

A huge thank you to our Gold Partners, @redirecthealth, @geniusnetwork, and @cadre.ai, for supporting this community.

Barcelona, you were one for the books!

Feeling the FOMO? Join us in Vancouver, March 10–12, 2027. Registration is open at the link in bio.

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The COO Alliance is built by its members and Strategic Partners. People and companies who share our core values and are committed to helping each other grow

Looking back at COO Connect Boston, we’re grateful to the Strategic Partners who joined us

Thank you for sharing your expertise, building relationships with our members, and being part of the conversations that help COOs move their companies forward

Swipe through to meet them and explore what they bring to our community

Together, we’re here to drive massive revenue growth

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Welcome Grayson Lafrenz, Founder and CEO of Cadre AI, joining us for Day 3 of San Diego Startup Week 2026!

Grayson will share his journey as a serial entrepreneur. From building a global tech-enabled marketing firm to leading the charge in AI enablement with his latest venture. Learn what inspired Grayson to build these companies, how he overcame challenges along the way, how he built a strong team culture while delivering phenomenal business results, and what it took to grow from a bootstrapped startup to generating millions in revenue.

Join us for San Diego Startup Week happening November 2-6,2026.

🚀 Get tickets to #SDSW2026: sandiegostartupweek.org

#SanDiegoStartupWeek2026 #StartupSD #SDSW2026

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Chasing AI tools won’t transform your business if you haven’t identified the problem you’re trying to solve.

Grayson Lafrenz, CEO of @cadre.ai, explains why simple automation can sometimes create more value than AI without adding unnecessary complexity.

Watch the full conversation on my YouTube Channel
Link in bio

Learn more about our Gold Partner Cadre Ai at cadreai.com/coo

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Join us in welcoming Cadre AI to the SDSI community! Cadre is an AI strategy and implementation firm that helps businesses turn AI uncertainty into measurable results, through strategy, leadership training, and custom engineering. Say hi to the Cadre AI team around the SDSI community!

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Thanks for having us on the 2030 pod 🤝 @cadre.ai

Watch the full episode for more nerding out about wine! Link in @cadre.ai bio to listen now.

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Huge thank you to @cadre.ai for leading yesterday’s AI workshop. The room was packed with great conversations, new ideas, and practical ways to implement AI. We appreciate everyone who joined and helped make it such a valuable event.

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Interested in entrepreneurship? Apply to the 2026-2027 Lavin Entrepreneur Program!

🗓️Free 1-year program of extracurricular weekly Friday meetings
💡Open to all SDSU students & majors
🤝Mentorship
🚎Field trips and networking
🎉24/7 co-working space

You just need an interest in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Video applications due Mon, June 15, 2026
Zoom Info Session: June 1, 2026, 2pm
Both links in the Lavin bio.

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The original San Diego AI Coffee is back.

Join us Friday, May 1st, from 8-9 AM at Cadre AI HQ, an invite-only morning for AI builders to talk shop: high-level observations, technical deep-dives, and everything in between.

📍 Cadre AI
🕘 This Friday, May 1st, 8–9 AM
✅ Apply: https://luma.com/hds0f7ol

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This week on Tacos & Tech, I sit down with Grayson Lafrenz & Chad Lohrli - two of the co-founders of Cadre AI, the San Diego-based AI strategy and integration firm helping mid-market companies turn AI hype into P&L impact.

We get into why 99 out of 100 business leaders still can’t point to measurable ROI from AI, how Cadre’s pod model mirrors the playbook Grayson used to build Power Digital into a record-setting exit, and why change management - not technology - is the real bottleneck.

New episode live now https://open.substack.com/pub/risingtidepartners/p/the-ai-strategy-gap?r=17ema6&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web and link in bio

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This past weekend, SDx and @cadre.ai hosted the grand finale to the Southern California OpenClaw Showcase 🦞 The day was filled with incredible presentations, from E-Reader Tamagotchis to Deal Finder Agents, with three winners: Lalo Morales (Robot Car), Panna Felsen (Workout Coach), and Duke Zhang (Personal Palantir). Congrats to you all! 🎉

A huge thank you to @traventurr for being the mastermind behind this series, and to all the sponsors, partners and groups including Mercury Bank, @devxnetwork, and SD Tinkerers.

Stay tuned for more content from the day 😎 #aicommunity #techcommunity #aisandiego #sandiegotech

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SDx brought Y Combinator to San Diego for the first time ever. And San Diego showed up.

Three YC partners. Over 300 attendees at UCSD. Our biggest event to date.

Francois Chaubard, Harshita Arora, and Boris Jabes broke down the biggest misconceptions about startups, why you don’t need a great idea to get funded, how to find the right co-founder, whether AI is actually a bubble, and what YC really looks for when they decide who gets in.

A year ago this kind of access didn’t exist in San Diego. SDx changed that. We’re building the largest community of AI builders in Southern California and this is just the start.

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