AI Is the New Trust Boundary: STL TechWeek Reveals the Risk Shift At St. Louis TechWeek 2025, AI took center stage as industry thought leaders shared sessions warning about inputs, data health, and how agents are the new attack surface.

I went to #STLTechWeek 2025 last week and learned a lot. Here are some of the lessons I walked away with.

AI Is the New Trust Boundary: STL TechWeek Reveals the Risk Shift At St. Louis TechWeek 2025, AI took center stage as industry thought leaders shared sessions warning about inputs, data health, and how agents are the new attack surface.

What lessons did @mdwayne-real.bsky.social learn at #STLTechWeek 2025?

Here is his blog post about the experience.

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Quality Assurance Testing
Kristen Palm - Quality Specialist, Engage Software

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The Business Value of Agentic AI - A Real World Case Study
Spencer Schneidenbach - President & CTO, Aviron Software

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Cyber Resilience Workshop: Defending Against Next-Gen Threats
Scott Logan - Director of Security at NetGain Technologies

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STARTUPSTL SUMMIT

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CYBERCON: THE NEW DATA LANDSCAPE

"Revitalizing Alton, IL - The Wedge Innovation Center and Broadband Access"
J. Scot Heathman - CEO, The Wedge

They are working on making high-speed internet a standard in the Midwest, pushing us all into the future.

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CYBERCON: THE NEW DATA LANDSCAPE

Security in Open-Source Software: Exploring Tools and the Software Development Life Cycle

From Brandon Lynch - Security Engineer and Certified Ethical Hacker, Object Computing, Inc.

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CYBERCON: THE NEW DATA LANDSCAPE

Your Data Super-power: Data Storytelling
Becky Gandillon - Data Solutions Architect, Qventus

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CYBERCON: THE NEW DATA LANDSCAPE

"2025 Top Cybersecurity Trends: How to Prepare and Protect Your Organization"

from Scott Seaborn - COO, Gadellnet

Kicking off #STLTechWeek CYBERCON: THE NEW DATA LANDSCAPE

Navigating Cybersecurity & Data Leadership in 2025

Jon Newbolt - Sr. MTC Technical Architect, Microsoft Technology Center

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Using Streamlit, Snowflake's Document AI and RAG to Enhance Customer Experiences

Bradley Harris - Senior Sales Engineer, Snowflake

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The Linguistics of Large Language Models: What Your AI's Mistakes Reveal
Chaitanya Rahalkar - Software Security Engineer, Block

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Spatial Finance: The Future of Geospatial-Informed Investment & Risk Management Panel

Anthony Calamito, GEO261
Brett Lord-Castillo, Bayer Crop Science
Adam Maher, Ursa Space Systems Inc.
Justin Bennett, Pinnacle Business Strategies, LLC

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ChatGPT in Financial Crimes Investigations: Use Cases, Query Optimization, and Best Practices
from Mitch Farsad, Anti-Money Laundering Director for the Financial Intelligence Unit, Stifel Financial Corp.

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Intelligent and Predictive Failover - The Race Against Errors
from Teja Swaroop Mylavarapu - Lead Software Engineer, Capital One

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St. Louis Fintech Summit

Key Trends within e-Commerce
Ed Morrissey - Co-Owner, Chief Strategy Officer at Integrity

Each dot is a company with an offering in the marketing tech space.

Final session of the day at #STLTechWeek AI 25: BUILDING WHAT’S NEXT

Unleashing Gemini: Google Cloud's Gen AI Powerhouse
Vijaykumar Jangamashetti (VJ) - Senior Google Cloud Consulting Architect, Google

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AI 25: BUILDING WHAT’S NEXT

Beyond Traditional Systems: How AI & SAM Are Revolutionizing CRM Tools with Advanced Automations
Mark Stepp - AI Development Consultant, Technical Lead, Workflow Secrets

Ignore Previous Instructions: Embracing AI Red Teaming
David Campbell - AI Risk Security Platform Lead, Scale AI
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AI 25: BUILDING WHAT’S NEXT

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AI 25: BUILDING WHAT’S NEXT

Overcoming the Last Big Hurdle in Developer Productivity
Edward Rothschild - Co-Founder & CEO, Adronite, Inc.

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AI 25: BUILDING WHAT’S NEXT

Is Your Data Ready for AI?
Larry McLean - Chief Growth Officer, McLean Forrester

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AI 25: BUILDING WHAT’S NEXT

The WWT AI Proving Ground (AIPG)
from Jeffrey Fonke - Practice Director, Infrastructure & Cloud, World Wide Technology

AI expert panel at #STLTechWeek - AI 25: BUILDING WHAT’S NEXT

Hosed by Yao Shepherd
Featuring
Jason Bull
Dave Costenaro
Christopher Lehmuth

#STLTechWeek Day 1:
AI 25: BUILDING WHAT’S NEXT

Keynote:
AI & Automation: Developing Your AI Strategy
from David Karandish, Founder and CEO of Capacity

I am proud to be here for the kickoff of the largest STL TechWeek yet.

Over 10,000 people registered for this event, moving St. Louis forward into a tech-enabled future.

I am speaking on Thursday and Friday:
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Agtech Disruption - TechSTL Agtech Disruption is a deep dive into the cutting-edge innovations shaping the future of agriculture, from AI-driven farming to global food security solutions. Hosted on April 2nd during STL TechWeek ...

#STLTechWeek is here! Don’t miss AgTech Disruption Wednesday 4/2, featuring our own Kristine Callis-Duehl, PhD, & top #agtech leaders from @biostl.bsky.social, @39northstl.bsky.social, Taylor Geospatial Institute, The Yield Lab, and more! Register now: loom.ly/IOG1Kx4

St. Louis Events // Week of March 31, 2025 - Startups, AI, Tech & Marketing Dive into the vibrant St. Louis Events happening March 31 - April 6, 2025, focusing on community grants and entrepreneur support.

STL TechWeek is on! 💻✨ Great time to learn, network, and get inspired in the St. Louis tech space.

We rounded up the key events here:
tenacity.io/blog/st-louis-events-wee...

What are you checking out this week?

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