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Lake Dai
Adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon, founder and managing partner at Sancus Ventures, and an expert on AI innovation, ethics, governance, and strategy.
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Nov 4, 2025
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The CTO must now think like the CFO to survive | Sancus Ventures’ Lake Dai
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Join Lake Dai, an Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon and founder of Sancus Ventures, as she reveals how AI is reshaping leadership roles. She emphasizes the shift of engineering leaders into CFO-like positions, managing soaring compute costs that can take up to 50% of operating expenses. Lake highlights the urgent need for comprehensive AI governance and suggests innovative solutions, such as AI 'flight simulators' for training. Her insightful advice? Focus on the fundamentals to successfully navigate this fast-evolving landscape.
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