Your call is important to us: Why government AI keeps getting stuck

Governments say they want innovation. Most founders quickly learn otherwise.

Ben Sanders has spent his adult life navigating both worlds — working in government, running for federal office, and later building voice AI technology now used by 911 agencies.

In this session, Ben shares the practical, tactical lessons learned breaking into one of the hardest markets in the world: government. From procurement and trust to finding internal champions and surviving pilot purgatory, this is a candid look at how to actually get innovation deployed inside public institutions.