AI VENTURE LAB
Where top founders and innovators come together to create the next generation of AI-powered ventures.
AI FOUNDER SPRINT
An 8-week virtual sprint designed to help entrepreneurs build startups powered by AI.
AUG 25 - OCT 14 2025
AUG 25 - OCT 14 2025
TRANSFORMING ENTREPRENEURS INTO
MARKET LEADERS
The AI Venture Lab is an 8-week sprint designed for founders, technologists, and visionaries looking to launch or scale AI-powered businesses.
Hosted by INSEAD, one of the world’s leading business schools, this sprint connects entrepreneurs with leading-edge AI tools, mentorship, and investor networks.
WK 1-2
AI-Powered Idea Generation & Validation
Learn frameworks for using AI to better identify, test, and refine startup ideas with market potential.
WK 3-4
Peer Groups & Tool Exploration
Join expert-led small peer groups to learn and apply cutting-edge AI tools to your startup concept.
WK 5-6
AI-powered Testing & Scaling
Learn how to apply AI to improve how you build and scale your startup.
WK 7-8
Pitch Refinement & Demo Day Preparation
Refine your investor pitch and prepare to showcase your venture at Demo Day.
INNOVATIVE AI FRAMEWORKS
Access new frameworks on how to use AI to better build, test, and scale your startup ideas.
EXPERT-LED PEER GROUPS
Join small peer groups led by industry experts to learn about and apply cutting-edge AI tools.
MASTERCLASSES
& FEEDBACK
Learn from world-leading investors, entrepreneurs, and AI experts. Get invaluable feedback.
AI VENTURE LAB TEAM
Founder & Chair
AI Venture Lab
Strategy Professor
INSEAD
Director
AI Venture Lab
Director
INSEAD SF Hub
Co-lead
AI Founder Sprint
Entrepreneurship Professor
Harvard Business School
Head of Tech Strategy
AI Founder Sprint
Executive Fellow
Harvard Business School
Lead Growth & Marketing
AI Venture Lab
Founder
@whatstrending &
The AI Download
Lead R&D
AI Venture Lab
PhD
INSEAD
ADVISORS
Chris
Yeh
Founding Partner
Blitzscaling Ventures
Cristina
Ventura
General Partner
White Star Capital
Geoff
Ralston
Ex-President
Y Combinator
Hari V.
Krishnan
CEO & Managing Director
PropertyGuru Group
James
Drage
Founding Partner
Exponential Venture Capital
Jillian
Manus
Managing Partner
Structure Capital
Vanessa
Gao
CEO & Co-Founder
Jiangmen Ventures
WHO SHOULD APPLY?
INNOVATORS building exciting products or services
FOUNDERS at an early-stage
TECHNOLOGISTS with commercially viable ideas
BUILDERS looking to take an idea from concept to launch