Anne Davis — CEO and co-founder of PulsePoint — presented Building and Training Your Own AI at Mond(ai)y Coffee on Monday, August 24.
Anne’s company builds the system insurance agencies and brokerages run on: policies, commissions, underwriting, client relationships. It’s a deep, unglamorous domain with a lot of its own vocabulary — exactly the kind of place where a general-purpose model starts to show its edges.
She talked through what it actually takes to build and train your own: how you get there, what it costs, and when owning the thing beats renting somebody else’s.
The conversation carried a practical lesson for any industry: lead with value, then back it up with the security discipline required to earn trust.
Meeting Notes
Anne Davis presented a playbook for taking an AI solution to market in a heavily regulated industry.
Throughout the talk, she didn’t focus on guardrails or custom, locked-down harnesses. Instead, she explained how she delivered customer value at every step of the process.
Security is table stakes, but it’s not what she’s selling. No matter the industry, leading with value — and backing it up with strong security chops — is a winning approach.
Coming up:
- 8/31 — Pass the Aux: no single speaker, just an open floor for builders to share what they’re making, breaking, or thinking about.
Come on and join the fun and the conversation. Everyone welcome, Mondays 8:30a.