Mind the Talent Gap: How Blended Teams Are Driving AI Innovation
The world’s top innovation leaders are quickly embracing "blended teams" of freelancers and full-timers that infuse their core team with specialized product and engineering talent. Join us on October 10th for an exclusive webinar where we’ll reveal their secrets to success.


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Did you hear that? It’s the business world careening into the AI trough of disillusionment.
In survey after survey, business leaders say that a lack of talent and strategy are the top two impediments to deploying new GenAI initiatives. As a result, they’re struck, struggling to move past the pilot phase.
AI talent is a tough problem to solve. Hiring full-time is time-consuming and risky. Management consultants are often expensive and slow. And transforming your business with GenAI is not the kind of business problem you can outsource.
But there’s a third way that the world’s top innovation leaders are quickly embracing: building "blended teams" of freelancers and full-timers that infuse their core team with specialized product and engineering talent.
Join us on October 10th for an exclusive webinar where we’ll reveal their secrets to success.
What to expect:
- Learn how to drive forward a high-ROI strategy and solve the AI talent gap from Innovation leaders like Jim Spare, SVP and GM of IDC.
- Hear tips for attracting top AI talent to your team — straight from the most sought-after AI talent in the world.
- Get first access to A.Team's The Blended Team's Playbook, an expert guide to successfully bridging the AI talent gap packed with real-world case studies and proven strategies.
Don’t miss out on the strategies that could transform the future of your AI initiatives. Sign up now to join an exclusive group of industry founders, VCs, researchers, and decision-makers at the forefront of AI.
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State of AI Innovation: What's Actually Working in 2025
February 20, 2025
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12:35: Audience Q&A
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Our Speakers

Jim Spare
SVP and GM of IDC
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Strategic market-facing leader with expertise in transforming promising technology businesses into successful high growth companies to scale and exit. Specific expertise includes: developing strategy and leading implementation, building teams, closing large complex enterprise partnerships, raising capital, and negotiating sale. Adept in working with a wide range of complex technologies and businesses, from SaaS to hardware, and deeply accomplished in creating impactful commercial relationships between startups and market-leading enterprise partners.

AJ Thomas
Founder and CEO of The Troublemaker Lab, f. Chaos Pilot at GoogleX, and CXO Advisor at A.Team
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AJ is bridging the gaps in talent, culture, and purpose, striving to move individuals and organizations towards a brighter and more inclusive future by enabling them to use their skills and talents in a way that’s both impactful and fulfilling.
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Richard Abrich
Founder & CTO at OpenAdapt.ai
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Richard Abrich is a leading expert in AI development, founder of OpenAdapt.AI, and has a track record of creating innovative AI-driven systems across various industries.

Joe Lazer
Head of Content at A.Team
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Joe Lazer is the Fractional Head of Content at A.Team and the best-selling author of The Storytelling Edge.
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Jim Spare
SVP and GM of IDC

AJ Thomas
Founder and CEO of The Troublemaker Lab, f. Chaos Pilot at GoogleX, and CXO Advisor at A.Team
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Richard Abrich
Founder & CTO at OpenAdapt.ai

Joe Lazer
Head of Content at A.Team
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Mind the Talent Gap: How Blended Teams Are Driving AI Innovation
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