Newschool Live · AI Ops 101

Most companies bolt AI onto the side of their org chart. The next wave is built AI-first, using agents to do the work entire teams used to. But what does that actually look like in practice? How do you set-it all up? Where do humans still beat machines on cost, speed, or quality? How do you hire when AI handles the structured work? What breaks when half your "workforce" consists of LLMs? Newschool Live · AI Ops 101 Newschool.vc is bringing together three Ghent-based founders who are building exactly these companies. They are cutting the fluff to give a pragmatic breakdown of what works, what fails, and what they wish they’d known on day one. The Speakers Vincent Theeten | Co-founder & CEO of Ringtime. Building AI voice agents that screen blue-collar candidates via phone and WhatsApp, 24/7, in their native language. Jonas Deprez | Co-founder & CEO of Donna, the AI sales assistant. Previously built and exited Daltix to Colruyt Group. Xander Berkein | Co-founder & CTO of Donna. After a decade of building and scaling software systems, now building AI-native sales workflows at Donna. The Agenda Real AI Operations They will unpack the raw reality of running AI-native startups, including: The exact tooling stack they rely on. Org design and hiring decisions for an AI-heavy team. The workflows that shattered under pressure. The costly mistakes you won't see on LinkedIn. 90 minutes. Three practitioners. Zero hype. Full Q&A. Event Details When: Thursday, July 2 · 18:00–19:30 Where: Besox · Ghent (In person) Host: Newschool.vc