AI And Your Business

• Real-world use cases of AI in business today
• Live demonstrations of AI generating full codebases and applications
• Understanding AI agents: the difference between agentive (assistive) and agentic (autonomous) tools
• How AI agents make decisions and the outcomes you can expect
• Overview of leading AI companies and their specialties
• Structuring your business data to maximize AI effectiveness, moving beyond pretrained models to custom agents
• Practical applications: solving up to 70% of a problem with AI while identifying where human input remains critical
• Common misconceptions, tips, and best practices
• Risks and ethical considerations, including hallucinations, data privacy, legal implications, and responsible use
• Impact on productivity: how properly configured AI agents can reduce task time by 60–70%, cutting labor costs and freeing time for strategic work

About Alex Goff:
Alex Goff, Founder of Powered By Catalyst, leads the company in providing AI services, web design, and digital infrastructure. Alex believes the modern website is evolving into a central hub for business operations—beyond marketing—to enable automation, customer engagement, and data intelligence.

Before launching Powered By Catalyst, Alex sold a mobile app in 2021 featuring early AI capabilities. He also served six years as COO of a manufacturing company, managing operations and building scalable backend and data systems, giving him a unique perspective on operational systems and technology integration.

Thank you to the Erie Business Connections group for hosting this event: