Sun, 08 Feb 2026 10:21:30 -0500
ai, csee, data-science, llm, machine-learning, research, startup, talk, tim-oates

Using AI to Launch and Scale Your Startup

12-1 pm March 4, 2026, University Center 302, UMBC

Starting a new venture is hard work! Have you wondered how AI can help you launch your startup? Modern advances in AI have produced tools and technologies that can make you smarter, faster, and more innovative.

In this talk, UMBC CSEE Professor Tim Oates will explore several ways that Large Language Models (LLMs) can be used as force multipliers in startups, from ideation to marketing to customer acquisition and more. Hear about the lessons Dr. Oates learned while using AI to scale his own data science company, Synaptiq.

Sponsored by the Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.