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AI Venture Studio, Biola University
AI, Innovation & the Future of Venture Building
Join us for a special edition of Exit Hours, hosted at Biola University, as we dive into global trends in AI, innovation ecosystems, and what the future of venture building looks like across startups, academia, and enterprise.
We'll be hearing from three thought leaders bridging the worlds of business, science, and faith-driven innovation.
🚀 Opening: Global Lens on AI
Joshua Lee, Partner @ Gumshoe Ventures
Fresh off his visit to Taiwan’s “Startup Island,” Joshua will kick off the evening with reflections on how AI is shaping the startup community globally—and what the U.S. can learn. We’ll have a taste of Taiwan too with themed snacks on hand!
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🏛 Innovation in Enterprise & Academia
Dr. Michael Arena, Dean @ Biola University Crowell School of Business
‍Dr. Arena brings a rare blend of enterprise innovation and academic insight. Before joining Biola, he led global talent and development at Amazon Web Services and served as Chief Talent Officer at General Motors, where his work helped drive a major corporate transformation. He’s the author of Adaptive Space and co-founder of the Connected Commons, a research consortium focused on organizational networks. With deep experience at MIT’s Media Lab and Stanford’s d.school, Dr. Arena will share how breakthrough innovation happens—not just in startups, but inside the world’s largest organizations. He’ll also unpack his vision for how Biola’s Business School and new Venture Studio can cultivate faith-driven entrepreneurs prepared to lead in an AI-powered world.
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🧬 AI, Neuroscience, and the Future of Work
Dr. Yohan Lee, Associate Dean @ Biola University School of Science, Technology, &Â Health
‍Dr. Yohan Lee is a technologist, neuroscientist, and entrepreneur with over 20 years of leadership across government, academia, and industry. He served as a civil scientist at the National Institutes of Health, Principal Investigator at Google AI, and most recently, founder and CEO of Scaled Entelechy, an AI startup recognized by the U.S. National AI Initiative for its groundbreaking work in workforce upskilling. He’ll explore how AI is transforming learning, medicine, and workforce development—and what it means to build world-class STEM programs grounded in Christian values.
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🙏 Special Thanks to Our Sponsors
Big shoutout to the partners who help make Exit Hours possible. Your support fuels the founders, ideas, and conversations that keep this community growing.
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The Artificial Intelligence Lab at Biola (AI Lab) and AIÂ Venture Studio serves to be a leading resource center for Biola faculty, staff and students to understand and responsibly utilize AI in a moral and ethical manner, rooted in Christian values. Learn more here.
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Gumshoe Ventures is a venture studio that invests, builds, and grows startups. Unlike traditional VCs that maximize for size of fiscal outcomes, Gumshoe focuses on maximizing the probability of founder-friendly exits. Learn more here.
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Exit Hours is a community for startup builders, dreamers, and doers in Orange County & LA. We host regular sessions that typically feature a candid deep dive from a founder or operator, followed by real-world showcases from local entrepreneurs — not pitches, but progress.
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No sales. No fluff. Just lessons, feedback, and honest conversations. Whether you're shipping a side project, scaling your startup, or just startup-curious — Exit Hours is your space to connect, learn, and share. Grab a seat, meet other founders, and leave a little smarter than you came in.