Cloud technology changed where information lived. AI is doing something fundamentally different - it is changing who does the work, how decisions get made, and how the office relates to inventors, leadership, and outside counsel. That distinction matters because most TTOs are treating AI like cloud: a better way to do the same things. The offices getting the most from AI are the ones that recognized it as an occasion to ask a harder question entirely.
A small TTO recently cleared a three-year technology backlog in weeks - work that had been budgeted as 12 months of staff time. Another office went from never proactively meeting inventors to scheduling a meeting with every single one at the moment of disclosure. A third built an entire business development function that hadn't existed before. None of these outcomes came from adding an AI tool to an existing workflow. They came from redesigning the workflow itself around what AI makes possible.
That is the distinction this session is built around: bolted on versus built in. It is not an argument for any particular tool - it is an argument for a way of thinking about change that makes any tool more effective. And it is harder to tell the difference from the inside than most offices realize. This session gives attendees a practical way to assess where their office actually sits - and a framework for moving from one to the other.
This session introduces a practical framework for AI-native tech transfer operations built around the three dimensions where redesign creates the most leverage.
