The Future Belongs to the AI-Native Generation: Lessons from the Opkalla Summit 2025

In October 2025, at the Opkalla Summit in Charlotte, I delivered a keynote on the accelerating collision between artificial intelligence, consumer behavior, and human potential.

The response was electric — not because I said what everyone wanted to hear, but because the truth about the future of business, work, and creativity is both thrilling and deeply uncomfortable.

We’ve officially entered the Age of Intelligence. Every company, every leader, every industry will be redefined by it. The organizations that win in this era will be those that stop viewing AI as a “tool” and start understanding it as a force multiplier for human imagination, speed, and empathy.