Industrial AI Consortium
From prototype to industrial grade
Humans B4 Machines
Fortune favors the bold

Setting the benchmark for North American Industrial AI.

We bring together twelve industry-leading Category Directors to pool talent, revenue and resources — building the definitive playbook for industrial intelligence. Together, we strip away the hype to demystify, educate and deploy the most transformative technology of our lifetime.

Entry is strictly by application and committee review. We invite innovative, AI-native companies to step up and lead the standard.

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Why the Consortium exists
The problemSomebody has to enlighten the market
The problem

AI is a game-changer — but the market isn't ready to run it.

AI is reshaping how businesses, operators, individuals, managers and leaders work. Yet the AI-native companies — and even the legacy products now being re-identified for the AI era — all need the same thing first: the enlightenment and enablement of the public. Adoption doesn't come from another sales pitch; it comes from a market that finally understands what good looks like. So we built the body that does the teaching.

What we do
Educate · Enlighten · Enable
01 · Educate

We educate.

We teach operators to actually run AI in production — safely, with real people and real consequences attached.

For example: the 7-Day Challenge, category boot camps, and the Industrial AI Survival Guide.
02 · Enlighten

We enlighten.

We raise the whole sector's understanding with authoritative, no-hype content — so buyers can tell signal from noise.

For example: the Thursday Drop-In, member webinars, and the standards we publish.
03 · Enable

We enable.

We put working AI in operators' hands — co-designed and co-built with the people accountable for the outcome.

For example: the lab, the awareness engine, and vetted fractional CRO / CTO / CIO / CISO leadership.
Founding season open

Want in — or want to know more?

Entry is by application, review and investment — one seat per category. Apply, or request more information and we'll reach out.

Industrial AI Consortium
Operated by Apex 8 Publishing LLC, an LVIG company (Lloyds Ventures Industrial Group).  Group President: Joshua Normandin.  StratfordX — Industry Backer of the Intelligence Layer.
Executive Sponsor
Paul Denmark
Industrial Architect & Engineer
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