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The AI Executive Exchange.

A peer-powered community for the executives leading AI adoption inside Temecula Valley's "Big Small" companies — modeled on the CXO Exchange, purpose-built for the question every leadership team is now asking: what do we actually do about AI?

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Why AIX

Big Small companies have to get AI right — usually without an AI team.

A Fortune 500 company can stand up an AI function, hire a Chief AI Officer and run pilots in parallel. A 60-person company in Temecula can't. Its CEO, COO or head of operations is expected to cut through the noise, pick the tools, protect the data, bring the team along and show a return — often alone, and usually alongside a full-time day job. AIX exists so those leaders can work it out together.

"For AI peers, with AI peers, by AI peers." The same operating principle behind CXO Exchange, HRX and NPX, applied to the fastest-moving leadership question of the decade — locally, among peers comparing what's actually working in companies their own size.
What AIX Is

A local eco-system for AI leadership.

AIX brings the valley's AI-accountable executives together in four complementary formats — dedicated programming at the annual Summit, an ongoing local community, deliberate cross-pollination with CXO, HRX and NPX, and a confidential monthly peer forum.

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AIX at the Summit

Dedicated AIX programming inside the annual CEO/C-Suite Summit — AI leaders in the room with the CEOs, C-suites and sponsors of the valley's "Big Small" companies.

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Community

A growing local network of executives leading AI adoption, connected between events through LinkedIn and hands-on working sessions like the June 2026 AI Incubator.

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Cross-Pollination with CXO

AI touches every seat at the table. AIX is designed to connect with CXO, HRX and NPX — so what's working in one company, one function or one sector reaches the others.

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REF Temecula Valley AI Peer Forum

Launching Q1 2027. A confidential, peer-advisory monthly forum where the leaders accountable for AI bring their real decisions — tools, data, risk, people, return — and get peer challenge in return.

Co-Forum Leaders: Vivian Welsh & Robert Welsh.

Who

Co-convened by two builders putting AI to work in the valley's Big Small companies.

AIX is being convened with Vivian Welsh and Robert Welsh, co-founders of Vivians — together with Mike Richardson and the CXO Exchange coalition.

Co-Convener Vivian Welsh

Vivian Welsh

Co-Founder & CEO, Vivians — AI & CRM

Vivian co-founded Vivians, which helps companies put AI and CRM to work in their day-to-day operations. She spoke at the CXO Exchange AI Incubator in June 2026 and is a 2026 Silver Sponsor of the CEO/C-Suite Summit.

Co-Convener Robert Welsh

Robert Welsh

Co-Founder & VP Technical Services, Vivians

Robert co-founded Vivians and leads its technical services — the hands-on work of turning AI from an idea into something running inside a real business. He also spoke at the CXO Exchange AI Incubator in June 2026 and is a 2026 Silver Sponsor of the CEO/C-Suite Summit.

Who's AIX for?

  • CEOs and Presidents personally driving AI adoption in their companies
  • COOs, CTOs, CIOs and heads of operations accountable for AI outcomes
  • Senior leaders who've become their company's de facto "AI champion"
  • Data, technology and transformation leads with real scope in mid-market companies
  • Advisors and fractional executives helping Big Small companies adopt AI

Invitation Only Invitation only. We curate the room so every conversation is among true peers.

Why It Works

A win / win / win for the valley.

AI is the one topic that runs through every company, every function and every sector in the room. AIX gives it a home of its own inside the CXO eco-system.

Win — For AI Leaders

Peers who are a step ahead — or a step behind

The fastest way to learn what works is to compare notes with leaders at companies your size who've already tried it. AIX gives them a confidential room to do that.

Win — For CXO

A sharper edge for every member company

AI adoption is now a CEO-level question. AIX feeds what's working back into the CXO, HRX and NPX communities rather than leaving each company to figure it out alone.

Win — For Temecula Valley

A more competitive local economy

When the valley's Big Small companies adopt AI well — together — the whole local economy gets more productive, more resilient and more attractive to talent.

How · Where · When

Launching November 17, 2026 — alongside the CEO/C-Suite Summit.

AIX makes its formal debut inside the 2026 Summit, with the announcement of the REF Temecula Valley AI Peer Forum and AI programming across the day.

Tuesday · November 17, 2026 · 10am–6pm

AIX Launch at the 2026 CEO/C-Suite Summit

Where: Wilson Creek Winery, Temecula

Theme: Unlocking Potential

The formal launch of AIX. Executives leading AI adoption attend alongside the CEOs, C-suite executives and senior leaders of Temecula Valley's "Big Small" companies — with AI programming woven through the day.

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Launching · Q1 2027

REF Temecula Valley AI Peer Forum

Format: Confidential monthly peer-advisory forum

Co-Forum Leaders: Vivian Welsh & Robert Welsh

An ongoing monthly forum for the leaders accountable for AI in their companies — bring your real decisions, get peer challenge, leave with clarity and momentum. Modeled on the CEO Peer Forum that anchors CXO Exchange Temecula Valley.

Where it started · June 23, 2026

The CXO Exchange AI Incubator

Speakers included: Vivian Welsh & Robert Welsh, Vivians

A hands-on working session where local leaders compared notes on putting AI to work in companies like theirs. The response made the case for a standing AI community — AIX is the result.

Ready to be part of AIX?

Membership and attendance are by invitation. Tell us about you and your company, and we'll be in touch about the right next step.

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