Networking and relationship capital are among the most consequential — and least systematized — inputs to business outcomes. At Boardy, we rebuilt the entire logic of professional introductions using AI: from how we evaluate supply quality, to how we prioritize matches, to how we make real-time decisions about who gets connected to whom and why. This talk walks through the strategic and executive decisions that shaped Boardy’s AI architecture — not the engineering, but the why behind the build. Andrew will cover how Boardy’s leadership team approached the classic build vs. buy tension, how they defined ROI for AI investments without clean historical data, and what frameworks emerged from operating an AI-native company at the intersection of trust, relationships, and automation.