Verizon Innovation Lab, Los Angeles, Thursday, Nov. 20th
Today the Dakar Foundation witnessed one of the most exciting intersections of creativity and technology anywhere in the world — the Verizon Innovation Lab in Playa Vista. Nestled right next to the beating heart of the entertainment industry, this place is more than just a workspace… it’s a launchpad for the future. Big shout out to Pri Patel, Luke Wang, Rex Knowles , Roberto Martnez, Kevin Harbour and Blaine Bacher.
Inside of this dynamic hub, enterprises, creators, and technologists come together to experiment, build, and scale the ideas that will define the next decade. The lab is packed with state-of-the-art infrastructure, including private wireless networks, 5G testbeds, and a full MEC sandbox that lets innovators push technology to its limits in real time.
Whether you’re in media, entertainment, enterprise operations, or emerging tech, this is where imagination turns into impact—where prototypes become products and where the “what if?” becomes “what’s next?”
And today, we dove deep into the fast-evolving frontier that’s reshaping every industry on the planet: artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and next-generation communications.
This summit was all about understanding how AI is transforming business—how it’s reshaping workflows, supercharging productivity, and even consolidating roles. We’ll explore what it means for leaders to adopt hybrid intelligence systems—human creativity combined with machine precision—while still maintaining ethical, responsible oversight.
But innovation doesn’t come without risk. As AI advances and digital infrastructure expands, so do the threats. We’re unpacking the rising cybersecurity challenges that come with this new frontier and sharing real, actionable strategies to protect your data, your systems, and your reputation in a world where the stakes have never been higher.
The Verizon Innovation Lab isn’t just a place to explore new technology—it’s where industries reinvent themselves. It’s where the next big stories in AI, media, and communication will be written.
And today, we were right in the middle of it. We plan on sharing the skills, knowledge and capabilities of the Verizon Innovation Lab with our apprenticeship community.
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