AI has changed what a team can build in an afternoon. A working prototype that once took a quarter now takes days, which puts a question on the agenda of every finance, risk, and IT leader: If we can build it, should we? That question sits between two mandates: move faster with AI, and make sure everything you report can be proven to your auditor, your regulator, and the market.

During this webinar, you will hear how Workiva leaders are weighing the build vs. buy debate. 

Workiva’s Chief Information Officer Kim Huffman, Chief Strategy Officer Mike Rost, and Chief Sustainability Officer Mandi McReynolds will cover how IT oversees AI deployment, where building makes sense, what a build needs after launch, and how to be accountable when your work faces scrutiny from auditors. They will also share what Workiva's finance and sustainability teams are building with Agent Studio.

After this webinar, you will be able to:

• ✅  Evaluate the strengths and limits of building a custom solution, buying a ready-made tool, and buying purpose-built AI for high-stakes use cases.
• ✅ Assess what a custom build requires after launch, including security patching, model changes, key-person dependence, and support during year-end close.
• ✅ Develop a path for taking an AI use case live that keeps outputs traceable to source, governed by existing permissions, and defensible with a record of human review.

Workiva offers one complimentary CPE credit for this webinar.