1 Hotel San Francisco, Willow Ballroom and West Lounge
Since ChatGPT’s public debut in November 2022, AI has become part of nearly every business and investing conversation. Yet the debate about where AI is headed has become increasingly polarized, with advocates pointing to enormous potential markets and skeptics questioning whether the economics can justify the investment required.
Drawing on his latest essay, Professor Aswath Damodaran will share the framework he's developed for thinking about AI in a business context, inviting attendees to separate the distractions from the core questions and to develop their own perspective on AI as a business.
Date
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Time
6:00 - 8:00 PM PT
Location
1 Hotel San Francisco
Willow Ballroom and West Lounge (1st Floor)
8 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Registration*
$15 per person, including light fare and cocktails. Parking is *not* included but is available at the hotel or at local parking lots nearby.
*Please note that due to the anticipated popularity of this event, registration is currently open to Stern alumni only. If space remains, we hope to welcome alumni from across NYU at a later date.
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Program Timeline
6:00 PM: Doors open, welcome drinks and canapés
6:30 PM: Keynote and Q&A with Prof. Damodaran
7:30 PM: Networking reception
Aswath Damodaran
Aswath Damodaran holds the Kerschner Family Chair in Finance Education and is Professor of Finance at New York University Stern School of Business. Before coming to Stern, he also lectured in Finance at the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Damodaran received a B.A. in Accounting from Madras University and a post graduate diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management. He earned an M.B.A. (1981) and then Ph.D. (1985), both in Finance, from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Professor Damodaran's contributions to the field of Finance have been recognized many times over. He has been the recipient of Giblin, Glucksman, and Heyman Fellowships, a David Margolis Teaching Excellence Fellowship, and the Richard L. Rosenthal Award for Innovation in Investment Management and Corporate Finance. His skill and enthusiasm in the classroom garnered him the Schools of Business Excellence in Teaching Award in 1988, and the Distinguished Teaching award from NYU in 1990. His student accolades are no less impressive: he has been voted "Professor of the Year" by the graduating M.B.A. class nine times during his career at NYU.
In addition to myriad publications in academic journals, Professor Damodaran is the author of several highly-regarded and widely-used academic texts on Valuation, Corporate Finance, and Investment Management.
Professor Damodaran currently teaches Corporate Finance and Valuation to the MBAs, and his interests lie in disentangling value drivers and understanding market pricing and behavior.