Talks / ACG Minnesota
ACG Minnesota PE Summit
October 20, 2026 · The Machine Shop, Minneapolis
Mike Halagan is the founder of Local AI, an AI consultancy for mid-market operators. Before Local AI he ran machine learning at scale inside C.H. Robinson. Below are this event's talks, with slides as they are published.
The First 100 Days: Don't Lose What Diligence Taught You
10:30 a.m. · Mike Halagan
Much of what a deal team learns in diligence ends up scattered across memos, email threads, and a data room that goes dark after close. How AI can carry those findings into the first 100 days.
Faster Diligence: Getting Through the Data Room in Days, Not Months
11:00 a.m. · Mike Halagan
AI's value in the data room is not faster reading. It lets a deal team test the numbers and claims that kill deals, across every document, early enough to change price, structure or the go/no-go call.
Live: Watch AI Work a Data Room
1:30 p.m. · Mike Halagan
A live look at AI reading a sample data room for a fictional middle-market company, surfacing and citing the issues a deal team would want to know about.
Scaling Across the Portfolio
2:00 p.m. · Mike Halagan
Moving one portfolio company's AI win across the portfolio: what to standardise, what to leave to each company, and how to get a dozen management teams to adopt it.
AI in the Real World
2:30 p.m. · Anthony Calistro
The biggest AI opportunity is not making people faster. It is removing the constraints that keep revenue, capacity, cash and margin from moving.
Working through AI across a portfolio? Book 30 minutes with Mike to map where a 2-week Sprint prototype would pay back first.