Taft Cleveland partner Mark Fazio will be a featured speaker at the AI Mansion Mastermind event in Malibu, California, from June 5–7, 2026. Fazio will present “Building Value in the AI Era: Four Lessons for Founders,” offering practical guidance to entrepreneurs on protecting intellectual property, structuring early-stage growth, preserving founder equity, and preparing their companies for future investment, acquisition, and long-term success.

This invitation-only event is geared toward business owners seeking to leverage artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to scale their businesses more effectively.

Fazio is an accomplished business lawyer and M&A partner. He has significant experience representing both public and private company clients on a wide array of matters. His experience includes mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, business formation and growth strategies, and private debt and equity financings. He counsels clients involved in a wide array of industries, such as artificial intelligence (AI), technology, e-commerce, manufacturing, retail, healthcare, software, and agriculture.  Notably, Fazio represents several AI platform companies and SaaS companies and has worked on various acquisitions in this sector.