Nextech3D.AI’s next chapter centres on a practical question: how much of the work behind planning an event can AI take off an organizer’s desk?
In a recent AGORACOM interview, CEO Evan Gappelberg and newly appointed Senior Vice President of Sales Chad Prezlomski outlined how the company is bringing agentic AI into its event technology platforms. The goal is to let organizers use everyday language to build floor plans, assess booth pricing and direct workflows, while retaining control over proposed changes.
That development comes alongside reported customer wins and a personal financial commitment from Gappelberg. The company issued him 7,420,880 common shares at a deemed price of $0.10 per share to settle $742,088 in accrued salary. Its September 28 announcement noted that the issuance remained subject to Canadian Securities Exchange approval. Separately, Gappelberg said he purchased another 1,050,000 shares on the open market during the preceding 12 months.
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October 15, 2026
Customer Wins Provide a Business Foundation
From January 1 through September 23, 2026, Nextech3D.AI reported approximately $1 million in new customer contract value across 180 new customer contracts, excluding renewals, upsells and expansion business from existing customers. The company also reported software gross margins of approximately 80%.
New customer contract value represents signed business, rather than revenue recognized under IFRS. Software gross margin measures revenue after direct software delivery costs and does not establish overall company profitability. Together, the disclosures provide a view of customer acquisition and software economics as Nextech develops its next generation of products.
The business includes Eventdex, Map D and KraftyLab, alongside the recently launched KATE workforce intelligence platform. These products give Nextech an existing customer base into which it can introduce additional capabilities.
During the interview, Gappelberg said the platforms serve more than 800 organizers and support approximately 6,000 events annually. He also cited more than $250 million in booth sales conducted through the platform. That figure describes commerce facilitated by the software, rather than revenue earned by Nextech; the interview did not specify its measurement period.
Gappelberg identified Google, Microsoft, Meta and LEGO among the company’s customers and said Nextech had recently signed a deal with Amgen. These relationships provide potential opportunities to introduce additional products, although they do not establish that those customers have contracted for the new agentic AI capabilities.
What Agentic AI Could Change for Event Organizers
Event software can bring registration, floor planning and attendee information into a digital environment. Organizers still have to learn the tools, configure the settings and make decisions about how the event should operate.
Nextech is developing capabilities intended to reduce that work. An organizer could tell the platform what they want to accomplish, review its recommendations and authorize changes.
“We’re embedding AI into an operating environment for the event,” Gappelberg said.
He described a Map D use case in which an organizer asks whether booth prices should rise. The AI would assess supply and demand, explain its recommendation and provide supporting figures and a confidence level.
The intended value extends beyond answering questions. Gappelberg described workflows in which the software could carry out proposed changes after the organizer approves them. The organizer would retain authority over the decision.
The interview covered both capabilities management had seen in an internal demonstration and functions the company intends to expand as development continues.
From Manual Floor Plans to Natural Language Instructions
One example involved a demonstration Gappelberg and Prezlomski said they had attended immediately before the interview.
They described asking the system to lay out 10 by 10 foot booths with 10 foot aisles, then requesting a larger sponsor booth in the middle with wider aisles leading toward it. The discussion illustrated how natural language instructions could become part of the floor planning process.
For an organizer, the potential benefit is straightforward: less time spent manually drawing and revising layouts, with more assistance evaluating how available space could be used.
Gappelberg also described recommendations that could identify opportunities to improve booth revenue. Those are anticipated benefits, rather than measured revenue gains established by the interview.
“And most importantly, George, the organizer remains in control,” he said.
That control is central to the proposed workflow. The software would suggest an adjustment, explain its reasoning and allow the organizer to decide whether to proceed.
A Sales Executive With Experience in the Market
Nextech appointed Chad Prezlomski as Senior Vice President of Sales, effective September 30, 2026, to expand enterprise sales across its portfolio.
According to the company’s appointment announcement, Prezlomski brings 15 years of B2B software sales experience, including more than a decade building and scaling SaaS sales teams. He previously spent more than six years as Vice President of Global Sales at Splash, where he helped grow the business to $39 million in revenue before its acquisition by Cvent in late 2024.
The announcement also credited him with launching Splash’s first key account management team focused on its top 25 enterprise customers, achieving 95% retention and more than 18% growth through 2024.
In the interview, Prezlomski explained why Nextech’s development plans appealed to him.
“This was a really, really exciting and easy decision for me, knowing the market, knowing what customers need, and seeing what Evan and the team were building towards,” he said.
His role is to translate that product direction into customer conversations, enterprise relationships and sales execution. He emphasized demonstrating outcomes that matter to organizers, including time savings, easier adoption and better visibility into event performance.
Bringing Separate Event Tools Together
Prezlomski described organizations using multiple tools to assemble a single event program, with registration, email, landing pages and conference maps handled separately. In different examples, he referred to organizations using six tools and sometimes as many as ten.
The opportunity he sees is to bring more of those activities into a connected environment that organizers can direct through familiar AI interactions.
“This is essentially, you know, an operating system for event planners to control end-to-end, start to finish their event,” he said.
The commercial case will depend on how effectively Nextech connects those workflows and demonstrates value to customers. Prezlomski noted that enterprise sales processes can take time, making early conversations important as organizations plan their next year.
Existing customer relationships provide a starting point. They offer opportunities to introduce additional products and capabilities, while still requiring the company to earn each customer’s commitment.
Turning Event Data Into Decisions
The interview also explored a longer term opportunity: helping organizers understand the information their events generate.
Registration records, check-ins, meetings, lead scans and CRM data can reveal what worked and what should change. Turning that information into decisions, however, requires time and analytical resources.
Prezlomski described a development path in which AI would help interpret those records and recommend how to approach the next event. Over time, he envisages recommendations informed by both an organizer’s own history and experience across other conferences.
He placed parts of that vision in the future, referring to the next year or two. The broader recommendation engine therefore remains an ambition under development, rather than a fully established capability demonstrated across thousands of events.
For customers, the potential value would be a clearer understanding of which activities produced results and where to focus future spending. Delivering those benefits consistently will depend on product execution and customer use.
Demonstrations Are Beginning as Development Continues
Prezlomski said customer outreach was already underway, with the company showing both its current capabilities and the direction of future development.
“We’re not waiting to have, you know, the full perfect product,” he said.
Management also outlined plans to demonstrate the technology at the Event Planner Expo, taking place October 27 to 29, 2026, in New York City. Gappelberg described the conference as bringing together approximately 3,000 event planners.
The event offers an opportunity to put the product in front of prospective customers and gather feedback. For investors, subsequent disclosures will help establish how those demonstrations translate into customer adoption and commercial results.
Applying AI to an Existing Business
Gappelberg framed Nextech’s strategy around adding AI to established software products, customer relationships and workflows.
“We’re not building an AI concept and then searching for an industry,” he said.
That existing business is central to his investment thesis. Nextech has customers using its software today, while its development team works to introduce new ways of operating it.
Gappelberg described the global events industry as a roughly $1 trillion market growing toward $2 trillion. He also estimated that the event technology software segment could grow from approximately $20 billion to $100 billion over the next decade. These figures represent market estimates cited by Gappelberg during the interview.
The scale of the industry provides context. Nextech’s own progress will be measured through its ability to develop products, retain customers, win business and convert contracted activity into revenue.
Could Smaller Teams Run More Ambitious Events?
The conversation also considered whether easier software could help smaller organizations undertake events they previously found too demanding.
The interviewer asked whether companies with limited staff could use Nextech to reduce the manpower involved in organizing a physical conference. Gappelberg agreed with that possibility and pointed to AI’s potential to reduce manual work.
Simpler workflows could make event production more accessible to smaller teams. That remains a potential benefit, rather than evidence that the platform can eliminate the staffing, logistics or expertise required to deliver an event.
Technology would address part of the workload. Organizers would still need to manage the broader responsibilities involved in bringing people together.
Management’s Outlook for Growth
Prezlomski closed with confidence in the product direction, the team and the customer opportunity.
“My confidence is as high as I’ve ever been joining a new organization,” he said.
Gappelberg’s commitment includes accepting shares for accrued salary and the open market purchases he described during the interview. The salary settlement preserved company cash and reduced an existing liability. His separate market purchases increased his personal share ownership.
For investors following Nextech3D.AI, the story combines reported new customer contracts, an existing event software business, a newly appointed enterprise sales executive and an expanding AI development program.
The next test is execution: how effectively Nextech turns the capabilities described in the interview into products customers adopt and business results the company can report.
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