2026 Speakers

Voices shaping AI

The people actually building and deploying AI
— not just talking about it.

2026 Conference

The full lineup

2026 Speakers
Adela Jamal
Milemark Capital

Adela Jamal

Milemark Capital

Managing Partner & Co-Founder

Innovators & Founders
Alex Wang
Scale AI

Alex Wang

Scale AI

Founder & CEO

Andrew Clare

Andrew Clare

Nuro

Founder & CTO

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky
Instrumental

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky

Instrumental

Founder & CEO

Anne Wojciki
23andMe

Anne Wojciki

23andMe

CEO

Arvind Jain
Glean

Arvind Jain

Glean

Founder & CEO

Aye Moah
Baydin

Aye Moah

Baydin

Founder & CEO

Ayesha Khanna

Ayesha Khanna

ADDO.AI

Founder & CEO

Cai Gogwilt

Cai Gogwilt

Ironclad

Founder & Chief Architect

Christina Qi

Christina Qi

Databento

Founder & CEO

Cynthia Yeung

Cynthia Yeung

Plus One Robotics

Head of Product

Daphne Koller

Daphne Koller

Insitro

Founder & CEO

Diane Greene
VMware

Diane Greene

VMware

Founder & CEO

Grace Colon

Grace Colon

InCarda Therapeutics

Co-founder

Greg Brockman
OpenAI

Greg Brockman

OpenAI

CTO

Julia Hu
Lark

Julia Hu

Lark

Founder & CEO

Kyle Vogt

Kyle Vogt

Cruise

President & Co-Founder

Mary Lou Jepsen

Mary Lou Jepsen

Openwater

Founder & CEO

Neha Singh

Neha Singh

Obsess

Founder & CEO

Omar Tawakol

Omar Tawakol

Rembrand

Founder & CEO

Qasar Younis

Qasar Younis

Applied Intuition

Founder & CEO

Rehan Jalil
Securiti

Rehan Jalil

Securiti

Founder & CEO

Reshma Khilnani
Medplum

Reshma Khilnani

Medplum

Founder & CEO

Richard Socher
You.com

Richard Socher

You.com

Founder & CEO

Sal Khan
Khan Academy

Sal Khan

Khan Academy

Founder

Sam Altman
OpenAI

Sam Altman

OpenAI

CEO

Sam O'Keefe
Flex

Sam O'Keefe

Flex

Founder & CEO

Sam Udotong

Sam Udotong

Fireflies.ai

Co-Founder & CTO

Sami Shalabi
MavenAGI

Sami Shalabi

MavenAGI

Founder & CTO

Shishir Mehrotra

Shishir Mehrotra

SuperHuman

CEO

Wardah Inam
Overjet.AI

Wardah Inam

Overjet.AI

Founder & CEO

Academics & Researchers
Adela Jamal
Milemark Capital

Adela Jamal

Milemark Capital

Managing Partner & Co-Founder

Atif Mian

Atif Mian

Princeton University

Professor

Dan Huttenlocher
MIT College of Computing

Dan Huttenlocher

MIT College of Computing

Dean

Daniela Rus

Daniela Rus

MIT CSAIL

Director

Dava Newman
MIT Media Lab

Dava Newman

MIT Media Lab

Director

Dawn Song

Dawn Song

UC Berkeley

Professor

Dina Katabi
MIT

Dina Katabi

MIT

Professor

Ed Boyden
MIT

Ed Boyden

MIT

Professor

Irfan Essa
Georgia Tech

Irfan Essa

Georgia Tech

Assistant Dean

Karim Lakhani
Harvard

Karim Lakhani

Harvard

Professor

Timnit Gebru
Distributed AI Research Institute

Timnit Gebru

Distributed AI Research Institute

Founder

Researchers
Anima Anandkumar

Anima Anandkumar

NVIDIA

Director of ML Research

Been Kim
Google DeepMind

Been Kim

Google DeepMind

Senior Staff Research

Eric Horvitz

Eric Horvitz

Microsoft

Chief Scientific Officer

Fox Harrell
MIT

Fox Harrell

MIT

Yes

Francesca Rossi

Francesca Rossi

IBM

AI Researcher

Kim Hazelwood
Meta AI Research

Kim Hazelwood

Meta AI Research

Senior Director Engineering

Paula Goldman

Paula Goldman

Salesforce

Chief Ethical and Humane Use Officer

Ramesh Raskar
MIT Media Lab

Ramesh Raskar

MIT Media Lab

Professor

Sriram Raghavan
IBM

Sriram Raghavan

IBM

VP Research AI

Surga Ganguli
Stanford

Surga Ganguli

Stanford

Professor

Investors
Aaref Hilaly

Aaref Hilaly

Bain Capital

Partner

Aileen Lee

Aileen Lee

Cowboy Ventures

Managing Partner

Alex Rosen

Alex Rosen

Ridge Ventures

Managing Partner

Ann Miura-Ko
Floodgate

Ann Miura-Ko

Floodgate

Managing Partner

Anna Khan

Anna Khan

CRV

General Partner

Anna Patterson

Anna Patterson

Gradient Ventures

Managing Partner

Ansaf Kareem

Ansaf Kareem

Latitude Capital

Founding Partner

Calvin Chin
E14 Ventures

Calvin Chin

E14 Ventures

Managing Partner

Elad Gil

Elad Gil

Founder / Investor

Investor

Hemant Taneja
General Catalyst

Hemant Taneja

General Catalyst

Managing Partner

James Cham

James Cham

Bloomberg Beta

Partner

Joanne Chen
Foundation Capital

Joanne Chen

Foundation Capital

Partner

Jocelyn Goldfein

Jocelyn Goldfein

Zetta Venture Partners

Managing Director

Keith Rabois

Keith Rabois

Khosla Ventures

Managing Director

Mark Gorenberg

Mark Gorenberg

Zetta Venture Partners

Managing Director

Maryanna Saenko

Maryanna Saenko

Future Ventures

Founding Partner

Pegah Embrahimi

Pegah Embrahimi

FPV Ventures

Managing Partner

Rebecca Lynn

Rebecca Lynn

Canvas Ventures

General Partner

Rohini Chakravarthy

Rohini Chakravarthy

New Build Venture Capital

Managing Partner

Sarah Guo

Sarah Guo

Conviction

Managing Partner

Umair Khan

Umair Khan

Mentors Fund

Founding Partner

Usman Rabbani

Usman Rabbani

Brighton Park Capital

Partner

Vanessa Larco

Vanessa Larco

NEA

Partner

Yousuf Khan

Yousuf Khan

Ridge Ventures

Partner

Executives
Aashima Gupta
Google

Aashima Gupta

Google

Global Director Healthcare

Anneka Gupta

Anneka Gupta

Rubrik

Chief Product Officer

Aparna Chennapragada

Aparna Chennapragada

Microsoft

Corporate VP

Apoorv Saxena

Apoorv Saxena

JP Morgan

MD & Global Head of AI

Ashu Rege
Zoox

Ashu Rege

Zoox

SVP of Software

Danny Lange
Unity Technologies

Danny Lange

Unity Technologies

VP of AI and ML

Douglas Hamilton

Douglas Hamilton

NASDAQ

VP - AI

Elena Grewal
Airbnb

Elena Grewal

Airbnb

Head of Data Science

Hoda Eydgahi

Hoda Eydgahi

Shopify

Director Machine Learning

Kelly Rivoire

Kelly Rivoire

Stripe

Head of Data

Maisha Gray-Diggs
Eventbrite

Maisha Gray-Diggs

Eventbrite

VP Global Talent

Mathai Mammen

Mathai Mammen

J&J

Global Head of R&D

Mona Flores

Mona Flores

NVIDIA

Global Head of Health AI

Rania Khalaf

Rania Khalaf

Inari

Chief Data Officer

Rohit Ghai

Rohit Ghai

RSA

CEO

Sarah Mirza
Squire Patton Boggs

Sarah Mirza

Squire Patton Boggs

Partner & Patent Attorney

Steven Tamm

Steven Tamm

Salesforce

Chief Technology Officer

Ted Goldstein
Anthem

Ted Goldstein

Anthem

Chief AI Officer

Umar Farooq

Umar Farooq

Onyx by JP Morgan

CEO

Zulfikar Ramzan

Zulfikar Ramzan

AURA

Chief Scientist

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October 17, 2026 · Mountain View, CA

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