I am genuinely grateful. And a little overwhelmed.
The response from speakers, sponsors, partners, volunteers, and attendees has been beyond anything I imagined when we started planning this. The most brilliant, generous, and inspiring people have shown up for this, and I am so grateful.
Ten days from now, we gather on Stanford's campus. And we are almost sold out.
Prices go up this Sunday, July 27 at 11:59 PM. This is a capacity-limited event on Stanford's campus. When we hit that number, the doors close.
The agenda is live.
Here is what three days look like.
Thursday, July 30 — VIP Only
The summit opens with two conversations, each building on the next.
First, Stanford President Jon Levin joins a fireside with me titled "Stanford, AI, and What Comes Next." Then former Stanford President John Hennessy joins us on stage for an extended fireside: "The AI Era: Past, Present, and Future." Two of the most consequential voices in technology and higher education, in the same room, on the same evening. The afternoon closes with the VIP Opening Reception.
Friday, July 31 - General Admission
A full afternoon that moves fast and hits hard.
Jeremiah Owyang (Blitzscaling Ventures) opens with a keynote on winning when code is free and how to build defensible AI startups that scale. Isabelle Hau (Stanford Accelerator for Learning) on what human intelligence looks like in an age of machines. Junchen Jiang (Tensormesh & LMCache) on the next big data layer for AI. Daniel Schwartz, Dean of Stanford GSE, on the two paths AI is carving through education.
Then it opens up. A panel on where family office and smart capital is moving in AI with Jason Ma, Gary Fowler, and Allison Huynh. A fireside with Alfred Lin of Sequoia on the new rules of venture, moderated by Nabila. Michel A. Del Buono (CIO, a16z), David Hefter (BlackRock), Alex Morgan (Khosla Ventures), and Grace Gong on how institutions are rethinking their entire capital stack around AI. Cameron Teitelman on what it takes to build a startup ecosystem that produces generational companies.
The day closes with VIP Startup Demos, judged by Steve O'Hara and Stephen Wong of Valley Capital Partners.
Saturday, August 1 - General Admission
The biggest day. The biggest room. The names you have been waiting to see in person.
Shreyas Pimpalgaonkar (Bespoke Labs) on the data quality problem holding frontier AI back. Kunal Bhatia (Hexo Labs) on enterprise sovereignty and why ownership of intelligence matters.
Igor Babuschkin, co-founder of xAI, on the future of AI beyond the chatbot era. A fireside with Arvind KC, Chief People Officer of OpenAI, on building the teams behind the most consequential companies in the world.
Sandhini Agarwal from OpenAI, Ahmad Rushdi from Stanford HAI, and Max Gokhman from Franklin Templeton on AI ethics and governance. Jen Hoskins and Yasmina Benkhoui from NVIDIA on the infrastructure powering everything. John Whaley, Helmy Eltoukhy (Guardant Health), Ali Diab (Collective Health), and Sungwon Lim (ImpriMed) on AI and the future of healthcare.
Ilya A. Strebulaev, Stanford GSB professor and bestselling author of The Venture Mindset, on how the world's best investors actually decide. A panel with Aditya Naganath (Kleiner Perkins), Matt Vail (OpenAI), Kenan Saleh (a16z), and Kayvan Baroumand (SignalRank) on finding and backing the next AI unicorn.
The day closes with the Stanford Founder Pitch Competition, judged by Steve O'Hara and Stephen Wong (Valley Capital Partners), Cameron Teitelman (StartX), and Kenan Saleh (a16z). Then the Closing Dinner and Networking Reception.
What's left:
🏛 Residential — SOLD OUT.
💎 Premium — SOLD OUT.
🎟 VIP — Almost sold out. Get your ticket now
🚀 Exhibitor — Increased capacity due to high demand. 1 spot left. A branded table and banner presence across both program days, plus 3 minutes on the main stage.
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