Multimodal AI models are improving at a breathtaking pace — but closing the technology gap is only half the story. The harder challenge is bringing it to the real world: how do you integrate AI into existing production workflows?

​Fundraising is taking longer, and unclear investor feedback is leaving many founders trapped in the “too early, come back later” loop.

Multimodal AI is everywhere now. Type text/URL → get a video ad. Record 10 seconds → clone any voice. Upload a product photo → generate a complete marketing campaign.

Speakers: Samer Masterson (Staff Software Engineer at Harvey, ex-Google & Dropbox); Zecheng Zhang (Cofounder & CTO @ TraceRoot.AI, YC S25; Founding Engineer @ Kumo.AI); Vish Vadlamani (Co-Founder of BHuman.ai; Founder of Refuge.app); C.C. Fan (Co-founder & CEO at Vivgrid; Serial Entrepreneur; Deep-Tech Investor).

Speakers: Jim Benton (ex-CEO of Chorus.ai, acquired by ZoomInfo for $575M; Apollo.io, $1.6B valuation); Holly Chen (VP Growth Marketing at Samsara; ex-Slack, Google, Loom, Miro, ServiceNow).

​The next frontier of AI is personalization—making systems that adapt to each user and deliver answers you can trust.

​A groundbreaking Stanford study just exposed Silicon Valley's biggest blind spot: 41% of Y Combinator AI companies are building in "Low Priority" and "Red Light" zones — areas with limited market potential where workers don't actually want AI solutions.

Speakers: Jeff (CEO, Windsurf / Codeium); Wen (COO, Genspark.ai); Div (Co-Founder, AGI Inc); Karan (Co-Founder, Composio).

Moderated by Jing Conan Wang, Founder of DeepVista and FounderCoHo. A candid conversation offering inspiration, guidance, and real talk from experienced founders.

A conversation with founders who’ve built AI agents that improve with every user, covering startup strategy, data flywheels, and scaling intelligent systems.