Professor Kosinski explores why next-word prediction gives rise to reasoning, perspective-taking, and Theory of Mind, what recent LLM breakthroughs reveal about machine cognition, and why understanding AI increasingly requires the tools of psychology

Honglei shares the operational lessons of witnessing the premature scaling and eventual collapse of Fast (a startup that raised over $100M before product-market fit).

Anna Goldie exposes massive modern semiconductor bottlenecks—from immense human coordination friction to planning multi-billion-transistor chips on spreadsheets.

How do you build a resilient business in the age of rapid AI disruption? In this session, Brendan Marshall breaks down his “Build the Fire” framework, explaining how to focus limited resources on the feedback loops that define success.

Pengpeng pulls back the curtain on StartX. She explains how their rare, zero-equity, non-profit model creates a high-trust environment where 'paying it forward' is the only currency.

As a young CEO, Alex is on a mission to build the "AI Internet," combining a bold desire for innovation with a deep commitment to energy sustainability and ethical AI.

Bob Baxley takes us inside the real Apple culture as he reflects on the moment the first iPhone appeared on stage

Professor Kuang Xu, Associate Professor of Operations Research at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and one of the leading minds shaping the intersection of AI, data science, and decision-making.

Philip Rathle, Chief Technology Officer at Neo4j — a leader whose work has transformed how the world makes sense of connected data.

Le Cong, Assistant Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, pioneering the fusion of AI and gene editing to treat cancer and immune diseases.

Wen Sang, Co-Founder and COO at Genspark, an AI agentic engine company pioneering the future of work for knowledge workers.

Yi Shi, serial entrepreneur and computer scientist with 3 exits and 1 IPO before turning 25.

Stanford physicist Xiaoliang Qi on quantum entanglement, AI, and redefining reality, with 84,000+ citations.

Stanford Professor shares how he raised $13M for his third startup, GridCARE.

Rajat Suri, co-founder of Lyft and Presto, on the brutal realities of entrepreneurship and venture capital.

Marshall Hawks, an accomplished technology lender, finance leader, and author of the definitive book, Venture Debt Deals. With nearly two decades of experience in the innovation economy, Marshall has been at the forefront of financing some of the tech world’s most iconic rocket ships.

Professor Kosinski explains why modern privacy is becoming an illusion. He breaks down how tech platforms profit from user data, why anonymity is disappearing, and why regulation often falls behind the speed of technology.

Prof. Jonathan Chen discusses startling research showing that AI can sometimes outperform doctors even when they are equipped with AI tools, challenging traditional "human-in-the-loop" assumptions.

What happens when the tools we build start building themselves? In this conversation, Jay Jung pulls back the curtain on life inside a frontier AI lab, where the cycle of "recursive building" is moving at an exponential curve.

We explore the 'AI Factory' concept, where energy has replaced chips as the primary bottleneck for scaling intelligence.

Professor Bo Li, co-founder and CEO of Virtue AI and one of the world's leading researchers in trustworthy machine learning and AI security.

Andy Raskin takes us inside the pursuit of strategic narrative— the storytelling discipline that has shaped some of Silicon Valley’s most successful companies.

Philip Rathle, Chief Technology Officer at Neo4j — a leader whose work has transformed how the world makes sense of connected data.

Le Cong, Assistant Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine and co-inventor who proved CRISPR gene-editing could work in humans.

Wen Sang, Co-Founder and COO at Genspark, the agentic AI platform that reached $36M ARR and 2M users in 45 days.

Anna Goldie, Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind and co-lead of AlphaChip, using reinforcement learning for chip design.

A conversation on how AI represents a civilization-level shift comparable to the invention of language.

Ex-Meta and TikTok executive turned Sequoia-backed founder building human-AI memory systems at Tanka.ai.

The hidden AI crisis and why power, not compute, may limit AI’s future.

Mariane Bekker shares her journey from refugee to building one of Silicon Valley’s largest founder communities.