The Cerebral Valley AI Summit is an invite-only event for AI founders and investors.
We just wrapped our summit in San Francisco. We'll be back with two events in 2025.
Read our recap of the Nov. 20, 2024 summit in the Newcomer newsletter here (or watch video recordings of everything that happened on-stage here).
Hosted By
Eric Newcomer
Co-hosted by Volley
"A well-organized and authentic conference focused on things that actually matter.I came away with some practical ideas and met some great people."
Cristobal Valenzuela
CEO, Runway
"Of any event, the Cerebral Valley conference brings together the highest caliber minds building in AI."
Amy Wu
Partner, Menlo Ventures
Apply to Attend Future Events
We're now accepting applications to attend the Cerebral Valley AI Summit in 2025. While dates aren't confirmed, you can apply now and we'll send you an invite when we're ready.
Speakers At Our Last Summit Included
Ali Ghodsi
Founder & CEO, Databricks
Dario Amodei
Co-founder & CEO, Anthropic
Alexandr Wang
Founder & CEO, Scale
Marissa Mayer
Founder & CEO, Sunshine
Vipul Ved Prakash
Founder & CEO, Together AI
Martin Casado
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Arvind Jain
Founder & CEO, Glean
Michael Intrator
Founder & CEO, CoreWeave
Erin Teague
Chief Product Officer, Character.AI
Karan Goel
Co-founder & CEO, Cartesia
Scott Stephenson
Co-founder & CEO, Deepgram
Tim Tully
Partner, Menlo Ventures
Jonathan Hurst
Co-founder & Chief Robot Officer, Agility Robotics
Srikanth Thirumalai
VP of Engineering, Waymo
Tessa Lau
Founder & CEO, Dusty Robotics
Raphael Townshend
Founder & CEO, Atomic AI
Ashley Zehnder
Co-founder & CEO, Fauna Bio
Alex Rives
Co-founder & CEO, EvolutionaryScale
Past Discussion Leaders Include
Bill Gross
Founder & CEO, ProRata.ai
Navin Chaddha
Managing Partner, Mayfield
Erica Brescia
Managing Director, Redpoint
Josh Albrecht
Co-founder & CTO, Imbue
Elias Torres
Founder & CEO, Agency
Kahini Shah
Partner, Obvious Ventures
Arash Afrakhteh
Partner, Pear VC
Barry McCardel
Co-founder & CEO, Hex
Jon Turow
Partner, Madrona
Jai Das
President & Partner, Sapphire Ventures
Kanu Gulati
Partner, Khosla Ventures
Aaref Hilaly
Partner, Bain Capital Ventures
Jeff Huber
Founder & CEO, Chroma
Michelle Zhou
Founder & CEO, Juji
David Lee
Head of Samsung Next
Kacper Nowicki
Founder & CEO, Nomagic
Anoop Dawar
Chief Strategy Officer, Deepgram
Troy Astorino
Co-founder & CTO, Picnic Health
George Fraser
Co-founder & CEO, Fivetran
Hosted By
Eric Newcomer
is an independent journalist and writer of Newcomer, one of the top outlets covering the business of startups and venture capital.
Max Child
is co-founder and CEO of Volley, leading creator of AI-powered games for smart TVs and Amazon Alexa devices.
James Wilsterman
is co-founder and CTO of Volley, leading creator of AI-powered games for smart TVs and Amazon Alexa devices.
Agenda for the Cerebral Valley AI Summit on Nov. 20
Agenda
10:00am
Doors Open
Check-in and welcome coffee
Presented by
11:00am
First Panel Session
11:00am - 11:05am
Opening Remarks
Featuring Eric Newcomer, Max Child, & James Wilsterman
11:05am - 11:25am
Data: The Raw Material for Intelligence
Alexandr Wang (Scale) in conversation with Eric Newcomer
11:25am - 11:40am
Lessons from This Year's $14B in Generative AI Enterprise Spending
A presentation from Tim Tully (Menlo Ventures)
11:40am - 12:00pm
The Safest Stuff We've Ever Made
Martin Casado (Andreessen Horowitz) in conversation with Eric Newcomer
12:00pm
Curated Discussion Groups
12:00pm - 12:40pm
Discussion Groups
Attendees will be split into groups to meet with each other and discuss timely topics with other AI experts.
12:45pm
Lunch
Lunch and networking
Presented by
1:45pm
Second Panel Session
1:45pm - 2:00pm
Building a Data Business in the AI Era
Ali Ghodsi (Databricks) in conversation with Deirdre Bosa
2:00pm - 2:20pm
Encoding Life: Biology Applications of AI
Raphael Townshend (Atomic AI), Alex Rives (EvolutionaryScale), and Ashley Zehnder (Fauna Bio), moderated by Madeline Renbarger
2:20pm - 2:40pm
Train, Tune, or Turnkey?
Arvind Jain (Glean), Vipul Ved Prakash (Together), and Mike Intrator (CoreWeave), moderated by James Wilsterman
2:40pm - 3:00pm
Speak Easy: Voice Applications of AI
Scott Stephenson (Deepgram), Erin Teague (Character.AI), and Karan Goel (Cartesia), moderated by Max Child
3:00pm
Product Demos
3:00pm - 3:45pm
Emergent Behavior: Cutting-Edge AI Product Demos
Check out the latest and greatest in AI tech with demos and product releases from Physical Intelligence, Useful Sensors, Infinity AI, and Writer.
3:45pm
Closing Conversations
3:45pm - 4:05pm
How to Train Your Robot
Srikanth Thirumalai (Waymo), Tessa Lau (Dusty Robotics), and Jonathan Hurst (Agility Robotics), moderated by James Wilsterman
4:05pm - 4:20pm
Searching for Consumer AI
Marissa Mayer (Sunshine) in conversation with Max Child
4:20pm - 4:45pm
The State of Machine Intelligence
Dario Amodei in conversation with Eric Newcomer
4:45pm
Happy Hour
Reception & Open Bar
Presented by
7:00pm
Event closes
Sponsors Include
Sponsorship Availabilities
Sponsor the Cerebral Valley AI Summit and solidify your reputation as a frontrunner in the AI space alongside the world's top venture capitalists and hottest AI founders & innovators.Email riley@newcomer.co for more information.
Past Speakers Include
