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Hear what happened at the most recent Cerebral Valley AI Summit in the Newcomer newsletter here.We'll be back in San Francisco on November 12.
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."
Cristóbal Valenzuela
CEO, Runway
"Of any event, the Cerebral Valley conference brings together the highest caliber minds building in AI."
Amy Wu
Partner, Menlo Ventures
Speakers Include
Dara Khosrowshahi
CEO, Uber
Dylan Field
Founder & CEO, Figma
Eiso Kant
Founder & CTO, poolside
Alex Kendall
Founder & CEO, Wayve
Lin Qiao
Founder & CEO, Fireworks
Victor Riparbelli
Founder & CEO, Synthesia
Anton Osika
Founder & CEO, Lovable
Christopher Pedregal
Founder & CEO, Granola
Bella Liu
Founder & CEO, Orby
Matt Rouif
Founder & CEO, Photoroom
Chase Lochmiller
Founder & CEO, Crusoe
Bonnie Kruft
Partner, Microsoft Research AI for Science
Thomas Wolf
Co-founder & Chief Science Officer, Hugging Face
Jan Hammer
Partner, Index Ventures
Philippe Botteri
Partner, Accel
Seth Pierrepont
General Partner, ICONIQ
Harry Stebbings
Founder, 20VC
Tom Hulme
Managing Partner, GV
Eoin Hinchy
Founder & CEO, Tines
Renen Hallak
Founder & CEO, VAST Data
Vivian Guo
Principal, ICONIQ
Discussion Groups Led By
Grant Lee
Founder & CEO, Gamma
Eléonore Crespo
Founder & CEO, Pigment
Bernard Liautaud
Managing Partner, Balderton
Emil Eifrem
Founder & CEO, Neo4j
Ophelia Brown
Founder & Managing Partner, Blossom Capital
Andrey Khusid
Founder & CEO, Miro
Stanislas Polu
Founder, Dust
Jared Goodner
Co-founder & CTO, Akido
Alexandre de Vigan
Founder & CEO, Nfinite
Andreas Cleve
Founder & CEO, Corti
Jon Turow
Partner, Madrona
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 in London
Agenda
10:00am
Doors Open
Check-in and welcome coffee
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
Novelty & Discovery
Bonnie Kruft (Microsoft) and Thomas Wolf (Hugging Face) moderated by Eric Newcomer
11:25am - 11:40am
Signals from the Frontier
A presentation from Seth Pierrepont and Vivian Guo (ICONIQ)
11:40am - 12:00pm
Investing for 2030
Jan Hammer (Index Ventures), Philippe Botteri (Accel), and Tom Hulme (GV) moderated by 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.
See descriptions here
12:45pm
Lunch
Lunch and networking
1:45pm
Second Panel Session
1:45pm - 2:00pm
The New Office Suite
Christopher Pedregal (Granola) in conversation with Harry Stebbings
2:00pm - 2:20pm
The Visual Turing Test
Victor Riparbelli (Synthesia) and Matt Rouif (Photoroom) moderated by Max Child
2:20pm - 2:40pm
Building Infrastructure for The Speed of Thought
Lin Qiao (Fireworks) and Renen Hallak (VAST Data) moderated by James Wilsterman
2:40pm - 3:00pm
Actual, Real, Useful Agents
Bella Liu (Orby) and Eoin Hinchy (Tines) moderated by Madeline Renbarger
3:00pm - 3:15pm
No Code, No Problem
Anton Osika (Lovable) in conversation with Max Child
3:15pm - 3:30pm
Energy Hungry Intelligence
Chase Lochmiller (Crusoe) in conversation with Madeline Renbarger
3:30pm - 3:50pm
Software as the Shortcut to AGI
Eiso Kant (poolside) in conversation with James Wilsterman
3:50pm - 4:15pm
The Autonomous Vehicle Rollout
Dara Khosrowshahi (Uber) and Alex Kendall (Wayve) in conversation with Eric Newcomer
4:15pm - 4:40pm
Escaping AI’s MS DOS Era
Dylan Field (Figma) in conversation with Eric Newcomer
4:40pm
Happy Hour
Reception & Open Bar
Happy hour in partnership with
6:30pm
Event closes
Sponsors Include
Our next summit is in San Francisco on Nov. 12, 2025
Applications to attend the Cerebral Valley AI Summit in San Francisco will open in early July.
Sponsorship Availabilities
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Past Speakers Include
