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The New AI Challenge: Trust, Control, and Scale | JetBrains x NVIDIA | RAISE Summit 2026
As enterprises transition from individual AI literacy to team-level agentic deployment, a strategic shift is required to restructure engineering units into integrated "teams of builders" that maintain shared context across the product lifecycle. This evolution necessitates a three-layer governance framework combining individual tool integration, centralized platform policy enforcement, and collaborative team environments to ensure agentic intelligence remains observable, traceable, and auditable. By leveraging open standards like the Agent Communication Protocol and secure infrastructure solutions, organizations can mitigate risks such as shadow AI and prompt injections while focusing on extracting tangible business value from agentic inference rather than superficial metrics.
AMD, Starcloud, Coatue..10 Hot Takes From The Biggest Names in AI
Max Cook, Matan Grinberg, Pim de Witte, Philip Johnston, Mark Papermaster, Rodrigo Liang, Ramin Hasani, Robin Rombach, Chris Madden, Henri Delahaye, Molly, Philippe, Thomas
At the RAISE Summit, industry leaders like Max Cook and Matan outlined a decisive shift toward agentic AI ecosystems that replace traditional interfaces with natural language and naturalize the routing between frontier and open-source models based on latency and cost. Concurrently, hardware giants such as SambaNova and StarCloud announced billion-dollar investments and space-based compute strategies to overcome power constraints and enable efficient inference on edge devices. This convergence of sovereign AI initiatives, supply chain scaling, and automated software engineering marks a global transition where enterprises treat AI as a deployed product rather than a research tool.
- Stanford Online34 min
Stanford MS&E435 Economics of the AI Supercycle | Spring 2026 | Economics of Generative AI
Apoorv Agrawal, Chloe Fang, Ali Ghotzi, Jensen, Mark Andreessen, Demis
Aporv, leader of Altimeter's AI-focused investment firm, leads a nine-week course applying Chatham House rules to analyze the economic stack of the artificial intelligence sector. The curriculum dissects the current "triangle" market structure where semiconductor firms capture 75% of revenue growth while application layers struggle with thin margins due to significant inference costs. Participants develop mental models to navigate Series A investment opportunities and predict a potential decade-long shift in value distribution should hyperscalers successfully deploy specialized ASICs to alter the cost equilibrium.
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Crusoe's Energy-First Vision for the AI Cloud | Chase Lochmiller | RAISE Summit 2026
Chase Lochmiller, Henri Delahaye, Francesc Campoy, DAN GALPIN, FRANCOIS BEAUFORT
Crusoe is establishing itself as a vertically integrated AI infrastructure leader by relocating compute from traditional hubs to stranded energy sources, having secured over 40 GW in its development pipeline with rapid construction cycles like the 11-month Abilene project. The company recently acquired Atero to deploy its "Crusoe Memory Alloy" for optimized inference, simultaneously shifting its product strategy toward distributed "AI factories" that monetize hardware investments through cost-effective token generation rather than large-scale training. As the industry transitions from theoretical announcements to execution over the next 24 months, Crusoe prioritizes operational resilience and end-user value delivery to dominate the emerging market for decentralized, energy-driven AI services.
- a16z26 min
"Meme Your Dream into Reality" | Replit CEO with a16z
Replit CEO Amjad Chaudry transformed his company from a pre-revenue startup into a profitable entity by leveraging a "build in public" strategy that utilized personal storytelling and exposure therapy to manage public scrutiny. This approach included turning the accidental deletion of a customer database into a trust-building moment by openly admitting fault and rapidly implementing mandatory security fixes. The discussion further outlines how leaders can navigate viral mechanics on platforms like X and Instagram while adopting risk management tactics such as acknowledging mistakes to turn potential crises into positive engagement.
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Fireside Chat with Lin Qiao, CEO & Co-Founder of Fireworks AI | RAISE Summit 2026
At the RAISE conference, Matt Miller of Avantik VC discussed Fireworks AI's specialized intelligence platform with founder Lin Chao, a former Meta AI infrastructure lead who built the company to help businesses own their data-driven models rather than relying on generic APIs. The dialogue highlighted how fine-tuning open-source models on proprietary data allows companies to reduce inference costs by up to tenfold while creating durable competitive moats against commoditized application development. Together, they outlined a strategic shift where long-term business survival depends on continuous model customization and the deployment of millions of specialized models tailored to specific use cases.
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David Bitton, David Dubrovsky, Andrew Dieckman & Rachel Metz | Fireside Chat with 5C & AMD
David Bitton, David Dubrovsky, Andrew Dieckman, Rachel Metz
The event examines the strategic co-design partnership between infrastructure builder 5C and chipmaker AMD, which aims to resolve global compute shortages through vertically integrated data centers optimized for multi-generational hardware cycles. Industry leaders prioritize site selection based on power grid capacity, political stability, and proactive community engagement to mitigate opposition while managing the intense market consolidation where top customers control half of global demand. Looking toward a decade ahead, the discussion outlines a bifurcated infrastructure future featuring massive liquid-cooled training clusters alongside edge AI, driven by the necessity of flexible power allocation and deep strategic trust between partners.
- Bank of America34 min
A conversation about business and sport with Gary Neville
The presentation analyzes the $40 billion global economic impact of the World Cup while extracting leadership principles from Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United tenure, such as immediate accountability and adaptability. It contrasts historical club management with modern challenges, including the shift toward digital media consumption, AI-driven recruitment, and the necessity of balancing individual star power with collective cohesion in both club and national team contexts. Ultimately, the discussion underscores that sustainable success requires immediate talent acquisition, psychological resilience, and maintaining the sport's accessibility despite evolving financial constraints.
- Bank of America33 min
(Video) A conversation about business and sport with Gary Neville
This comprehensive analysis projects the 2026 World Cup will generate over $40 billion in global GDP while driving a strategic shift from collective team models to individual-centric squads enhanced by AI recruitment and compact defensive units. Leadership principles drawn from Sir Alex Ferguson's tenure emphasize immediate problem-solving and a "winning mentality" cultivated through 100% intensity in training, which remains critical for assimilation of international talent. Concurrently, the industry navigates media evolution toward digital shoulder programming and social engagement, all while grappling with financial sustainability rules that force clubs to balance wage inflation with the immediate need for right-hiring personnel to secure titles.
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Cracking the ROI Code: Is Intelligence Meeting the Income Statement? | RAISE Summit 2026
May Habib, Rick McConnell, Vishal Talwar, Amit Zavery, Stevie Case, Karen Kwok
Executives from ServiceNow, Dynatrace, FedEx, and Vanta convene to assert that artificial intelligence has transitioned from a speculative technology to a foundational operational driver, citing a direct $500 million P&L improvement for ServiceNow and a 350% average ROI for Dynatrace customers. The panel emphasizes a strategic shift away from measuring technology inputs like token volume toward traditional financial metrics and outcomes such as autonomous issue resolution, while identifying a critical workforce transformation that requires reskilling 500,000 employees and adapting hiring practices for functional engineering roles. Ultimately, the discussion concludes that successful AI integration depends on establishing robust trust frameworks through AI Control Towers and data consolidation to manage shadow AI risks, positioning organizational culture and process rewriting as the primary prerequisites for future scalability.
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Agentic Development Security | Manoj Nair, Snyk | RAISE Summit 2026
Presenting critical findings on the surge of security risks in AI-driven development, this analysis reveals a 108% increase in vulnerabilities linked to agentic workflows and highlights that current frontier models still produce only 60% secure code autonomously. With threat actors already executing attacks within weeks and open models projected to match proprietary capabilities in six months, the session outlines a strategic blueprint requiring independent validation, pre-build context integration, and the eradication of technical debt before scaling adoption. Urging organizations to shift from fragile remediation to resilient, load-bearing architectures, the discussion emphasizes immediate board-level action to secure supply chains and comply with upcoming regulatory frameworks like the EU AI Act.
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Fireside Chat with Yann LeCun, Executive Chairman of AMI Labs | RAISE Summit 2026
Yann LeCun, Tom Mackenzie, Chet Haase, Francois Beaufort, Romain Guyett
Yann LeCun founded AMI Labs to develop JEPA-based World Models that overcome the physical reasoning limitations of current Large Language Models by predicting abstract states rather than discrete tokens. This strategic departure from Meta, driven by incompatible visions for Artificial General Intelligence and business focus, positions the Paris-based entity to lead global industrial applications like Level 5 autonomy and domestic robotics. To ensure geopolitical neutrality and preserve data sovereignty, LeCun is also spearheading Project Tapestry, a distributed initiative aggregating parameters from diverse international contributors without requiring raw data sharing.
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OpenAI x Cerebras: Sachin Katti & Andrew Feldman in Conversation | RAISE Summit 2026
Sachin Katti, Andrew Feldman, Henri Delahaye
In December 2024, OpenAI and Cerebras finalized a historic $20 billion partnership to deploy GPT-5.6 on Cerebras infrastructure, enabling a record-breaking inference speed of 750 tokens per second while expanding data center capacity across Europe to address sovereign AI demands. This collaboration has accelerated OpenAI's internal operations, establishing Codex as the default interface for all employees and driving a monthly release cadence of frontier models through AI-assisted research workflows. Looking forward, the alliance prioritizes enterprise adoption over token volume, anticipating that the rapid integration of AI agents will fundamentally rewire organizational structures and redefine productivity metrics within the next year.
- Bank of America20 min
The Consumer’s Summer Spending Surge
In June 2026, aggregate U.S. consumer spending surged 6.3% year-over-year as discretionary services and retail sectors outpaced necessities, coinciding with a 1.7% acceleration in job growth that narrowed the income spending gap between high- and lower-income households. While Bank of America data indicates this convergence was driven by a 4.1% rise in lower-income wages and a World Cup-induced spike in host city restaurant sales, the event's temporary boost is already fading. Consequently, the personal savings rate dropped to 2.7% as households prioritized consumption over savings, raising concerns about sustainability despite a robust labor market that currently supports further Federal Reserve rate hikes.
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The Physics of Thought & Architecture of Intelligence | Amin Vahdat, Google | RAISE Summit 2026
The speaker characterizes the current epoch as the dawn of an "intelligence era" where unbounded human ambition and the Jevons Paradox will drive exponential demand for cognitive computing power, surpassing the historical pace of the Industrial Revolution. To meet this surging need, Google is leveraging specialized hardware like the eighth-generation TPU and adopting a relaxed reliability model to enable agentic computing swarms that coordinate autonomous tasks at unprecedented scale. This technological shift is already accelerating scientific breakthroughs, such as rapid protein folding prediction, while necessitating responsible management of the economic turbulence inherent in this transition.