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Delivering on the Promise of AI Through Trusted Partnerships | Simon Ahdoot, Hypertec | RAISE 2026
Founded in 1984, Hypertech leads a strategic alliance with Bell Canada, Cohere, and BuzzHPC to build a sovereign AI ecosystem in Canada that addresses massive infrastructure demands and sector-specific inefficiencies. This partnership explicitly combines four decades of data center expertise with legacy telecommunications, modern GPU management, and enterprise AI modeling to overcome unprecedented capital, talent, and regulatory hurdles. The initiative highlights that successful AI deployment requires such cross-generational collaboration to navigate environmental concerns and power constraints that no single entity can resolve independently.
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A Keynote with Richard Rizk, & IRobert Rizk, BLACKBOX.AI
Co-founded by Robert and Richard Co, Blackbox has scaled its autonomous coding agent platform to over 20 million users, securing the top rank among code-related AI startups on Andreessen Horowitz's 2024 adoption list. The system distinguishes itself through features like Figma-to-code conversion, voice-enabled remote execution, and a "Robocoder" module that resolves GitHub issues asynchronously within isolated secure environments. While integrating with over 35 IDEs and offering unified model access, the company emphasizes a human-in-the-loop philosophy to augment developer productivity rather than replace engineers.
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A Keynote with Guillaume Bonneton, GP Bullhound & Carlos de la Esperanza, Bullhound Capital
Guillaume Bonneton, Carlos de la Esperanza, Carlos Franza
GP Bullhound's 11th annual "Titans of Tech" report defines Europe's current technological renaissance, noting that the continent's unicorn count has nearly tripled since 2020 while total venture capital funding has recovered to $15 billion annually. Despite a stagnation in initial public offerings, the ecosystem is scaling through a surge in larger deals and strategic secondary liquidity rounds, with AI-native companies and dual-use technologies driving the majority of new capital allocation. Looking ahead, the firm projects 50 new unicorns within 24 months, a wave dominated by aggressive hiring and the development of sovereign hardware infrastructure rather than consumer applications.