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Clear all filters- RAISE Summit41 min
The Building Blocks of AI: Inside the Open Stack | ZML, LiveKit, ClickHouse & Neo4j | RAISE 2026
Steeve Morin, Russell d'Sa, Alexey Milovidov, Philip Rathle, Abel Samot, Alexey Kurtenkov
Leaders from ZML, ClickHouse, Neo4j, and LiveKit convened to outline the transition from "Old Regime AI" to Agentic AI, highlighting how their respective open-source infrastructures address critical needs in hardware inference, real-time data processing, graph-based context, and human-computer interaction. The panelists emphasized that while models and code face rapid commoditization, sustainable value will derive from proprietary data moats, sovereign infrastructure requirements, and specialized application layers like the proposed "Harness Layer" that supports diverse hardware architectures. With valuations reaching up to $15 billion and strategic integrations such as OpenAI's adoption of LiveKit, these companies argue that software composability and open-source strategies are essential for maintaining performance gains and avoiding vendor lock-in in a GPU-constrained market.
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How AI Saved My Life and Will Save Yours | Olivier Goy, Paris Brain Institute | RAISE 2026
Following his 2020 ALS diagnosis, the speaker collaborated with the Paris Brain Institute and Mount Sinai Hospital to deploy AI-driven technologies that restored his voice and accelerated neurological research. This strategic partnership, supported by a $600,000 personal founding gift, focuses on transforming the "One Brain" initiative into a unified front against diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. To finance this work, the organizations launched "The Wall" project, inviting donors to contribute portraits that directly fund the development of robotic surgical tools and pattern-recognition algorithms.
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How Is AI Changing the CFO Office? | RAMP x DFCG | RAISE Summit 2026
Jacob Wallemberg, Armand Angeli
Jakob Wallenberg is leading RAMP, a US-based finance automation platform serving 70,000 clients, through its expansion from American markets into the UK and broader Europe starting this summer. The company distinguishes itself with a full suite of products ranging from corporate cards to newly launched AI-native agents that automate book closing and enforce policy compliance via large language models. By integrating deeply with existing ERPs while providing granular visibility into AI model spending for CFOs and CIOs, RAMP aims to transform enterprise financial operations from manual processes to a rapid, automated system of action.
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Rethinking AI Infrastructure for the Age of Reasoning | Jeehoon Kang, FuriosaAI | RAISE 2026
Furiosa AI is initiating mass production of its second-generation Renegade chip, a 180-watt tensor contraction processor fabricated on TSMC 5nm technology to deliver 30% to 100% higher token-per-watt performance in traditional air-cooled data centers. The device utilizes a hybrid HBM-SRAM architecture and a deterministic compiler stack to eliminate power efficiency bottlenecks while offering immediate deployment via OpenAPI and Kubernetes plugins. Following this launch, the company has partnered with Broadcom to develop the third-generation Torque chip, which targets hyperscale direct liquid cooling systems with expected performance scaling of up to 30 times the current generation.
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Fireside Chat with Jarek Kutylowski, Founder & CEO of DeepL | RAISE Summit 2026
Jarek Kutylowski, Lionel Laurent
Founded in 2017 by Jarek Kutsiwowski, DeepL has evolved from a startup building its own GPU infrastructure into a specialized translation provider serving 100,000 enterprise clients with proprietary models designed for high-stakes legal and technical domains. Facing recent market shifts, the company implemented a 20% workforce reduction to align operations with AI adoption while leveraging its unique position as a backend engine for major consumer platforms like YouTube. Looking forward, DeepL aims to eliminate language barriers in global business by combining real-time speech capabilities with human-in-the-loop oversight, maintaining its European roots while competing against US-based AI dominance through agile innovation.
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Beyond Creativity: Why Generative Media Is Becoming Core Infrastructure | Fal | RAISE Summit 2026
Gorkem Yurtseven, Joshua Shirazi, Josh Rossi, Gorkham, Yigit Boyar
Alkion Capital Management and FAL AI are capitalizing on a fragmented generative media market by providing a unified platform that hosts over 600 base models for 2 million developers across image, video, and audio modalities. While video generation initially dominated revenue, the platform has pivoted to image editing as Flux models matured, addressing high compute costs and Hollywood's recent adoption of AI-native workflows. Future growth depends on solving cinematic consistency for long-form video and navigating complex IP landscapes, with major expansion anticipated in untapped sectors like healthcare and education.
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The Compounding Gap: One Existential AI Infrastructure Crisis | Density AI x Gradient | RAISE 2026
Ganesh Venkat, Zachary Bratun-Glennon
Density AI founder Ganesh Reddy is launching a new wafer-scale, SRAM-based architecture to solve the critical divergence where AI inference demand grows 300% annually against a meager 3% grid expansion and 30% efficiency gains. This initiative builds on Reddy's prior creation of Tesla's Dojo supercomputer, aiming to deliver 10x more intelligence per joule by eliminating the latency and flexibility trade-offs inherent in current GPU and ASIC designs. By targeting the thermodynamic limits of token processing, the company intends to establish a foundational infrastructure capable of sustaining frontier AI growth through the next decade.
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Deepfakes, Bots and Agentic Security | Pindrop x Palo Alto Networks | RAISE Summit 2026
Dr. Vijay Balasubramaniyan, Raphael Marichez, Rafael
Founded in 2011 by Dr. Balasubramanian, PinDrop commercialized "phone printing" technology to replace insecure legacy authentication with acoustic device fingerprinting for voice and video calls. The firm now addresses escalating threats from deepfakes, state-sponsored cyber espionage, and autonomous AI agents by deploying a three-pillar defense model that continuously monitors identity, intent, and action. As the digital landscape shifts toward an era of trillions of AI interactions, the technology ensures humans retain final agency for high-stakes transactions while neutralizing sophisticated fraud tactics.
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Building the Next Generation of Software | Des Traynor, Fin | RAISE Summit 2026
Facing existential threats from stagnating growth and AI disruption in August 2022, Intercom executed a radical corporate transformation under new leadership to pivot entirely toward its new AI product, Finn. This comprehensive overhaul shifted the company's product strategy from static user interfaces to dynamic, intent-based agentic systems while overhauling engineering workflows to leverage AI for tripled velocity and improved code reliability. The initiative has since generated nearly $100 million in AI-specific revenue on a total base exceeding $400 million, culminating in an agreement to be acquired by Salesforce.
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The Pilot Trap: Why Enterprise AI Stalls and How to Break Through | RAISE Summit 2026
Industry leaders are transitioning AI from low-value experimental pilots to production-ready agents that drive significant P&L impact through process re-engineering and high-level decision automation. Success hinges on overcoming trust barriers by implementing robust infrastructure for real-time observability, identity management, and deterministic governance that allows for immediate intervention. While adoption faces regulatory friction and requires rigorous change management to integrate with human workflows, the net result is predicted to be job creation driven by expanded AI consumption and specialized physical domain applications.
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Six Days in the Field: What a Defense Deployment Teaches About Sovereign AI | RAISE Summit 2026
Dan Wright, Dr. Chaouki Kasmi, Tala Aj Jabri, Shawi Kasmi
UAE-based Taktika AI and US-based Armada successfully deployed a modular, AI-enabled data center in a remote, isolated field environment within six days to address urgent maritime and geospatial intelligence challenges. This sovereign infrastructure operates as a fully air-gapped system, delivering speed and resiliency by utilizing pre-existing mobile assets rather than relying on external cloud providers or complex supply chains. The partnership aims to replicate this high-efficiency model in Europe and the US, targeting organizations with stranded data assets while adapting the technology for both defense and non-defense sectors.
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The New Arms Race: Securing Frontier AI Before It Secures Us | RAISE Summit 2026
Dan Lahav, Michael S. Rogers, Larissa Holzki
Driven by recent security incidents where AI models demonstrated autonomous hacking capabilities and coordinated social engineering, the US government has intervened to restrict model access while assigning the NSA the role of classifying AI as a national security asset. Experts highlight that rapid technological evolution outpaces current regulatory frameworks, creating a landscape where open-source vulnerabilities and autonomous agent behaviors present unprecedented insider risks that static defenses cannot contain. Consequently, business leaders are advised to adopt aggressive scenario planning and sandboxing protocols to manage the uncertainty of a future where machine-to-machine coordination fundamentally alters the threat environment.
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Sovereign Stacks: Building Trusted AI on National Terms | RAISE Summit 2026
Mohsen Moazami, Thomas Di Giacomo, Cory Hawkvelt, Simon Muskett, Gleb Budman, Claire Thomas-Daoulas
Industry leaders including Gleb Budman, Simon Musket, and Thomas Di Giacomo defined sovereign AI as pragmatic organizational control over data and infrastructure rather than mere geographic residency, emphasizing that vendor exit options and workflow autonomy are the true measures of sovereignty. The panel further analyzed how geopolitical export controls and massive capital requirements are driving domestic innovation in China and the Middle East while urging Europe to prioritize open industrial ecosystems over attempting to replicate U.S. hyperscaler models. Ultimately, experts concluded that sovereignty will remain a critical strategic focus through 2035, though its definition will evolve to emphasize resilience and interdependence over isolationist regulatory compliance.
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AI for Chip Design & Chip Design for AI | Ricursive Intelligence | RAISE Summit 2026
Anna Goldie, Azalia Mirhoseini, Azalea Amir-Hosseini
Founded by former Google Brain engineers Anna Goldie and Azalea Amir-Hosseini, Recursive Intelligence deploys its AlphaChip reinforcement learning system to replace months of manual chip design with superhuman layout generation that runs 1,000 times faster than commercial tools. The company is currently in Phase One, accelerating physical design for major manufacturers like NVIDIA and AMD, while its roadmap targets a "design-less" future where companies specify workloads to receive co-optimized hardware instantly. Ultimately, Recursive aims to close a recursive self-improving loop by eventually building its own chips and models, promising up to 20x performance gains through microarchitectural customization.
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The Agentic Web is Next: Building the Infrastructure for AI Agents on the Web | RAISE Summit 2026
Founded by Co-CEO Abhishek, Yotori deploys its autonomous Navigator N1.5 model to execute web-based enterprise tasks at a fraction of the cost and latency of frontier competitors. The platform currently processes over 100 million monthly API calls for Fortune 100 advertisers and fintech firms, enabling complex workflows like automated checkout fraud detection and cross-site data extraction. With Navigator N2 slated for release within two months to expand into general computer use, the company invites businesses with heavy browser workflows to partner on its heterogeneous, cost-optimized infrastructure.