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Fireside Chat with Sid Sheth, Founder & CEO of d-Matrix | RAISE Summit 2026
D-Matrix, founded in 2019, has transitioned its SRAM-based Corsair accelerator into mass production while partnering with NVIDIA to deploy heterogeneous compute solutions for the inference-focused agentic era. Moving beyond current SRAM limitations, the company is developing a 3D stacked In-Memory Compute architecture scheduled for a 2027 tape-out, which aims to simultaneously optimize latency and throughput for high-interactivity workloads. This strategic trajectory envisions a market where specialized inference accelerators coexist with HBM-based GPUs, handling distinct layers of the AI pipeline from heavy pre-fill computations to memory-intensive decoding.
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Fireside Chat with Philip Johnston, Starcloud & Chetan Puttagunta, Benchmark | RAISE Summit 2026
Philip Johnston, Chetan Puttagunta
StarCloud is a Seattle-based company that has successfully launched StarCloud 1, proving that terrestrial-grade GPUs can perform high-power training and inference in space while overcoming thermal and radiation challenges. The firm plans to rapidly scale its operations through partnerships with SpaceX and other launch providers, targeting a gigawatt-scale constellation of 88,000 satellites by late 2028 to provide near-instant data processing for government, telecommunications, and lunar exploration clients. With a founding team split between aerospace and cloud engineering giants, StarCloud aims to bypass terrestrial energy permitting delays by establishing a fully vertical infrastructure capable of delivering up to 10 terawatts of compute capacity.
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Beyond the Helpdesk: AI Turning IT Into a Strategic Function | Serval | RAISE Summit 2026
Serval is an AI-native platform that completely rebuilds IT Service Management infrastructure to replace legacy systems like ServiceNow by integrating dual-agent architecture for full automation of enterprise workflows. Co-founded by Jake, the company has driven an 80% automation rate for major clients such as SeatGeek and Ramp, enabling thousands of IT staff to shift from support roles to building cross-functional solutions in marketing, legal, and HR. By treating AI as a core foundation rather than an add-on layer, Serval allows enterprises to eliminate support queues and rapidly reinvent their operational roadmaps every six months.
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Building Global out of Europe in the AI Era | Jan Oberhauser, n8n | RAISE Summit 2026
N8N positions itself as an open-source AI workflow orchestration layer that connects diverse models and applications, a strategy validated by adoption from major enterprises like Microsoft, SAP, and the German government. By prioritizing model agnosticism and a "fair code" license, the platform enables organizations to maintain data sovereignty and switch providers to optimize costs and mitigate supply chain risks. Supported by a global network of partners and community ambassadors, N8N continues to expand its enterprise footprint by evolving from a tool for technical builders into an accessible infrastructure for non-technical users to deploy robust, ROI-driven AI solutions.
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The Infrastructure Powering Live AI | Decart x Bloomberg | RAISE Summit 2026
CART, a 100-person AI lab, leverages its proprietary DOS stack to generate world-class real-time video models capable of powering autonomous robots and live virtual try-ons for e-commerce partners like Amazon. The company's "Lucy" interface enables photorealistic interactions in live streams and shopping feeds, reportedly tripling sales volumes while streamers achieve seven-fold engagement increases. With a roadmap projecting significant breakthroughs in physical AI and software engineering within 18 to 24 months, CART deploys forward-deployed teams to customize these high-performance solutions for specific enterprise KPIs.
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Scaling Taste, Craft & Quality in the AI Era | Figma x Mistral | RAISE Summit 2026
At Figma Config 2024, Chief Design Officer Loredana Cosentino and CEO Dylan Field addressed an audience of over 10,000 to unveil AI-driven tools like Figma Agents while redefining the Chief Design Officer role as a bridge between business value and user experience. The event highlighted a critical industry shift where AI lowers barriers to entry for non-specialists yet fails to replicate human creative excellence, necessitating a collaborative convergence of designers and developers around shared prototyping standards. Leaders emphasized that while AI accelerates baseline output, achieving world-class innovation requires maintaining distinct human judgment to avoid cultural stagnation and push beyond historical data constraints.
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How Higgsfield Went From 0 to $500M Run Rate in 14 Months | Alex Mashrabov | RAISE Summit 2026
Alex Mashrabov, Antoine Blondeau
Alex, a former competitive programming prodigy and ex-Head of AI at Snapchat, founded Hicksfield in October 2023 to address the retention gaps of mobile-first AI tools by pivoting to an enterprise-focused model. The company recently exceeded a $500 million annual run rate within 15 months through its proprietary "Cinema Studio" platform, which serves creative agencies with specialized product photography models and rapid release cycles. Operating with a hybrid US and Kazakhstan talent structure, Hicksfield is currently driving market adoption by shifting the AI narrative from job replacement to direct revenue growth for small and mid-market brands.
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Your Agent Can't Fix What It Can't See | Milin Desai, Sentry | RAISE Summit 2026
Milin Desai, Karim Jalbout, Milo, Amil
Sentry leverages its global platform to serve over 200,000 software teams in addressing the exponential rise in coding complexity driven by AI agents and non-technical developers. The company champions a "self-healing" software paradigm where AI autonomously resolves 30% to 40% of production issues while managing costs through deterministic automation loops rather than raw token usage. This model-agnostic approach shifts the developer role from manual coding to system design, aiming to democratize rapid error resolution for organizations ranging from startups to billion-user enterprises.
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Opening Fireside: Ramin Hasani, Liquid AI & Ion Stoica, Arena | RAISE Summit 2026
Ramin Hasani, Ion Stoica, Rachel Metz, Ayaan, Ian
Led by MIT-derived algorithms and advised by Databricks co-founder Ian, Liquid AI is deploying energy-efficient, hardware-agnostic foundation models designed to run locally on consumer-grade chips rather than massive data centers. This approach addresses a shifting market where enterprises prioritize security and regulatory control by replacing expensive, closed-source systems with open-weight alternatives that offer near-parity in performance for specific tasks like coding and office work. The discussion further highlights a strategic pivot toward specialized "cities" of smaller, deterministic models that interact within agentic pipelines to ensure reliable, human-liability-backed deployment across industries.
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Funding the AI Supercycle: IPOs, Liquidity & Growth | Nelson Griggs, Nasdaq | RAISE Summit 2026
Driven by a resurgence in IPO diversity and massive capital needs for AI infrastructure, the public market is experiencing its most active pipeline in over 25 years, highlighted by SpaceX's historic entry into the NASDAQ 100. Valuation benchmarks have shifted toward profitability and significant revenue scales, prompting a strategic pivot from "growth at all costs" to sustainable models while European tech firms increasingly bypass local exchanges for higher U.S. liquidity. Regulatory adjustments, such as NASDAQ's "fast entry" rules, are accelerating listings for mature mega-caps, setting the stage for a robust flow of billion-dollar offerings through 2026.
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ALL-IN Podcast Live: Mati Staniszewski, Co-Founder & CEO of ElevenLabs | RAISE Summit 2026
Mati Staniszewski, Jason Calacanis
ElevenLabs has scaled to $600 million in annual recurring revenue with 600 employees while maintaining a 100% retention rate for its original research team. The company differentiates itself through an AI-optimized organizational structure, proprietary IP safeguards that have returned over $22 million to creators, and strategic partnerships with figures like Matthew McConaughey. Looking ahead, CEO Mati Golan aims to achieve a voice Turing test by year-end, leveraging assistive technology for medical patients and a model-agnostic platform to remain independent of larger AI developers.
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ALL-IN Podcast Live: Pat Gelsinger, Partner at Playground Global | RAISE Summit 2026
Pat Gelsinger, Jason Calacanis
Intel's strategic decline is attributed to a shift from technical to financial leadership that prioritized shareholder returns over R&D, resulting in missed fabrication opportunities and the loss of key markets like Apple and NVIDIA. In response, CEO Pat Gelsinger is driving a foundry pivot and onshoring initiatives under the CHIPS Act to rebuild manufacturing capacity while navigating geopolitical risks centered on Taiwan's vulnerability. Concurrently, the broader semiconductor landscape is expected to mature through a multi-decade AI expansion constrained by energy limits, alongside anticipated quantum computing breakthroughs by 2030 that will redefine computational capabilities.
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RAISE Summit Opening: A Fireside with Mark Cuban & Anton Osika, Lovable | RAISE Summit 2026
Lovable enables founders, small businesses, and enterprise teams to generate over one million projects weekly by translating plain English descriptions into fully hosted, secure, and monetizable software solutions. The platform has driven significant cost savings, such as a million dollars annually for the healthcare staffing firm Nursa, while empowering non-technical users to act as "AI co-founders" by automating setup tasks like global payments and data governance. Looking ahead, Lovable aims to evolve from a code generation tool into a strategic business advisor that leverages agentic workflows to optimize customer acquisition and internal operations without requiring traditional engineering resources.
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Creativity in the Age of AI | NYSE, Canva & Anthropic | RAISE Summit 2026
Michael Harris, Duncan Clark, Guillaume Princen
Canva executives and Anthropic leaders outlined a strategic convergence where AI acts as a workforce amplification tool rather than a replacement, evidenced by Canva's internal hackathons and Anthropic's enterprise focus on data trust. Their collaboration highlights a shift toward agentic capabilities by 2026, enabling automated workflows like the new Affinity Pro integration and scaled design customization for global marketing teams. The discussion forecasts that ecosystem connectivity and context will drive a 2027 milestone where AI surpasses top human expert performance, fundamentally compressing industry progress timelines.
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ALL-IN Podcast Live: Mark Cuban | RAISE Summit 2026
Mark Cuban attributes recent NBA parity shifts to new salary cap rules that prevent three-peats while analyzing Jalen Brunson's franchise-driven move to the New York Knicks. He warns of an artificial AI valuation bubble fueled by private capital and warns that without breakthroughs in energy efficiency, massive data center investments risk becoming stranded assets. Concurrently, Cuban argues that AI will augment rather than replace white-collar workers, citing immediate benefits for entrepreneurs in prototyping and potential transformations in precision healthcare through integrated wearable data.