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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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It Takes AI to Break AI: Securing the Agentic Attack Surface | Alice | RAISE Summit 2026
Alice Lead of Product and Engineering Avi Golan explains how enterprises face escalating security and safety risks as AI evolves from static chatbots to autonomous agents with tool-calling capabilities. He details a specialized Agentic AI Red Teaming methodology that moves beyond traditional static scanning to continuously simulate adversarial attacks, ensuring robust threat modeling before production deployment. This approach addresses the unique vulnerabilities of non-deterministic models, such as reasoning manipulation and indirect prompt injection, which have previously led to significant operational failures and legal liabilities across major brands.
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Perfect Search, Built for AI Agents | Will Bryk, Exa | RAISE Summit 2026
Exa is rapidly scaling its semantic search infrastructure to power the next generation of AI agents, which are projected to outnumber human web searches within the year. By leveraging deep learning embeddings and a new marketplace for proprietary data, the platform enables precise, low-latency queries that reduce LLM costs while aiming for 99.9999% decision accuracy. This technology drives the company's mission to transition the digital landscape from keyword-based recommendations to "perfect search," targeting the 2028 U.S. presidential election as a pivotal milestone for enhancing societal decision-making.
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Hot Takes & Hard Truths: Building Growth That Compounds | Clay x CapitalG | RAISE Summit 2026
Clay repositions itself as an AI go-to-market platform that transitions sales operations into self-learning revenue engines by integrating third-party data signals to execute scalable growth campaigns. Co-founder Varun leads a strategic shift toward "marketing alpha," utilizing unique tactics like custom film production and rapid, data-driven prospecting to secure high returns on investment for clients such as Canva and Anthropic. The company further distinguishes its value through a new pricing model based on workflow outcomes rather than data tokens, while emphasizing environmental fit in talent acquisition to maximize organizational performance.
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Compute as Capital: Redefining AI's New Currency | WEKA, Akamai, TensorWave & More | RAISE 2026
Val Bercovici, Carmen Li, Parimal Pandya, Sam Tabar, Piotr Tomasik, Robin Wauters
With global AI infrastructure spending projected to reach $7 trillion by 2030, industry leaders identify power access and specialized talent as the primary constraints limiting supply. Experts from White Fiber, Weka, and Silicon Data argue that compute has evolved into a high-value asset class driven by unique market dynamics, including appreciating H-100 GPU values and emerging financial instruments for compute volatility. While current value capture remains anchored in the physical supply chain of chips and energy, the sector anticipates a structural shift toward application-layer returns by 2031 alongside advancements in virtual supercluster technologies and regional market expansion.
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The Data Problem: What AI Actually Runs On | RAISE Summit 2026
Matt Fitzpatrick, Philippe Mizrahi, Noam Salinger, Molly Presley, Travers Nisbet, Petrina Anne Steele, Petrina Steele, Emily Fortuna
Enterprise AI adoption remains critically hampered by organizational inertia and legacy infrastructure, with only 5% to 8% of projects reaching production while global compute allocation shifts decisively toward 80% inference needs. Leaders must address fragmented data silos and misaligned workflows by implementing global namespaces and human-in-the-loop validation protocols to ensure agents meet strict liability standards. As constraints evolve from pure data quality to energy supply and physical infrastructure, successful transformation will depend on re-engineering business processes rather than merely overlaying new models onto broken systems.