Iain Martin
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- RAISE Summit20 min
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.
- RAISE Summit20 min
Fireside Chat with Ekin Dogus Cubuk, Co-CEO of Periodic Labs | RAISE Summit 2026
Founded by former Google Brain and DeepMind researchers, a new company is deploying a hybrid infrastructure of large language models, reinforcement learning, and high-throughput robotics to overcome data limitations in physical science. The Bay Area laboratory automates semiconductor and materials research by executing thousands of daily experiments to create a recursive improvement cycle for chip manufacturing and solid-state chemistry. With an immediate goal of reaching 1,000 experimental trials per day, the venture aims to generate rapid process engineering breakthroughs for the industry while evolving toward profitable intellectual property generation.