Nico Laqua
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2035 Decoded: Navigating the Decade Ahead | Dust, Glean & More | RAISE Summit 2026
Gabriel Hubert, Eve Bodnia, Arvind Jain, Nico Laqua, Raphaelle D'Ornano, Chris Blundell
Projected as a 10-to-15-year strategic journey, the panel outlines how enterprises must prioritize context graphs and data ownership over specific models to navigate the divergence between the 125 projected S&P 500 winners and the majority of firms unable to transition to agentic workflows. While Large Language Models dominate creative tasks, the future architecture will integrate Energy-Based Models for critical reasoning, demanding talent with advanced systems thinking to manage non-deterministic risks in sectors like finance and robotics. Long-term competitive advantage will ultimately accrue to organizations that retain control over system specifications and leverage human oversight to compound value through defensible data moats.
The Hardest Working Startup in America | Nico Laqua, Co-founder & CEO @ Corgi
CEO Nico leads Corgi Insurance, a $2.5 billion valuation fintech that enforces a mandatory seven-day work week to prioritize speed and a "culture of winning" over traditional work-life balance. The company operates across San Francisco, London, and other hubs while deploying AI to automate highly regulated insurance sectors and funding a 24/7 San Francisco workspace to support its intense operational tempo. Despite facing significant criticism and death threats for these demanding policies, Nico maintains strict executive autonomy and refuses secondary market sales, aiming to build a trillion-dollar enterprise by leveraging AI for sales and marketing efficiency.