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  1. RAISE Summit18 min

    Richard Wham, Airia: Best Practices for Accelerating Your AI Journey with Secure and Powerful Agents

    Richard Wham, Yaseed, Rich

    ARIA, founded by the co-founders of AirWatch and OneTrust, is an AI orchestration platform designed to solve the industry-wide stagnation where 88% of organizations remain stuck in Proof of Concept phases due to security and reliability concerns. The solution utilizes a dual-layer architecture combining a flexible agent-building environment with a guarded central management system to dynamically swap between models, mitigate rapid deprecation cycles, and enforce strict data privacy standards across multi-provider ecosystems. Serving approximately 500 customers, the platform enables enterprises to deploy containerized, compliant AI solutions that ensure resilience against supply chain risks while optimizing for cost and performance in an evolving market.

  2. a16z25 min

    Matthew Turk

    Matthew Turk, John Luther King Jr., Rich

    Cognate, a startup founded by researchers presenting new findings, commercializes an augmented reality system called "Being There" to enable remote experts to virtually collaborate with field technicians by reconstructing physical environments into navigable 3D models. The technology addresses critical technical challenges in environment modeling and annotation rendering, allowing users to independently explore scenes and apply spatially registered instructions without relying on live video streams. Currently targeting the 5.5 million U.S. field service technicians, the platform aims to reduce travel costs and equipment downtime by bridging the gap between dwindling expert availability and an increasingly inexperienced workforce.

  3. Milken Institute1h 17m

    Return on People: The Link Between Human Capital, Values and Corporate Performance

    Rich, Efrat, Ed, Pamela, Susan, Greg

    Efrat Arison and Credit Suisse executives present evidence that embedding values like sustainability and integrity directly into corporate DNA drives superior financial performance and talent retention. By reframing operational processes from debt collection to mentorship and creating targeted business units for underrepresented communities, these organizations successfully bridge the gap between stated missions and daily practices. This strategic shift addresses the "triple bottom line" by aligning compensation structures with social goals, countering the leakage of human capital where diverse graduates fail to reach leadership due to misaligned corporate cultures.

  4. Milken Institute1h 1m

    The Catalyst for Change: What's Working in Philanthropy -- and What's Not?

    Rich, Paul, Rochelle, Tom, Adam, Tzitzi, Hulunrosho, Michael Greenstone

    This session outlines a strategic shift in philanthropy from passive funding to impact-driven capital that prioritizes fiscal responsibility and measurable results across global challenges. Experts detail specific initiatives ranging from biometric verification for widows and orphans to government-backed pilot programs that transition communities from dependency to entrepreneurship through rigorous evaluation models. By highlighting successful mergers, pharmaceutical commercialization, and the critical need for professional talent development, the dialogue emphasizes a future where sustainable economic models replace temporary aid to solve systemic issues in education, healthcare, and disaster response.

  5. Milken Institute1h 1m

    Bridging the Divide: The Rise of Philanthropy in Asia

    Rich, Anne, Your Highness, N, Mike, Laurie Milken, Carl, Justin Nix

    The Milken Institute established a new Singapore center to analyze the intersection of Asia's rapid wealth accumulation and social needs, highlighting a distinct regional shift toward integrating philanthropy with family business strategies. Key initiatives, including Bhutan's "King's Challenge" and new impact investing funds in Hong Kong and South Korea, are driving a generational move away from traditional secrecy and pure donation models toward measurable, data-driven social returns. This evolving landscape seeks to leverage private capital and intergenerational collaboration to address systemic issues like youth demographics and sustainable economic development across the region.

  6. Milken Institute58 min

    MI Summit 2013 - London: Credit Markets at a Crossroads

    Richard Byrne, Tom Corcoran, Robert Kricheff, Brian Pinto, Robert Ruberton, Komal Sri-Kumar, Bob, Rob, Rich

    Speakers Bob Kritches, Tom Corcoran, and other industry experts analyze a U.S. credit environment defined by soaring debt levels, compressed spreads, and regulatory constraints that have created a dangerous imbalance between buy-side assets and sell-side capital. The discussion shifts to European markets, where massive bank deleveraging and direct lending saturation have forced issuers toward high-yield bonds, while emerging market investors navigate a fragmented landscape where flexible exchange rates shield some nations but expose others to capital flight. Ultimately, the panel concludes that alpha generation now requires avoiding crowded public securities to pursue illiquid distressed opportunities and structural arbitrage strategies while anticipating a volatile multi-year normalization of global monetary policy.