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- RAISE Summit19 min
Redefining Customer Experience Through Intelligent AI | Suveer Kothari, Sierra | RAISE 2026
Suveer Kothari, Rohit Iragavarapu, Xavier
Sierra, a customer-facing AI platform led by former Google executive Xavier, has secured investment from Ray Ventures by deploying agents that utilize an outcomes-based pricing model to resolve inbound and outbound conversations. Serving 40% of the Fortune 500 through a forward-deployed engineering approach, the company successfully reduces deployment timelines to 90 days, as demonstrated by rapid adoption cases at Singtel and Rocket Mortgage. By orchestrating multiple foundation models to shield clients from infrastructure volatility, Sierra positions itself as the critical bridge between raw model capabilities and specific business outcomes in an era where conversation is becoming the primary user interface.
- Milken Institute57 min
Building a Global Community to Drive Social Change
Alden, Sean, Ben, Jesse, Michelle, Yancey, Patty, Xavier, Dwayne Johnson, Steven Spielberg, George Soros, Clinton, Barack, Obama
A panel discussion at a media industry event detailed how organizations like TakePart and Good magazine are pivoting from passive content consumption to decentralized, action-oriented community platforms that leverage social media for civic engagement. Key examples included a Facebook game raising $200,000 and mobilizing 700,000 players globally, alongside successful film campaigns for *Lincoln* and *Food, Inc.* that drove measurable consumer behavior changes and policy shifts. The conversation highlighted a broader industry trend where authentic, two-way digital conversations and grassroots organizing are replacing traditional top-down communication to address global challenges effectively.