Julien Launay

Julien Launay is the CEO and co-founder of Adaptive ML, a startup focused on enabling AI models to learn from experience. With dual headquarters in New York City and Paris, Adaptive ML is used by Fortune 500 enterprises—such as AT&T—to develop unique AI agents able to seamlessly interface with their systems and to learn from production data.

Priyambada Jain

Priyambada Jain is a data science and artificial intelligence professional based in California, currently working in AI at BlackRock in Palo Alto. She has extensive experience in Generative AI, machine learning, and statistical modeling, applying these technologies to solve real-world business problems. She holds a degree from the University of Southern California (USC) and has contributed to academic research in data science education.

Jackie Ho

Jackie Ho is a Product Lead at Predibase, where she drives the development of cutting-edge AI infrastructure that helps enterprises deploy, fine-tune, and govern machine learning models and agents at scale.

Adam Pingel

Adam Pingel is the IBM Head of Open Tools and Applications for the AI Alliance, a role he assumed in 2024 after joining IBM in 2022.

Hicham Oudghiri

Hicham Oudghiri is co-founder and CEO of Enigma, a New York-based data science and artificial intelligence company. While working as an energy analyst and managing a private sustainable finance program, he experienced a gap in the ability of enterprises to access and leverage data to solve problems.

Rita Waite

Rita Waite is a Partner at In-Q-Tel, the strategic investor for the U.S. Intelligence and Defense Communities. Rita joined In-Q-Tel in 2022 and primarily leads investments across the AI landscape. Prior to In-Q-Tel, Rita was an investor at Juniper Networks’ venture arm and Semapa Next VC, where she focused on AI/ML, computer networking, and fintech.

Bobak Tavangar

Bobak Tavangar is a co-founder and CEO at Brilliant Labs where he works alongside a small but mighty team who are building an open source AI glasses platform.

Byung-Gon Chun

Byung-Gon Chun is the Founder and CEO of FriendliAI, leading innovations that make AI deployment more efficient and scalable. With decades of experience at the intersection of AI platform and distributed systems, he blends academic rigor with practical leadership to advance AI performance and impact. He pioneered continuous batching, now the industry standard for LLM inference.

Arvind Gopal

Arvind is VP of Product Management and Strategy at eGain, where he leads innovation across AI, knowledge management, and customer experience. With 20+ years of experience, he specializes in building scalable solutions that drive customer engagement and operational efficiency. Arvind holds multiple patents in customer engagement technology and frequently speaks at industry events, including masterclasses on generative AI in customer service.

Wil Pong

Wil Pong is Vice President of Product at Fiddler AI, where he leads product management and design teams building the next generation of observability tools for AI systems.