August 21, 2026San Francisco @ OpenAI

Agenda

The day

8:00 AM – 6:30 PM

  1. Breakfast
  2. Panels Begin (until 4:00 PM)See the panels
  3. Lunch
  4. Workshops Begin (alongside the panels)
  5. Founder Pitches
  6. Closing Remarks

The panels

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

  • Frontier + Causal AI

    What’s actually happening at the edge of foundation model and causal reasoning research, told by the women running the labs.

  • Civics + AI Alignment

    The technical and policy questions shaping how AI gets built, and who’s in the room when it’s decided.

  • Robotics + Hardware

    AI beyond the chat window: humanoids, industrial automation, and the hardware founders building in the physical world.

  • Energy + Infrastructure

    Powering the AI buildout: grid infrastructure, nuclear, and the founders racing to keep the lights on.

  • Space + Aero

    The founders building beyond Earth’s atmosphere: launch systems, satellites, and the hardware powering the next space race.

  • Fin-tech

    How AI is remaking money: payments, underwriting, and the founders building the infrastructure behind it.

  • Healthcare + Bio-tech

    AI reaching the exam room and the lab bench: diagnostics, clinical workflows, and the founders rebuilding care delivery from the inside.

  • Consumer + Fashion

    AI meets culture: personalization, generative design, and the founders reshaping how we shop and dress.

Back to the summit

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