The Grove

Tue Apr 7th
9:00a - 9:15a
GROVE_TUE_054
In Person Only
Speaking Session
Rehearsals with Paramount
Phil Wiser
CTO • Paramount
Tue Apr 7th
9:15a - 9:55a
GROVE_TUE_414
In Person Only
Networking
Crew standby
Tue Apr 7th
9:55a - 10:00a
GROVE_TUE_A19
Record
Speaking Session
Opening Remarks
Megan Stinson
Co-founder • COMMAND
Tue Apr 7th
10:00a - 10:20a
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Record
Speaking Session
Looking Back To Look Forward At AI’s Impact On Media
Phil Wiser
CTO • Paramount
Tue Apr 7th
10:20a - 10:45a
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Record
Speaking Session
Building AI That Amplifies Imagination
Fatima Kardar
CVP, Xbox Gaming AI • Microsoft
Jon Snoddy
Co-founder & CEO • Operative Games
Martine Paris MOD
AI Columnist / Tech Contributor • Forbes
Tue Apr 7th
10:45a - 11:10a
GROVE_TUE_56
Record
Speaking Session
Creativity at AI Speed
Abhay Parasnis
Founder & CEO • Typeface
Jessica Powell
Co-founder & CEO • AudioShake
Mikayel Vardanyan
Co-founder • Picsart
Nora Ali MOD
Founder • NKA Media
Tue Apr 7th
11:10a - 11:30a
GROVE_TUE_BB
Record
Speaking Session
AI Video and the Distinction Between Viewing and Experiencing
Dean Leitersdorf
Co-Founder & CEO • Decart
Demi Guo
Co-founder & CEO • Pika
Rebecca Bellan MOD
Senior Reporter • TechCrunch
Tue Apr 7th
11:30a - 11:50a
GROVE_TUE_AE
Record
Speaking Session
Brand Strategy in a Post-Platform Era
Caroline Ingeborn
COO • Luma AI
Joe Kessler
Partner & Global Head of UTA IQ • United Talent Agency
Sally Shin
EVP, Growth and Partnerships • CNBC
James Louderback MOD
CEO & Editor • Inside The Creator Economy
Tue Apr 7th
11:50a - 12:15p
GROVE_TUE_44
Record
Speaking Session
Powering the Full Customer Journey
Alicia Shapiro MOD
CMO, Head of News Reporting • AiNews.com
Kate Prouty
SVP & CIO • Akamai
Bill Gross
CEO • ProRata AI
Tue Apr 7th
12:15p - 12:35p
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Record
Speaking Session
Craft and Code: Reimaging Heritage Brands with AI
Cristina Diezhandino
CMO • Diageo
Tue Apr 7th
12:35p - 1:00p
GROVE_TUE_E7
Record
Speaking Session
AI, Identity, and the Future of Connection
George Arison
CEO • Grindr
Renate Nyborg
Founder & Chief Executive Officer • Meeno
Hannah Murphy MOD
Tech Reporter • Financial Times
Tue Apr 7th
1:00p - 1:20p
GROVE_TUE_05
Record
Speaking Session
Building Brands That Matter in the Age of AI
Marcel Marcondes
Global CMO • AB InBev
Tue Apr 7th
1:20p - 1:35p
GROVE_TUE_BBE
Record
Speaking Session
Snap CIO
Saral Jain
SVP, Head of Engineering & CIO • Snap Inc.
Tue Apr 7th
2:15p - 2:20p
GROVE_TUE_A39
Record
Speaking Session
Opening Remarks
Tue Apr 7th
2:20p - 2:45p
GROVE_TUE_03
Record
Speaking Session
Can AI Protect the Enterprise from Itself?
Sam Sabin MOD
Cybersecurity Reporter • Axios
Charles Carmakal
CTO • Mandiant
Wendi Whitmore
Chief Security Intelligence Officer • Palo Alto Networks
Adam Meyers
SVP of Counter Adversary Operations • Crowdstrike
Tue Apr 7th
2:45p - 3:10p
GROVE_TUE_C5C
Record
Speaking Session
When AI Joins the Team
Brian Peterson
Co-founder & CTO • Dialpad
Jennifer Smith
Co-founder & CEO • Scribe
Tim Shi
Co-founder Stealth AI lab • Cresta
Emil Protalinski MOD
Editor • Techmeme and EPro Strategies
Tue Apr 7th
3:10p - 3:35p
GROVE_TUE_0E
Record
Speaking Session
Turning Customer Conversations into Action
Dylan Fox
Founder & CEO • AssemblyAI
Priya Vijayarajendran
CEO • ASAPP
Arun Chandra
COO • NICE
Andrew Tan MOD
Founder • TLDR AI
Tue Apr 7th
3:35p - 4:00p
GROVE_TUE_8E
Record
Speaking Session
From Demos to Deployment: Building Visual Infrastructure
Andreas Blattmann
Co-founder • Black Forest Labs
Viet Le
Investor • General Catalyst
Maxwell Zeff MOD
Senior Writer • WIRED
Tue Apr 7th
4:00p - 4:20p
GROVE_TUE_80
Record
Speaking Session
Understanding AI Should Be Simple
Deepak Agarwal
Chief AI Officer • LinkedIn
Brody Ford MOD
Tech Reporter • Bloomberg
Tue Apr 7th
4:20p - 4:40p
GROVE_TUE_B4
Record
Speaking Session
The Business Reality of AI Adoption
Will Abbey
EVP & CCO • Arm
Wed Apr 8th
9:55a - 10:00a
GROVE_WED_DFF
Record
Speaking Session
Opening Remarks
Wed Apr 8th
10:00a - 10:25a
GROVE_WED_A5E
Record
Speaking Session
Breaking the Wall After Product Market Fit
David Fischer
General Partner • 01 Advisors
Roseanne Wincek
Co-founder & Managing Director • Renegade Partners
Rob Toews
Partner • Radical Ventures
Scott McGrew MOD
News Anchor • NBC
Wed Apr 8th
10:25a - 10:50a
GROVE_WED_9B9
Record
Speaking Session
The VCs Behind the AI Narrative Machine
Vijay Reddy
Partner • Mayfield Fund
Tamara Steffens
Managing Director • Thomson Reuters Ventures
Aaref Hilaly
Partner • Bain Capital Ventures
Wed Apr 8th
10:50a - 11:10a
GROVE_WED_7A
Record
Speaking Session
Maximizing Performance in the Age of AI
Kobie Fuller
General Partner • Upfront Ventures
Michael Johnson
Olympic Legend • 13 time Olympic and World Champion
Clare Duffy MOD
Tech Reporter • CNN
Wed Apr 8th
11:10a - 11:35a
GROVE_WED_3B
Record
Speaking Session
Beyond Capital: What Great AI Investors Actually Do
Avid Larizadeh Duggan OBE
Senior Managing Director • Teachers' Venture Growth, OTPP
Maria Palma
General Partner • Freestyle
Ross Fubini
Founder & Managing Partner • XYZ Venture Capital
Jacob Robbins MOD
Technology Reporter • PitchBook News
Wed Apr 8th
11:35a - 12:00p
GROVE_WED_86
Record
Speaking Session
Decoding the Hype Behind the AI Boom
Asheem Chandna
General Partner • Greylock
Cassie Young
General Partner • Primary
Sahir Azam
Partner • Index Ventures
Natasha Mascarenhas MOD
Venture Capital & Startup Reporter • Bloomberg
Wed Apr 8th
12:00p - 12:25p
GROVE_WED_FA
Record
Speaking Session
The Infrastructure Behind Scaled Generative Media
Gorkem Yurtseven
Co-founder and CTO • fal
Jennifer Li
General Partner • Andreessen Horowitz
Anna Tong MOD
Tech correspondent • Forbes
Wed Apr 8th
12:25p - 12:50p
GROVE_WED_A5F
Record
Speaking Session
Where Early Stage AI Money Is Going Now
Amber Atherton
Partner • Patron
Tiffany Luck
Partner • NEA
Janelle Teng
Partner • Bessemer Venture Partners
Josh Constine MOD
Venture Partner • SignalFire
Wed Apr 8th
12:50p - 1:15p
GROVE_WED_DE
Record
Speaking Session
Inside the 2026 AI VC Playbook
Esther Wong
Founder and CEO • 3C AGI Partners
Salil Deshpande
General Partner • Uncorrelated Ventures
Marcie Vu
Partner • Greycroft
Gené Teare MOD
Senior Data Editor • Crunchbase
Wed Apr 8th
1:15p - 1:35p
GROVE_WED_C4
Record
Speaking Session
TBC (Brian to offer to Splice)
Kakul Srivastava
CEO • Splice
Wed Apr 8th
2:30p - 2:35p
GROVE_WED_FFF
Record
Speaking Session
Opening Remarks
Wed Apr 8th
2:35p - 2:55p
GROVE_WED_ED
Record
Speaking Session
The AI Engines Driving the Future of Logistics
Shoaib Makani
CEO & Co-founder • Motive
Ossa Fisher
President • Aurora Innovation
Rob Pegoraro MOD
Contributor • PCMag
Wed Apr 8th
2:55p - 3:15p
GROVE_WED_BE
Record
Speaking Session
Innovation That Starts and Ends with the User
Prashanth Chandrasekar
CEO • Stack Overflow
Anna Tong MOD
Tech correspondent • Forbes
Wed Apr 8th
3:15p - 3:35p
GROVE_WED_A04
Record
Speaking Session
How Generative Tools Are Rewiring Teamwork
Jon Noronha
Co-founder & CPO • Gamma
Andrey Khusid
Co-founder & CEO • Miro
Alex Konrad MOD
Founder & Editor • Upstarts Media
Wed Apr 8th
3:35p - 4:00p
GROVE_WED_7E
Record
Speaking Session
The New Retail Experience Powered by AI
Marcelo Cortes
Co-founder & Chief Architect • Faire
Robert Brunner
Founder & Creative Director • Ammunition
Reece Rogers MOD
Service Writer • WIRED
Wed Apr 8th
4:00p - 4:20p
GROVE_WED_DD0
Record
Speaking Session
How to market your AI tools successfully
Elisa Schreiber
CMO • Felicis
Alicia Shapiro
CMO, Head of News Reporting • AiNews.com
Wed Apr 8th
4:20p - 4:45p
GROVE_WED_23
Record
Speaking Session
What It Takes to Modernise Global Operations
Tom Eggemeier
CEO • Zendesk
Steve Lucas
CEO • Boomi
Sophie Schmidt MOD
Founder & Publisher • Rest of World
Thu Apr 9th
9:30a - 9:45a
GROVE_THU_687
In Person Only
Speaking Session
Rehearsals with d-Matrix
Sid Sheth
Founder & CEO • d-Matrix
Thu Apr 9th
9:45a - 10:10a
GROVE_THU_557
In Person Only
Networking
Crew standby
Thu Apr 9th
10:10a - 10:15a
GROVE_THU_1A
Record
Speaking Session
Opening Remarks
Grace Gong
Founder • Smart Venture Media
Thu Apr 9th
10:15a - 10:35a
GROVE_THU_8C2
Record
Speaking Session
Built to Trust: Designing Safe, Smart Systems
Radha Basu
Founder & CEO • iMerit
Shuman Ghosemajumder
Co-founder & CEO • Reken
Andrea Thomaz
Co-founder & CEO • Diligent Robotics
Jennifer Strong MOD
Pulitzer Fellow & SHIFT Host • PRX
Thu Apr 9th
10:35a - 11:00a
GROVE_THU_C9
Record
Speaking Session
AI That Works on Real Data or Not at All
Daniela Braga
Founder & CEO • Defined.ai
Jared Quincy Davis
Founder & CEO • Mithril
Lexi Reese
Ceo And Co-founder • Lanai
Thu Apr 9th
11:00a - 11:20a
GROVE_THU_EB2
Record
Speaking Session
Designing for the AI Era
Thu Apr 9th
11:20a - 11:45a
GROVE_THU_3A
Record
Speaking Session
What It Takes to Build AI Agents People Actually Use
Edo Segal
CTO • Napster Corporation
Nancy Wang
CTO • 1Password
Oz Woloshyn MOD
Host • TechStuff
Thu Apr 9th
11:45a - 12:10p
GROVE_THU_A5A
Record
Speaking Session
What does it take to truly scale AI across an organization
Teuila Hanson
SVP & Chief People Officer • LinkedIn
Amit Zavery
President, CPO & COO • ServiceNow
Ryan Heath MOD
Host • AI Leadership Lab Podcast
Thu Apr 9th
12:10p - 12:30p
GROVE_THU_C7F
Record
Speaking Session
Grounded Intelligence Is the Next Frontier
Douwe Kiela
Co-founder & CEO • Contextual AI
Emil Eifrem
Co-founder & CEO • Neo4j
Nat Rubio-Licht MOD
Senior Reporter • The Deep View
Thu Apr 9th
12:30p - 12:55p
GROVE_THU_81
Record
Speaking Session
Signal Before the Surge: How to Spot AI Winners Early
Songyee Yoon
Founder and GP • Principal Venture Partners
Jager McConnell
CEO • Crunchbase
Santiago Zavala
Global Managing Partner • 500 Global
Marina Temkin MOD
Venture Capital & Startups Reporter • TechCrunch
Thu Apr 9th
1:35p - 1:40p
GROVE_THU_BA1
Record
Speaking Session
Opening Remarks
Tarush Gupta
Student • The Harker School
Thu Apr 9th
1:40p - 2:05p
GROVE_THU_19
Record
Speaking Session
Post Code: Building AI Systems We Can Trust and Afford
Jyoti Bansal
Co-founder & CEO • Harness
Jeff Wang
Windsurf CEO • Cognition
Eric Schurenberg MOD
Founder • Alliance for Trust in Media
Thu Apr 9th
2:05p - 2:25p
GROVE_THU_87
Record
Speaking Session
The Hidden Power of Behavioral Data
David Shim
Co-Founder • Read AI
Jaime Lien
Co-founder & Chief Scientist • Archetype AI
Jeremy Fraenkel
Co-founder & CEO • Fundamental
Thu Apr 9th
2:25p - 2:40p
GROVE_THU_249
Record
Speaking Session
The GPU-Only Era Is Over
Sid Sheth
Founder & CEO • d-Matrix
Thu Apr 9th
2:40p - 3:00p
GROVE_THU_D77
Record
Speaking Session
Pigment and ServiceNow
Eléonore Crespo
Co-founder & co-CEO • Pigment
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