Shaping Tomorrow's AI Landscape: Insights from Industry Leaders
Anthropic's Real-World AI Deployments: Navigating Enterprise Integration with Claude
The conversation around enterprise AI often focuses on pre-deployment strategies, but this session shifts the spotlight to post-implementation realities. Cat de Jong, Head of Applied AI at Anthropic, will offer an unfiltered look into how enterprises are integrating Claude into their core workflows. She will reveal common patterns of success and failure, distinguishing organizations that genuinely extract value from those stuck in perpetual pilot phases. This deep dive will uncover the practicalities of applied AI within a leading AI company, providing crucial insights into the future direction of enterprise AI adoption.
Defining AI-Native: OpenAI's Vision for Productivity and Growth
Two years ago, the concept of go-to-market (GTM) engineering was virtually nonexistent. Today, it stands as one of the fastest-growing roles, with independent experts forging million-dollar ventures. Tara Seshan, Head of Productivity at OpenAI, will illustrate how AI has dismantled traditional GTM structures, giving rise to an entirely new discipline. Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of what an AI-native GTM strategy entails and how it's revolutionizing corporate expansion and market penetration.
Rethinking Enterprise Assumptions: Adapting Security for Autonomous AI
As AI systems increasingly make autonomous decisions within sensitive enterprise environments, traditional security paradigms are proving insufficient. This session will challenge outdated assumptions about enterprise security in the AI era. Arsalan Tavakoli, Co-founder and SVP of Field Engineering at Databricks, will detail the essential requirements for enterprise AI security in 2026, encompassing observability, robust governance, and architectural frameworks that differentiate trustworthy deployments from high-risk ventures.
Addressing the Unseen: The Agent Security Predicament in AI
Agentic AI, while immensely powerful, was not inherently designed with security in mind. Enterprises leveraging this technology are now confronted with the formidable task of rebuilding foundational cybersecurity elements. Ric Smith, President of Product & Technology at Okta, will lead a technical discussion on the critical infrastructure-level demands of agent security. The session will scrutinize the inherent flaws in application-level permission models and highlight architectural decisions crucial for secure agentic AI deployments.
The Forefront of Visual AI: Real-Time Reasoning and Future Directions
Visual AI has advanced beyond mere demonstrations, achieving real-time inference and sophisticated physical reasoning capabilities. This panel brings together pioneers Dean Leitersdorf, Co-founder and CEO of Decart, and Amit Jain, Co-founder and CEO of Luma AI. They will explore the implications of this progression, discussing what unfolds when AI generation evolves into genuine intelligence and the next frontiers in video intelligence.
Reimagining SaaS: Adapting Business Models for the AI Era
Is the traditional SaaS playbook obsolete, or is it merely undergoing a transformation? This session unites founders and platform leaders grappling with this fundamental question. Arvind Jain (Glean), Barr Moses (Monte Carlo), Cathy Gao (Sapphire Ventures), and Aaron Jacobson (NEA) will share their insights on sustainable AI product pricing, establishing defensible market positions amidst model commoditization, and ensuring SaaS viability in an AI-dominated landscape.
The Rise of the GTM Engineer: A New Professional Frontier in Tech
The role of the GTM engineer, non-existent just two years ago, has rapidly ascended to become one of the tech industry's fastest-growing professions. Independent practitioners in this field are already generating substantial revenue. Kareem Amin, Co-founder and CEO of Clay, will elucidate what AI-native GTM practically entails and its profound influence on reshaping growth strategies across companies.
Securing the AI Enterprise: Navigating the Complexities of Cloud Infrastructure
With AI systems operating within the most sensitive enterprise domains, making autonomous decisions at unprecedented speeds, traditional security frameworks are struggling to keep pace. This session will provide an infrastructure-level perspective on what robust enterprise AI security demands in 2026. Chet Kapoor (AWS), Katie Moussouris (Luta Security), and Wendy Nather (1Password) will discuss critical aspects such as observability, governance, and architectural principles that distinguish secure deployments from those too risky to adopt.
