Brainstorm AI 2024: The New Race for AI
We all witnessed artificial intelligence explode onto the scene in 2023. Businesses large and small scrambled to figure out how—not if—they should adopt AI-powered tools, and whether it made sense to build or buy. During this critical time for business and society, AI has supercharged businesses across the board, but it has also supercharged competition, between companies and countries. Meanwhile, the regulatory landscape is finally catching up to the fast-paced development. How will this increasingly accelerating competitive and regulatory landscape impact future exploration in the field? How do we mitigate some of the unintended consequences of AI, to security, productivity, and the overall job market? And, importantly, can the industry keep developing at speed and scale while also moving forward responsibly?
Brainstorm AI 2024 will bring together the top minds among startups, Fortune 500 companies, investors, policymakers, and academics to discuss this pivotal moment for the industry
Agenda
Our embrace of generative AI doesn't need to come at the expense of artists, authors, and others who make creative things. The inventor of the pay-per-click monetization model for Internet search explains how attribution technology can help creators and publishers get paid and keep “shoplifted” content out of AI results.
Presenter: Bill Gross, Founder and CEO, ProRata AI; Founder and Chairman, Idealab
A decade ago Alexa changed our relationship with AI forever. Will the next wave mark Amazon's next great leap into the future? Rohit Prasad, SVP and Head Scientist of Artificial General Intelligence at Amazon, shares where its companywide AI efforts stand—from ML to genAI to AGI—and where it hopes to go next.
Rohit Prasad, Senior Vice President and Head Scientist, Artificial General Intelligence, Amazon
Interviewer: Jeremy Kahn, AI Editor, Fortune; Co-chair, Fortune Brainstorm AI
Where are the greatest rewards for using artificial intelligence in an established financial services company—and where are the greatest risks? From fraud detection to customer experience, finance leaders discuss how AI is doing far more than merely following the money.
Pegah Ebrahimi, Co-founder and Managing Partner, FPV Ventures
Rajat Taneja, President, Technology, Visa
Moderator: Terri Burns, Founder and General Partner, Type Capital
With James Cameron added to its board and a new set of models announced, Stability AI is garnering new attention and investment. We dig into where the company is headed and what investors saw in CEO Prem Akkaraju’s vision.
Prem Akkaraju, Chief Executive Officer, Stability AI
Dana Settle, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Greycroft
Moderator: Andrew Nusca, Editorial Director, Fortune Brainstorm, Fortune
Can AI improve a popular but highly variable therapy for children on the autism spectrum? Driven by a desire to support her autistic sons, Ling Shao combined her scientific savvy and business acumen to build better data-based tools to measure and improve the effectiveness of Applied Behavior Analysis, or ABA, a common therapy prescribed for children with autism.
Presenter: Ling Shao, Founder and CEO, SpectrumAi
From predictive medicine to AI-enabled wearable sensors, AI is allowing patients to be the CEO of their own health—or put some of their care on autopilot. We discuss the latest innovations, where we need AI the most, where the human connection is paramount, and how regulation will influence what’s next.
Patricia Brennan, Vice President, Science Technology, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Tilak Mandadi, Executive Vice President, Ventures and Chief Digital, Data, Analytics, and Technology Officer, CVS Health
Shiv Rao, CEO and Founder, Abridge
Moderator: Verne Kopytoff, Senior Editor, Tech, Fortune, Co-chair, Fortune Brainstorm AI
Amos Miller lost his sight in his 20s due to a genetic eye condition - that’s why he pioneered the AI-powered mobility aid designed to help the blind and low vision community navigate the world better. Hear how he built Glide and his plans to get it into the hands of over 40 million visually impaired people across the globe.
Presenter: Amos Miller, Founder and CEO, Glidance
OpenAI will share its latest advancements in artificial intelligence. Learn how the cutting-edge technology is enhancing creativity, productivity and expanding the possibilities of innovation.
Presenter: Romain Huet, Head, Developer Experience, OpenAI
As all of Microsoft's disparate parts align toward an AI-powered future, Chris Young's job is to figure out where the capability can be applied next—then advise Microsoft on how to build, buy, or partner its way into a rapidly evolving ecosystem. We talk to the former McAfee CEO about where commercial opportunity lies in AI and where Microsoft is headed next.
Christopher Young, Executive Vice President, Business Development, Strategy, and Ventures, Microsoft
Interviewer: Kristin Stoller, Editorial Director, Fortune
We gather the CEOs of three leading AI companies to dig into the nuts and bolts of making artificial intelligence, examine what goes into building large language models, and discuss what’s next for the category.
Daniela Braga, Founder and CEO, Defined.ai
Benjamin Plummer, Chief Executive Officer, Invisible Technologies
Jonathan Ross, Founder and CEO, Groq
Moderator: Rana el Kaliouby, Managing Partner, Blue Tulip Ventures; Co-chair, Fortune Brainstorm AI
What does it take to build an AI company today? Who’s your first hire? How do you separate hype from reality? What’s necessary to succeed? Elias Torres, engineer and serial entrepreneur, has spent his career growing multiple startups like Drift, HubSpot, Performable, Lookery, and now Agency. He’ll break down how to apply the lessons he’s learned from legacy tech, what should be left behind (over-hiring) and when things don’t work, how to try, try again.
Presenter: Elias Torres, Founder and CEO, Agency
The impact of AI advancements on space operations—from enabling autonomous satellite networks to disabling new security threats—is reshaping the final frontier. This session examines the role of AI in an increasingly contested space environment and sets the stage for a new generation of exploration.
Chandra Donelson, Chief Data and AI Officer, United States Space Force
Arvind Srinivasan, Chief Technology Officer, Maxar Technologies
Moderator: Diane Brady, Executive Editorial Director, Fortune Live Media and Fortune CEO Initiative, Fortune
One dirty little logistics secret? Many of the world’s global supply chains still run on what amounts to a series of spreadsheets. AI can change that. We’ll talk with the former CEO of Amazon’s consumer business (and an architect of its supply chain) and the CTO of Walmart’s $86 billion membership club about how AI can keep ports packed, store shelves full, and revenue flowing.
Dave Clark, Founder and CEO, Auger
Sanjay Radhakrishnan, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Sam's Club
After professional athlete and civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick completed his final season as an NFL quarterback, he faced barriers to share his story—let alone control it. Lumi, his new company, promises to give content creators AI-powered tools to independently create, publish, and monetize their work.
Colin Kaepernick, Founder and CEO, Lumi; Super Bowl Quarterback, San Francisco 49ers
Interviewer: Allie Garfinkle, Senior Reporter, Finance, Fortune; Co-chair, Fortune Brainstorm AI
Choose one of three dinners at notable SF restaurants, each with AI related table topics (take it or leave it). You’ll enjoy delicious food, drink and connect with interest-aligned members of the Brainstorm community.
Osito: TRENDS IN AI
Hosted by Salesforce
Set against the backdrop of Osito’s celebrated open-fire kitchen, guests will enjoy a seasonally inspired, multi-course meal, and thought-provoking prompts around Trends in AI.
Penny Roma: AI RELATIONSHIPS
Known for its welcoming, warm atmosphere, guests will enjoy homemade pastas and seasonal Italian cooking as well as scintillating prompts about our relationships—personal, commercial, and even romantic—with AI.
Octavia: INVESTING IN THE IDEAL LOCATION
Hosted by IDA Ireland
Octavia captures the spirit of modern California dining. Guests will enjoy house-made pastas, inventive small plates and prompts around choosing the ideal investment location for building a best-in-class AI ecosystem
Brainstorm AI Co-chairs
Jason Del Rey
Tech Correspondent, Fortune; Co-chair
Fortune Brainstorm AI
Dr. Rana el Kaliouby
Co-chair, Fortune Brainstorm AI; Managing Partner
Blue Tulip Ventures
Allie Garfinkle
Co-chair, Fortune Brainstorm AI; Senior Writer
Fortune
Jeremy Kahn
AI Editor, Fortune; Co-chair
Fortune Brainstorm AI
Verne Kopytoff
Co-chair, Brainstorm AI; Senior Editor
Fortune
Andrew Nusca
Editorial Director, Brainstorm
Fortune
Venue
St. Regis San Francisco
125 THIRD STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, USA, CALIFORNIA 94103
This hotel in the SoMa District offers personalized service and elegant accommodations, near area attractions, including Moscone Center, Oracle Park, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
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