The AI 2030 Silicon Valley AI Investing Summit is a premier gathering of investors, industry leaders, and AI innovators dedicated to shaping the future of AI-driven investments and responsible innovations. This exclusive event will spotlight emerging trends in Responsible AI, breakthrough AI technologies, high-growth startups, and strategic investment opportunities across key sectors, including FinTech, Web3, enterprise AI, and industrial automation.

Agenda

AI 2030 Silicon Valley AI Investing Summit

Investing in Responsible AI & Emerging Technologies

📍 Location: Silicon Valley, CA
📅 Date: April 28, 2025

Draft agenda; All speakers TBC

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Registration & Networking Breakfast

• Check-in & Badge Collection
• Breakfast & Networking with Investors, Founders, and AI Leaders

Opening Remark:

9:00 am-9:15am AI 2030: Trustworthy, Safe and Sustainable AI for All

🎤 Speakers:

• Xiaochen Zhang, Chief Responsible AI Officer, AI 2030

Session 1: Keynote Fireside Chat (30 min)

9:00 AM – 9:45 AM | The Future of AI Investing: Navigating the Next Trillion-Dollar Opportunity

🎤 Speakers:

• Shahin Farshchi, General Partner, Lux Capital
• Steve Goldberg, Partner, DYDX Capital
  
  

Session 2: AI Unicorn Showcase (45 min)

9:45 AM – 10:30 AM | Scaling AI Responsibly: Insights from Unicorn Founders & Leading Investors

🎤 Speakers:

• Navrina Singh, Founder & CEO, Credo AI
• Wendy (Koh) Gonzalez, CEO, Sama
  
  

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Networking Break & Investor Connections

Session 3: Staying Competitive in the AI Era (45 min)

10:45 AM – 11:30 AM | Adapting to AI Disruption: Winning Strategies for Companies & Investors

🎤 Speakers:

• Garnet S. Heraman, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Aperture® Venture Capital
• Arvind Jain, CEO, Glean
  
  

Session 4: AI Startup Pitch Session (30 min)

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Early-Stage AI Innovations

·         Moderator: Keith Koo, VP, US Capital

🎤 Judges:

• Lawrence Lo, Principal, iSeed Ventures
• Roger Luo, Founder & Managing Partner, Embedding VC
• David Mandel, Managing Partner, Emerging Ventures Capital
• Suraj Kumar, Managing Partner, DoubleRock
• Cathryn Chen, Founder & GP, Radiate Ventures
  
  

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | VIP Lunch & Investor Roundtables

• Roundtable discussions on AI for FinTech, Climate, Deep Tech & Web3

Session 5: The AI-Enabled Industrial Revolution (45 min)

1:00 PM – 1:45 PM | Automation & AI at Work: Building and Investing in the Next Industrial Revolution

🎤 Speakers:

• Paulina Szyzdek, Investment Principal, Bosch Ventures
• Dong-Su Kim, CEO, LG Technology Ventures
• Shashank Dixit, Founder, ERP.AI
  
  

Session 6: The AI-Enabled Future of Finance (45 min)

1:45 PM – 2:30 PM | FinTech & AI: Investing in the Intelligent Financial Ecosystem

🎤 Speaker:

• Vibhor Rastogi, Global Head of AI Investments, Citi Ventures
• Carey Ransom, Managing Director, BankTech Ventures
• Logan Allin, Managing Partner & Founder, Fin Capital
• Session 7: The Future of Decentralized Intelligence (45 min)

2:30 PM – 3:15 PM | AI + Web3 – The Next Frontier for Investors

🎤 Speakers:

• Barbara Bickham, Founder & Managing Partner, Trailyn VC
• Ray Wu, Managing Partner, Alumni Ventures AI Fund
  
  

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM | Networking Break & Investor Introductions

Session 8: AI Startup Pitch Session (30 min)

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | The Next Generation of AI Innovators

Moderator: Rohan Hall

🎤 Judges:

• Lawrence Lo, Principal, iSeed Ventures
• Roger Luo, Founder & Managing Partner, Embedding VC
• David Mandel, Managing Partner, Emerging Ventures Capital
• Suraj Kumar, Managing Partner, DoubleRock
• Cathryn Chen, Founder & GP, Radiate Ventures

Session 9: Closing Keynote (45 min)

4:00 PM – 4:45 PM | The Future of AI Investments & Responsible Innovation

🎤 Host:

• Andy Tang, Partner, Draper Associates
  
• AI 2030 Closing Remarks (15 min)

4:45 PM – 5:00 PM | Final Thoughts & The Road Ahead

🎤 Speaker:

AI 2030 Leadership Team

Past Speakers

AGUS SUDJIANTO

Former EVP, Wells Fargo

ALDERMAN GILBERT VILLEGAS

Chairman of the Committee on Economic, Capital, and Technology Development, City of Chicago

AMY GUTERMAN

Senior Director of Innovation, Philanthropy Salesforce Accelerator

ANDREW CZUPEK

Senior Vice President | Digital Assets and Financial Markets, North America, Northern Trust

ARJUN RAVI KANNAN

Director, Data Science Research at Discover Financial Services

Arry Yu

Head of Strategy, Global Blockchain Business Council

ASAD HUSSAIN

Senior Director, EY-Parthenon

BETSY ZIEGLER

CEO, 1871

CATHY R COBEY

Global Responsible AI Co-Lead, Ernst & Young LLP

CHAD THOMPSON

Chief People Officer, LanzaTech

CHIRAG DHULL

Head of Product and Technical Marketing, Chainlink Labs

CHRIS TYRRELL

Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, Corporate Counsel, Ondo Finance

DAMU WINSTON

Global Head, Web3 Innovation, Amazon

DENISE TURLEY

Vice President of Corporate Systems at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

DINIS GUARDA

Founder and CEO ztudium ASAD HUSSAIN Senior Director, EY-Parthenon AARY YU Head of Strategy, Global Blockchain Business Council

DIYA WYNN

Responsible AI Lead, AWS

Donald High

Chief Data Scientist, Internal Revenue Service

ETHAN BUENO DE MESQUITA

Dean and Sydney Stein Professor, University of Chicago

GABRIELLA KUSZ

COO, TCS

JACOB HAMPLE

Head of U.S. Government Affairs, Filecoin Foundation

JESSICA YEATS

Principal Data Scientist, NVIDIA

JIMMY YANG

Chief Risk Analytics and Infrastructure Officer, CIBC

KATHERINE KIRKPATRICK

Chief Legal Officer, Cboe Digital

KATHLEEN WRYNN

Executive Director, Global Technology Strategy, J.P. Morgan

KEITH SONDERLING

Commissioner, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

KEVIN TUPPER

Principal Solution Architect AI Evangelist, Microsoft

KIRK FREUND CHARTIER

Chief Strategy Officer, Enova International

KRISTI DULA

Deputy Director, Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, State of Illinois

KYLE HAUPTMAN

NCUA Vice Chairman

MARGARET RILEY

Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Financial Services

MEGHNA SINHA

Vice President AI Center, Verizon

MIGUEL DIAZ

Head of the Toronto Innovation Hub Centre, Bank of International Settlements

NATE SAVONA

Partner, Oliver Wyman

NICHOLAS SCHMIDT

Chief Technology and Innovation Officer of SolasAI

NOELLE RUSSELL

Chief AI Officer, AI Leadership Institute

SALAH GOSS

Senior Vice President, Mastercard

SANJAY PATEL

Principal Technical Manager, IBM

SEYHUN HEPDOGAN

Director of Analytics Fifth Third Bank

SHANTHI GUDAVALLI

Senior Executive Director, JP Morgan Chase

SUNAYNA TUTEJA

Chief Innovation Officer for the Federal Reserve System

SURAJ RAJDEV

Head of Data, Measurement, & Analytics – Home & Consumer Services, Google

VARUN NAKRA

Vice President, Deutsche Bank

Event Organizer

Co-Host

Event Agenda

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