RENAISSANCE 2026

Meet the

Speakers

LIVE IN

SAN FRANCISCO

MAR 15, 2026

THE REGENCY

// the global epicenter of the AI revolution. assembling the best AI founders, researchers, and builders over one weekend

Parag Agrawal

Parag Agrawal

Founder, CEO

Parallel Web Systems

Michele Catasta - Replit

Michele Catasta

President & Head of AI

Replit

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Jeff Wang

CEO

Windsurf

Tanay Kothari - Co-founder, CEO @ Wispr Flow

Tanay Kothari

Co-founder, CEO

Wispr Flow

Jorge Torres - Co-founder, CEO atMindsDB

Jorge Torres

Co-founder, CEO

MindsDB

Jason Lopatecki - Founder, CEO @ Arize AI

Jason Lopatecki

Founder, CEO

Arize AI

Philip Rathle - CTO @ Neo4j

Philip Rathle

CTO

Neo4j

Lenjoy Lin, Co-founder @ Genspark

Lenjoy Lin

Co-founder

Genspark

Ryan Wang - Assembled

Ryan Wang

Co-founder, CEO

Assembled

Hassaan Raza - Tavus

Hassaan Raza

Co-founder, CEO

Tavus

Michael Grinich - Speaker at AI+ Renaissance

Michael Grinich

Founder

WorkOS

Michelle Lim - Flint

Michelle Lim

Co-founder, CEO

Flint

Selin Kocalar - Co-founder, COO @ Delve

Selin Kocalar

Co-founder, COO

Delve

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Josh Sirota

Founder, CEO

Eragon

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Karan Vaidya

Co-founder

Composio

Andrew Dai Deepmind

Andrew Dai

Research Director

Gemini

Sudheesh Nair - TinyFish

Sudheesh Nair

Co-founder, CEO

TinyFish

Nishkarsh Srivastava

Nishkarsh Srivastava

Founder, CEO

Cortex

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Aditya Kusupati

Researcher

Google Deepmind

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Emily Xue

Head of Enterprise AI

Scale AI

Ankur Bhatt - Head of AI @ Rippling

Ankur Bhatt

Head of AI

Rippling

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Sujith Joseph

Chief Architect, Enterprise AI

Cisco

Nathan Xu - PLAUD

Nathan Xu

Co-founder, CEO

PLAUD

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Huang Xia

Founder of Agent Engine

Google Cloud AI

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Young Zhao

Co-founder

OpusClip

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Chi Wang

Senior Staff Research

DeepMind

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Sudarshan Kamath

Co-founder, CEO

Smallest.ai

Lynn Duan - AI+

Lynn Duan

Founder

AI+

Div Garg - AGI Inc.

Div Garg

Founder, CEO

AGI Inc.

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Tianfu Fu

Core contributor of GPT-5

xAI

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Linda Sheng

GM, Global Business

Minimax

Akash Saraf - TheAgentic

Akash Saraf

Founder, CEO

TheAgentic

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Coco Mao

Co-founder, CEO

OpenArt

Aiswarya Sankar - Entelligence.AI

Aiswarya Sankar

Founder, CEO

Entelligence.AI

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John Yang

Head of Multimodal Foundation Model

Bytedance

Nikhil Abraham

Nikhil Abraham

Founder, CEO

CloudChef

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Mike Smith

Staff Software Engineer

Google A2A

Wei Wei - Managing Director @ Accenture

Wei Wei

Managing Director

Accenture

Vinod Joseph - Investor @ Samsung NEXT

Vinod Joseph

Investor

Samsung NEXT

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Eric Hu

Director of AI Eng

Salesforce

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Haozhi Qi

Research Scientist

Amazon FAR

Peter Pan - Hat-Trick Capital

Peter Pan

Founder, Managing Partner

Hat-Trick Capital

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Shaheen Lavie-Rouse

Forward Deployed Engineer

ElevenLabs

Brian Zhan - Striker VC

Brian Zhan

General Partner

Striker VC

Paula Vivas - Head of US Marketing | Freepik

Paula Vivas

Head of US Marketing

Freepik

Parag Agrawal

Parag Agrawal

Founder, CEO

Parallel Web Systems

Michele Catasta - Replit

Michele Catasta

President & Head of AI

Replit

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Jeff Wang

CEO

Windsurf

Tanay Kothari - Co-founder, CEO @ Wispr Flow

Tanay Kothari

Co-founder, CEO

Wispr Flow

Jorge Torres - Co-founder, CEO atMindsDB

Jorge Torres

Co-founder, CEO

MindsDB

Jason Lopatecki - Founder, CEO @ Arize AI

Jason Lopatecki

Founder, CEO

Arize AI

Philip Rathle - CTO @ Neo4j

Philip Rathle

CTO

Neo4j

Lenjoy Lin, Co-founder @ Genspark

Lenjoy Lin

Co-founder

Genspark

Ryan Wang - Assembled

Ryan Wang

Co-founder, CEO

Assembled

Hassaan Raza - Tavus

Hassaan Raza

Co-founder, CEO

Tavus

Michael Grinich - Speaker at AI+ Renaissance

Michael Grinich

Founder

WorkOS

Michelle Lim - Flint

Michelle Lim

Co-founder, CEO

Flint

Selin Kocalar - Co-founder, COO @ Delve

Selin Kocalar

Co-founder, COO

Delve

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Josh Sirota

Founder, CEO

Eragon

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Karan Vaidya

Co-founder

Composio

Andrew Dai Deepmind

Andrew Dai

Research Director

Gemini

Sudheesh Nair - TinyFish

Sudheesh Nair

Co-founder, CEO

TinyFish

Nishkarsh Srivastava

Nishkarsh Srivastava

Founder, CEO

Cortex

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Aditya Kusupati

Researcher

Google Deepmind

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Emily Xue

Head of Enterprise AI

Scale AI

Ankur Bhatt - Head of AI @ Rippling

Ankur Bhatt

Head of AI

Rippling

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Sujith Joseph

Chief Architect, Enterprise AI

Cisco

Nathan Xu - PLAUD

Nathan Xu

Co-founder, CEO

PLAUD

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Huang Xia

Founder of Agent Engine

Google Cloud AI

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Young Zhao

Co-founder

OpusClip

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Chi Wang

Senior Staff Research

DeepMind

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Sudarshan Kamath

Co-founder, CEO

Smallest.ai

Lynn Duan - AI+

Lynn Duan

Founder

AI+

Div Garg - AGI Inc.

Div Garg

Founder, CEO

AGI Inc.

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Tianfu Fu

Core contributor of GPT-5

xAI

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Linda Sheng

GM, Global Business

Minimax

Akash Saraf - TheAgentic

Akash Saraf

Founder, CEO

TheAgentic

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Coco Mao

Co-founder, CEO

OpenArt

Aiswarya Sankar - Entelligence.AI

Aiswarya Sankar

Founder, CEO

Entelligence.AI

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John Yang

Head of Multimodal Foundation Model

Bytedance

Nikhil Abraham

Nikhil Abraham

Founder, CEO

CloudChef

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Mike Smith

Staff Software Engineer

Google A2A

Wei Wei - Managing Director @ Accenture

Wei Wei

Managing Director

Accenture

Vinod Joseph - Investor @ Samsung NEXT

Vinod Joseph

Investor

Samsung NEXT

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Eric Hu

Director of AI Eng

Salesforce

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Haozhi Qi

Research Scientist

Amazon FAR

Peter Pan - Hat-Trick Capital

Peter Pan

Founder, Managing Partner

Hat-Trick Capital

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Shaheen Lavie-Rouse

Forward Deployed Engineer

ElevenLabs

Brian Zhan - Striker VC

Brian Zhan

General Partner

Striker VC

Paula Vivas - Head of US Marketing | Freepik

Paula Vivas

Head of US Marketing

Freepik

Parag Agrawal

Parag Agrawal

Founder, CEO

Parallel Web Systems

Michele Catasta - Replit

Michele Catasta

President & Head of AI

Replit

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Jeff Wang

CEO

Windsurf

Tanay Kothari - Co-founder, CEO @ Wispr Flow

Tanay Kothari

Co-founder, CEO

Wispr Flow

Jorge Torres - Co-founder, CEO atMindsDB

Jorge Torres

Co-founder, CEO

MindsDB

Jason Lopatecki - Founder, CEO @ Arize AI

Jason Lopatecki

Founder, CEO

Arize AI

Philip Rathle - CTO @ Neo4j

Philip Rathle

CTO

Neo4j

Lenjoy Lin, Co-founder @ Genspark

Lenjoy Lin

Co-founder

Genspark

Ryan Wang - Assembled

Ryan Wang

Co-founder, CEO

Assembled

Hassaan Raza - Tavus

Hassaan Raza

Co-founder, CEO

Tavus

Michael Grinich - Speaker at AI+ Renaissance

Michael Grinich

Founder

WorkOS

Michelle Lim - Flint

Michelle Lim

Co-founder, CEO

Flint

Selin Kocalar - Co-founder, COO @ Delve

Selin Kocalar

Co-founder, COO

Delve

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Josh Sirota

Founder, CEO

Eragon

Speaker Image

Karan Vaidya

Co-founder

Composio

Andrew Dai Deepmind

Andrew Dai

Research Director

Gemini

Sudheesh Nair - TinyFish

Sudheesh Nair

Co-founder, CEO

TinyFish

Nishkarsh Srivastava

Nishkarsh Srivastava

Founder, CEO

Cortex

Speaker Image

Aditya Kusupati

Researcher

Google Deepmind

Speaker Image

Emily Xue

Head of Enterprise AI

Scale AI

Ankur Bhatt - Head of AI @ Rippling

Ankur Bhatt

Head of AI

Rippling

Speaker Image

Sujith Joseph

Chief Architect, Enterprise AI

Cisco

Nathan Xu - PLAUD

Nathan Xu

Co-founder, CEO

PLAUD

Speaker Image

Huang Xia

Founder of Agent Engine

Google Cloud AI

Speaker Image

Young Zhao

Co-founder

OpusClip

Speaker Image

Chi Wang

Senior Staff Research

DeepMind

Speaker Image

Sudarshan Kamath

Co-founder, CEO

Smallest.ai

Lynn Duan - AI+

Lynn Duan

Founder

AI+

Div Garg - AGI Inc.

Div Garg

Founder, CEO

AGI Inc.

Speaker Image

Tianfu Fu

Core contributor of GPT-5

xAI

Speaker Image

Linda Sheng

GM, Global Business

Minimax

Akash Saraf - TheAgentic

Akash Saraf

Founder, CEO

TheAgentic

Speaker Image

Coco Mao

Co-founder, CEO

OpenArt

Aiswarya Sankar - Entelligence.AI

Aiswarya Sankar

Founder, CEO

Entelligence.AI

Speaker Image

John Yang

Head of Multimodal Foundation Model

Bytedance

Nikhil Abraham

Nikhil Abraham

Founder, CEO

CloudChef

Speaker Image

Mike Smith

Staff Software Engineer

Google A2A

Wei Wei - Managing Director @ Accenture

Wei Wei

Managing Director

Accenture

Vinod Joseph - Investor @ Samsung NEXT

Vinod Joseph

Investor

Samsung NEXT

Speaker Image

Eric Hu

Director of AI Eng

Salesforce

Speaker Image

Haozhi Qi

Research Scientist

Amazon FAR

Peter Pan - Hat-Trick Capital

Peter Pan

Founder, Managing Partner

Hat-Trick Capital

Speaker Image

Shaheen Lavie-Rouse

Forward Deployed Engineer

ElevenLabs

Brian Zhan - Striker VC

Brian Zhan

General Partner

Striker VC

Paula Vivas - Head of US Marketing | Freepik

Paula Vivas

Head of US Marketing

Freepik

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