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IA40 Summit 2026
Our exclusive annual gathering for AI founders, researchers, and leaders building at the forefront of the industry. Join the leaders driving the AI innovations, strategies, and products of tomorrow.
2026 Speakers
Founders at the cutting edge.
Intelligent and generative applications are defining the next generation of innovation. New GenAI, agentic, and infrastructure stacks are emerging. At the 2026 IA40 Summit, we'll hear from founders at the cutting edge and established companies building for the future.
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Charles Lamanna
EVP, Copilot, Agents, and Platform
Microsoft
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Rahul Patil
Chief Technology Officer
Anthropic
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Swami Sivasubramanian
VP, AWS Agentic AI & Emerging Technologies
AWS
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Maia Josebachvili
CRO of AI
Stripe
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Carina Hong
Founder and CEO
Axiom Math
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Alex McLeod
Co-Founder & CTO
Serval
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Jean-Denis Greze
CEO & Mayor
Town
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Zico Kolter
Chief Scientist
Gray Swan
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Jeanne Grosser
COO
Vercel
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Jamin Ball
Partner
Altimeter
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Paul Klein IV
Founder & CEO
Browserbase
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Rahul Auradkar
President & GM, Data 360
Salesforce
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Raphaëlle D’Ornano
CEO & Founder
Decoding Discontinuity
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Ryan Daniels
Cofounder & CEO
Crosby
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Taroon Mandhana
CTO, AI & Teamwork
Atlassian
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Will Bryk
Co-founder & CEO
Exa
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Dina Bass
Technology Reporter
Bloomberg
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Eno Reyes
Co-Founder and CTO
Factory
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Evan Welbourne
Head of Data, VP at Figma
Figma
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Karan Goel
CEO & Founder
Cartesia
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Natalie Serrino
Cofounder
Gimlet Labs
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Zaheera Valani
VP Engineering and Site Lead, Seattle
Databricks
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Sunny Gupta
Co-Founder
Thira, Inc.
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Thomas Dohmke
Founder
Entire
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Doug Tallmadge
Co-founder & CEO
Gradial
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Archana Vemulapalli
Partner & Global Head of AI Product Management & Strategic Relationships
Goldman Sachs
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Ganapathy (G2) Krishnamoorthy
VP & GM, AWS Database Services
AWS
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Dan Grossman
Vice President, Worldwide Corporate Development
Amazon
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Madison McIlwain
Head of Startups GTM
Vercel
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Carlos Guestrin
Co-CEO
Noeri
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Rob Toews
Partner
Radical Ventures
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Matt McIlwain
Managing Director
Madrona
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Sabrina Albert
Partner
Madrona
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Vivek Ramaswami
Partner
Madrona
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Ted Kummert
Venture Partner
Madrona
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Mark Nelson
Venture Partner
Madrona
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Tim Porter
Managing Director
Madrona
2026 Agenda
IA40 Summit Agenda
- Sept 30 · 8:30 am
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Registration & Breakfast
- 9:00 am
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Welcome & Opening Remarks
- Matt McIlwain, Managing Director, Madrona
- 9:10 am
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Keynote: Agency in the Agentic Era — Building the Next Generation of Apps and Platforms
- Charles Lamanna, EVP, Copilot, Agents, and Platform, Microsoft
- Matt McIlwain, Managing Director, Madrona
- 9:40 am
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Panel: Data Enabling the Agentic World
- Rahul Auradkar, President & GM, Data 360, Salesforce
- Zaheera Valani, VP Engineering and Site Lead, Seattle, Databricks
- Ganapathy (G2) Krishnamoorthy, VP & GM, Database Services, AWS
- Moderator: Mark Nelson, Venture Partner, Madrona
- 10:05 am
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IA40 Winner Spotlights
- Gradial — Doug Tallmadge, Co-founder & CEO
- Serval — Alex McLeod, Co-founder & CTO
- Town — Jean-Denis Greze, CEO & Mayor
- 10:40 am
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Break
- 10:55 am
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Panel: Harnessing the Value of Harnesses
- Carlos Guestrin, Co-CEO, Noeri
- Rahul Patil, CTO, Anthropic
- Moderator: Raphaëlle d’Ornano, CEO & Founder, Decoding Discontinuity
- 11:25 am
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Fireside Chat: Pilots, Production, and the ROI of AI
- Archana Vemulapalli, Partner & Global Head of AI Product Management & Strategic Relationships, Goldman Sachs
- Sunny Gupta, Co-founder, Thira, Inc.
- 11:50 am
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Panel: Enabling Collaborative Agents
- Maia Josebachvili, CRO of AI, Stripe
- Jeanne Grosser, COO, Vercel
- Moderator: Rob Toews, Partner, Radical Ventures
- 12:15 pm
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Lunch & Networking
- 1:00 pm
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VC Panel: Betting on Agency
- Jamin Ball, Partner, Altimeter
- Sabrina Albert, Partner, Madrona
- Dan Grossman, VP, Business & Corporate Development, Amazon
- Moderator: Dina Bass, Bloomberg
- 1:30 pm
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Fireside Chat: When Models Go Rogue: Building AI Systems You Can Actually Trust
- Zico Kolter, Co-founder & Chief Scientist, Gray Swan
- Vivek Ramaswami, Partner, Madrona
- 1:55 pm
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Panel: Harnessing the Web with Agentic Tools
- Will Bryk, Co-founder & CEO, Exa
- Paul Klein, Founder & CEO, Browserbase
- Moderator: Madison McIlwain, Head of Startups GTM, Vercel
- 2:20 pm
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IA40 Winner Spotlights
- Cartesia — Karan Goel, Founder & CEO
- Gimlet Labs — Natalie Serrino, Co-founder
- 2:45 pm
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Break
- 3:00 pm
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Fireside: Verifying the Value of AI
- Carina Hong, Founder and CEO, Axiom
- Raphaëlle d’Ornano, CEO & Founder, Decoding Discontinuity
- 3:20 pm
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Panel: The First Frontier — Software’s Agentic Rewrite
- Eno Reyes, Co-founder & CTO, Factory
- Taroon Mandhana, CTO, AI & Teamwork, Atlassian
- Thomas Dohmke, Co-founder & CEO, Entire
- Moderator: Ted Kummert, Venture Partner, Madrona
- 3:50 pm
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Briefing: ROI of AI
- McKinsey
- 4:05 pm
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Panel: Reinventing Functions with Agentic AI
- Evan Welbourne, VP Head of Data, Figma
- Ryan Daniels, Co-founder & CEO, Crosby
- McKinsey
- 4:30 pm
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Keynote: The Future of Autonomous Systems
- Swami Sivasubramanian, VP of Agentic AI & Emerging Technologies, AWS
- Tim Porter, Managing Director, Madrona
- 4:55 pm
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Wrap Up & Closing Remarks
- 5:00 pm
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Cocktail Reception
Sept 30
Where the list meets in person.
September 29 – 30, 2026 · Four Seasons, Seattle · Invite only