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[ AI INFRA SUMMIT 6 ] · DEC 9 · SAN FRANCISCO

AI KEEPS
ROLLIN’
INFRA KEEPS
TURNIN’.

AI INFRA SUMMIT → Dec’09 is the definitive gathering for those who aren’t just adapting to the AI era—they’re engineering it.

DateDecember 9, 2026 VenueThe Midway · San Francisco Hours9 AM → 5 PM

// 01 - Why Attend

THIS ISN’T A CONFERENCE.
IT’S A CATALYST.

AI’s future depends on the infrastructure we build today. From GPUs and liquid cooling to sovereign clouds and edge AI, the stakes are massive—and growing.

[ A ]

Command the Conversation

Hear from and meet top CxOs, architects, and investors.

[ B ]

Access Real Playbooks

Sessions packed with ground-truth deployments, not hand-waving hype.

[ C ]

Build Strategic Partnerships

Private roundtables, 1:1s, and innovation showcases built to create dealflow.

[ D ]

Get Ahead of the Demand Curve

AI infrastructure demand is exploding. Learn where to invest and how to scale.

// 02 - Speakers

LEADING THE CHARGE:
VOICES THAT MATTER.

Speakers from

  • AMD
  • Supermicro
  • SambaNova
  • HyperAccel
  • Kamiwaza
  • Micas Networks
  • vCluster

[ Main Stage Lineup ]

Infrastructure Masons

Dean Nelson

Chairman & Founder
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Supermicro

Carl Brown

GM of Sales & Business Development
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Blitzscaling

Jeremiah Owyang

GP
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Crusoe

Kyle Sosnowski

VP of engineering
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HyperAccel

Joo-Young Kim

CEO & Founder
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Kamiwaza

Luke Norris

CEO
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Supermicro

Vik Malyala

Managing Director & President
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Hex

Nicole Wemple

GTM, Enterprise
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Latticework Insights

Tim Shea

CEO
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Epilogue

Kyle Morris

Founder, AGI House Resident
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Vultr

Duncan Ng

VP of Solutions Engineering
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Hammerhead.ai

Rahul Kar

CEO
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Sagacious Think

LouAnn Conner

CEO
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Micas Networks

Tim Zhou

VP of Engineering
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AMD

Nicola Tan

Enterprise AI GTM
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vCluster

Lukas Gentele

CEO
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Survey Monkey

Meenal Iyer

SVP of Data
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Telus Health

Matt Chow

Chief Mental Health Officer
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Stak Ventures

Brian Sparkes

Chief Venture Officer
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Good Trouble Ventures

AJ Thomas

GP
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IBM

Jay Jubran

Global Head of Infrastructure
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Chateauz

Mel Lim

CEO
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Unaligned

Robert Scoble

CEO
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Sparks Law

Stephanie Sparks

Attorney in Chief
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Quanta Networks

Brad Garsten

CEO
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Snowflake

Okhtay Azarmanesh

Principal AI architect
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Supermicro

Rachel Zhao

Sr. Program Manager
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SambaNova

Vasanth Mohan

Director of Product Marketing and Developer Relations
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GMI

Yujing Qian

Head of Engineering
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Tencent Cloud

Wilson Liu

Head of CDN
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Highrise AI

Vince Fong

CEO
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Crusoe

Chris Dolan

Chief Data Center Officer
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Oracle

Rajesh Gopinath

Data center power systems engineering
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Compute Exchange

Carmen Li

CEO
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Starchain Ventures

Radhika Iyengar

Managing Partner
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Neuron Group

John Brzowski

CTO
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Vast Data

Vaughn Stewart

VP of Engineering
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TA Associates

Chad McDonald

CISO Advisor
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HiVolt

Parker Gregg

VP of Business Development
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Anna Belova

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AMD

Michael Roy

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The GTM firm

Bobby Napiltonia

Founder
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SAP Americas

Raghu Banda

Enterprise Architect Advisor - AI Strategy
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// 03 - Key Themes

KEY THEMES.

Scaling GenAI Stacks Across Clouds

Liquid Cooling & Energy Optimization for 200kW+ Racks

Token Economics & Cost-Per-Inference Strategy

Data Center Sovereignty & National AI Infrastructure Strategies

Edge-to-Core Infra for Autonomous Agents

// 04 - Programming

STORIES THAT EVOLVE
WITH THE MARKET.

[ A ]

What to expect on the day

One day, engineered end-to-end: a tight 15-minute main-stage cadence, curated breakouts, live demos, 1:1 deal-flow, giveaways, and hallway time that actually compounds. MC’d, timed, zero filler — then a happy hour and afterparty where the real deals get done.

[ B ]

How Ignite curates

Every summit is programmed from a standing start. No recycled panels, no pay-to-play keynotes: sessions are sourced from what operators are shipping and what capital is chasing right now, then pressure-tested with the community until the agenda reads like a map of the market.

[ C ]

The receipts

Read the last four agendas side by side and watch the story move: foundations and sovereign AI in 2024, the token economy and energy in early 2025, 200kW racks and cost-per-inference by November, stranded power and the agentic enterprise in 2026. Expos book big logos. We program the zeitgeist.

Sep 27 / 2024Infra 2 · Foundations
May 2 / 2025Infra 3 · The Token Economy
Nov 7 / 2025Infra 4 · Scale & Sovereignty
May 1 / 2026Infra 5 · The Demand Curve

Sep 27 / 2024

Infra 2

Chapter 01 — Foundations

[ Main Stage ]
  1. Sovereign AI, Why It Matters
  2. Enterprise Use Cases for AI
  3. Maxing the Limits of AI Infrastructure
  4. The Rise of the AMD AI Cloud
  5. The Rise of AI Agents & the Future of AI Infrastructure
  6. The Direct Path to AGI
  7. GPU Market Trends & Insights
  8. Unlocking the Power of Wafer-Scale Engines

May 2 / 2025

Infra 3

Chapter 02 — The Token Economy

[ Main Stage ]
  1. Welcome to the Token Economy
  2. The Future of Seamless Infrastructure
  3. AI + Robotics — The Future
  4. Capital at the Core: Betting on Infra
  5. Agentic for GPUs
  6. Winning the AI Energy Race
  7. The Next Frontier: Sustainable, Scalable, Self-Sufficient AI Infrastructure

Nov 7 / 2025

Infra 4

Chapter 03 — Scale & Sovereignty

[ Key Themes ]
  1. Scaling GenAI Stacks Across Clouds
  2. Liquid Cooling & Energy Optimization for 200kW+ Racks
  3. Economics & Cost-Per-Inference Strategy
  4. Data Center Sovereignty & National AI Infrastructure Strategies
  5. Edge-to-Core Infra for Autonomous Systems

May 1 / 2026

Infra 5

Chapter 04 — The Demand Curve

[ Main Stage ]
  1. The State of AI INFRA
  2. The Ecosystem Flywheel Behind AI Infrastructure Demand
  3. Rethinking Enterprise Infrastructure for Agentic AI
  4. Stranded Power & the AI Energy Breakthrough
  5. Co-Packaged Optics & Liquid Cooling
  6. Beyond the GPU: When AI Outgrows a Single Architecture
  7. Everyone Has AI. No One Has an Operating Model
  8. AC to DC: Powering the AI Era

// 05 - Partners

OUR VALUED
PARTNERS & SPONSORS.

/ Stadium

  • Supermicro
  • AMD
  • WEKA
  • Plug and Play

/ Shift

  • SambaNova
  • Micas Networks
  • TELUS Digital
  • Kamiwaza
  • vCluster
  • HyperAccel

/ Bronze

  • Infracore
  • NetApp
  • BMW

// Media Partners

MEDIA PARTNERS.

Previous event recap.

// 06 - Memories

AI INFRA SUMMIT has brought together over 1,000 of the top minds shaping the future of infrastructure—from breakthrough founders to enterprise builders and hyperscale giants.

Backed by teams from AMD + Supermicro + WEKA + Microsoft + Zscaler + BP + Vultr + Nutanix + Inflection AI + Recogni, each summit raised the bar for what’s possible when compute, capital, and collaboration collide.

// Since inception

10k+ Registrants
50+ Partners
40K+ Ecosystem of founders, funders, operators & builders
Download Agenda PDF

// Last Time Was 🔥

AI INFRA HIGHLIGHTS.

Enjoyed meeting some great people, and also learning from those in the trenches and doing the work in AI
Stephanie SparksMay 5 / 2026
Found the conference very educational, well organized, and comfortable. Presenters were excellent and well prepared. Loved the 15-minute speaker cadence - kept things fresh. Future suggestion to encourage participation from audience - use of interactive tools to vote on topics or to submit questions for speaker. Consider a roundup for 30 minutes of all speakers to address questions that could not be answered during the time slot. Just an idea that I would enjoy but all in all, great show!
Troy MitchellMay 5 / 2026
Love it, learned a few new things and great networking opportunities. Thank you!
Jim McConiheMay 3 / 2026
Amazing group of speaker and attendees. Especially loved the ClawCamp content in the Expo area!
Steven EchtmanMay 3 / 2026
Only thing I’d tweak is the day. As coming to support my team from Dallas and being over late - forced me to return home on Saturday.
Ryan ElmoreMay 10 / 2026
Dope event!! Really Enjoyed it.
Armani SweetwyneMay 2 / 2026
Awesome organization, great programme. The location was a bit chaotic, but still. A+ :)
Zsolt NemethMay 2 / 2026
Great Conference!
Brad LyonMay 3 / 2026

// 07 - The Venue

THE MIDWAY.
SAN FRANCISCO.

Date
December 9, 2026
Venue
The Midway, San Francisco
Hours
9 AM → 5 PM

[ Sponsorship Invitation ]

PARTNER WITH
THE FUTURE.

Get in front of the decision-makers shaping the next $2T in AI infrastructure. Sponsor packages sell out fast.