2026 GTC fireside talk - What's next in AI?

​🎤 Some of the most important GTC conversations won't happen on the main stage.

​EPIC Connector is bringing together founders, researchers, and investors for a focused evening session — one hour of keynotes and panel discussion, digging into the frontiers that are actually shaping what gets built next.

​🔥 We're going deep on four themes driving the most debate in the AI community right now:

• ​OpenClaw — open-source AI infrastructure and the ecosystem forming around it

• ​Physical AI — robotics, embodied intelligence, and AI that interacts with the real world

• ​Memory — persistent context, long-term reasoning, and personalization

• ​Agentic AI — autonomous workflows, multi-agent orchestration, and what it takes to move agents from demo to production

​Expect real takes from people who are shipping, not speculating.

​Who Should Attend

​Everyone's welcome 🤝 whether you're a founder, investor, researcher, builder, operator, or just tracking where AI is going next.

​Speakers

• ​Anthony Zhao (Head of North America, Manycore Tech)

• ​Tian Lan (CEO, Peak Mojo)

• ​Yu Jin (Head of Developer Ecosystem, Z.ai)

• ​Bei Zhang (Head of Marketing / Growth, Shanda)

• ​Victor S. (Founder, AI Valley)

• ​Xiao Zhang (CEO & Co-Founder, Collov Labs)

• ​Charlie Lin (Director, Gen)

• ​Conor Brennan-Burke (Founder, Hyperspell (YC F25))

• ​Shreyas Kaps (Co-Founder, ashr (YC W26))

• ​Sam Karu (Co-founder & CEO, Logical (YC F25))

• ​Priya Khandelwal (Founder & CEO, Nixo (YC S25))

• ​Josh Norris (Founder & CEO, Josh Norris Consulting (GTM Advisor for YC))

• ​Prasen Shelar (Co-Founder & CEO, Axari)

• ​Zecheng Zhang (YC S25 Alumni)

• ​Xuan Zhao (Co-founder & CEO, Flourish Science)

• ​Lawrence Xu (Co-founder & CEO, Infron)

• ​Kisson Lin (Founder & CEO, Super Intelligence)

• ​Cruise Chen (Founder, EPIC Connector)

• ​Wenxuan Tan (CEO, Prismer.AI)

​Co-hosted by EPIC Connector × Peak Mojo × Manycore Tech × Z.ai

​Partners: AI Valley, SpatialVerse, LDV Partners, Collov Labs, Minimax, Uphonest Scout, Gen Digital, Hyperspell

​🚨 Register early to secure your spot.