AI x Crypto Expo 2026 - 10-Day Innovation Series
Prepare the Planet
Humanity has discovered a new world capable of sustaining life—but the planet is unstable, unfinished, and rapidly becoming uninhabitable.
A specialized crew of Space Monkeys, supported by autonomous AI machines, has been deployed ahead of the human fleet. Their mission: transform this untamed world into a functioning civilization in just 10 days.
They must build the intelligence, infrastructure, financial systems, culture, governance, and defenses humanity will need to survive.
Each day marks a new stage of planetary development. Every challenge reflects a real frontier facing AI, blockchain, robotics, creators, founders, investors, and policymakers.
The Mission Begins
10 Days to Prepare a Planet for Humanity
Days 1–4 — Build the Planet
Hackathon teams deploy the systems humanity will depend on, including energy, artificial intelligence, communications, robotics, water, digital identity, and decentralized infrastructure.
Days 5–8 — Design Civilization
Speakers, founders, investors, creators, and policymakers determine how intelligence, ownership, culture, capital, and governance should operate in this new world.
Day 9 — The Allocation
Selected founders present their technologies to the Planetary Allocation Council for investment, strategic partnerships, and real-world deployment.
Day 10 — Humanity Arrives
The entire ecosystem comes together for a final networking experience designed to activate the new civilization and prepare for humanity’s arrival.
DAY 5 — FRONTIER INTELLIGENCE
Days 5–8: Speaker Series
Four days of keynotes, panels, workshops, and expert conversations exploring the technologies and systems shaping the next generation of civilization.
Bharathi Raja Ramachandra Bose
Vice President, Genpact
Talk: What Are Consulting Companies Doing in the AI Revolution?
Bharathi explores how consulting firms are helping enterprises move from AI experimentation to scalable deployment. The session will address enterprise architecture, data modernization, responsible governance, workforce transformation, intelligent copilots, and measurable business value.
Anitha Natarajan
AI Security Specialist, Giggso
Talk: Safety Is a Security Problem: Rethinking AI Risk
Anitha explains how model misalignment, hallucinations, data leakage, unsafe outputs, and unauthorized autonomy can become exploitable security vulnerabilities. The session provides a risk-driven framework for protecting AI systems across their full lifecycle.
Himanshu Goel
AI Researcher, Independent AI Researcher
Talk: Beyond Hallucinations: Building Trustworthy RAG Systems for Finance and Crypto
Himanshu examines how RAG systems can produce confident but ungrounded answers in high-stakes financial and crypto environments. He will share architectural methods for improving retrieval accuracy, reducing embedding costs, and building more trustworthy AI systems.
DAY 6 — BLOCKCHAIN STACK
Fernando Jia
Co-Founder and CEO, Intelligence Cubed (i³)
Talk: Make AI Auditable: Watermark Provenance as the Payment Rails for AI
Fernando explores how watermark-based provenance, on-chain attestations, and automated settlement can transform AI outputs into verifiable economic transactions. The session examines attribution, usage-based billing, derivative ownership, and automated royalties.
Srinivasan Sriram
Co-Founder, gbufr.com
Talk: Lending Protocols That Can Optimize LTV With Liquidation Protection
Srinivasan explores how crypto-native AI agents can maintain stablecoin liquidity through overcollateralized lending while reducing liquidation exposure. The session will examine optimized loan-to-value structures, automated risk management, and protocol design.
Ashley Wright
Founder, The Wright Success | Digital Assets Educator and Blockchain Consultant
Talk: Stablecoins, AI, and the Infrastructure of the New Financial System
Ashley examines the convergence of stablecoins, intelligent agents, and autonomous finance. The session will cover AI-driven treasury management, yield optimization, global payments, automated compliance, risk analysis, governance, and institutional adoption.
Vadim Khramov
Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Edge Capital Investment Management Ltd
Talk: Beyond Beta: Institutional Yield Strategies in Digital Assets
Vadim explores how institutional allocators are moving beyond passive crypto exposure into market-neutral, liquid, and risk-adjusted yield strategies. The discussion will address portfolio construction, capital efficiency, liquidity deployment, custody, and regulated structures.
Karnika Yashwant
Founder, KEY Difference
Talk: AI Agents Are the New Degens
Karnika examines what happens when autonomous agents begin routing liquidity, managing yield, rebalancing portfolios, evaluating protocols, and executing trades around the clock. The session explores the implications for trust, permissions, reputation, risk, and market infrastructure.
DAY 7 — CREATOR ECONOMY
Payal Motwani
Principal Technical Program Manager, Amazon AGI
Talk: Catastrophic Risk Assessment in Foundational Models and Their Applications
Payal presents an executive framework for identifying hazardous AI capabilities, quantifying model risk, establishing lifecycle red lines, and preparing escalation, mitigation, and shutdown procedures before critical thresholds are crossed.
Yamen Hawit
Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Nebula
Talk: A Better Alternative to Free Music
Yamen explores how digital ownership, investment infrastructure, and secondary markets could create a more sustainable music economy. The session examines streaming-era value dilution and the potential to transform music into an investable asset.
Mark Chen
XerpaAI
Talk: Speak to Build. Share to Connect.
Mark introduces X-Agent, a zero-code platform connecting Web3 social networks with autonomous AI. The session explores how users can deploy specialized agents through natural language and create new monetization opportunities from their communities and social relationships.
DAY 8 — POLICY AND SCALE
Hila Lauterbach
Co-Founder, 10X GTM
Talk: From Conviction to Traction: Building GTM Systems That Turn Vision Into Predictable Revenue
Hila explores how companies can turn buyer insight, product conviction, and cross-functional alignment into repeatable go-to-market systems. Attendees will learn how to connect leadership, product, marketing, and sales around buyer truth to create predictable growth.
Cleopatra Victoria, MA, MFT
Licensed Psychotherapist and Workplace Mental Health Specialist, Executive Psychotherapy
Talk: On Fire: Fueling the AI Spark Without Burning Out
Cleopatra examines the psychological pressure facing founders, executives, and technology teams operating at the center of the AI revolution. The session provides strategies for managing burnout, sustaining ambition, strengthening workforce resilience, and building healthier innovation cultures.
Arriving at Planet ZekNova
Planet ZekNova is a newly discovered habitable world orbiting two suns, defined by vast turquoise waters, lush alien ecosystems, towering highlands, mineral deserts, and frozen polar regions. With a breathable atmosphere, stable climate, abundant freshwater, and diverse biomes capable of supporting human life, ZekNova represents more than a distant planet—it is a potential new frontier for exploration, settlement, and civilization.
Visit Planet ZekNova
Thank You Venue Partner
AI × Crypto Expo is proud to welcome Longhouse as a Venue Sponsor for Prepare the Planet. Located near Moscone Center in San Francisco’s SoMa district, this sunlit urban loft combines exposed brick, reclaimed wood, skylights, flexible seating, and capacity for up to 250 guests. Its warm industrial setting creates an ideal environment for speaker sessions, founder showcases, product demonstrations, brand activations, and high-intent networking throughout the 10-day mission.
Longhouse by BlockParty combines creative planning, standout food, immersive details, and a striking venue to bring offsites, launches, celebrations, and cultural experiences to life.
10-Day Event Architecture
AI × Crypto Expo unfolds across four connected experiences designed to move participants from building to learning, pitching, and forming high-value relationships.
Days 1–4: Hackathon
Builders, designers, and technical teams will develop the next generation of AI interfaces, autonomous systems, and decentralized technology.
Day 1 — Kickoff
The challenge is revealed, teams are formed, and participants meet their mentors.
Challenge announcement
Team matching
Mentor onboarding
Day 2 — Build Sprint
Teams move into focused development with technical guidance and product support.
Coding sessions
Design and UX labs
Technical check-ins
Day 3 — Refinement
Projects are strengthened, polished, and prepared for presentation.
Product refinement
Pitch coaching
Demo rehearsals
Day 4 — Demo Day
Teams present their work before judges, investors, industry leaders, and potential partners.
Live judging
Awards and recognition
Opportunities to advance promising prototypes
Days 5–8: Speaker Series
Four days of keynotes, panels, workshops, and expert conversations exploring the technologies and systems shaping the next generation of civilization.
Day 5 — Frontier Intelligence
AI infrastructure
Autonomous systems
Ethical intelligence
Day 6 — Blockchain Stack
The evolution of decentralized finance
Protocol design
Decentralized governance
Day 7 — Creator Economy
Digital ownership
New monetization models
Community-powered platforms
Day 8 — Policy and Scale
Venture and investment trends
Regulation and compliance
Global adoption strategies
Day 9: Shark Tank Pitch Competition
Founders enter a high-signal environment designed to create direct engagement with investors.
Each hour, a curated group of industry-specific investors will hear pitches and product demonstrations from founders operating within their areas of expertise.
For Founders
Ready to raise capital
Ready to form strategic partnerships
Ready to receive direct, challenging feedback
For Investors
Actively deploying capital
Seeking high-quality deal flow
Interested in curated access to emerging founders and technologies
Day 10: Live Experience
The final day brings the entire ecosystem together for an elevated networking experience with speakers, hackers, founders, investors, creators, sponsors, researchers, and policymakers.
This is where conversations move beyond presentations and into partnerships, investments, collaborations, and long-term relationships.
Choose How You Would Like to Participate
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Speaker Application
Apply to present a keynote, lead a workshop, join a panel, or contribute your expertise to the 10-day mission. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScaUg3uXd0Rm30VpCI-4y_y9bHZW1gssjEIw2rqSS5ew3Fh0Q/viewform?usp=header
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Position your organization at the center of the AI × Crypto Expo through brand visibility, activations, speaking opportunities, exhibits, and strategic access to the community. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhrmGgxSCMWNd2D3KoAiaXh2uIvVQ20Xv5IAJKkZ_mzyhDjg/viewform?usp=header
Vendor & Exhibitor Application
Showcase your technology, product, service, food, merchandise, or interactive experience during the expo. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSLXQpYcKtMqDtM37KseuD8CPorYlXQ0Vw4aK62LvAg-jj_A/viewform?usp=header
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Join the mission crew and help support registration, guest experience, production, programming, speaker relations, media, logistics, and event operations. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxWSYfeAI7zDxRmT0SDQ2aqqmQXmNl_WCDlWCAClU7BXZVXA/viewform?usp=header
✅ Limited capacity • 🎤 50+ Speakers • 🤝 High-intent networking
Who Should Attend
Founders • VCs • Corporate innovation leaders • Researchers • Builders in AI, Crypto/Web3, XR/BCI, Robotics, and Frontier Tech.
Robert Scoble: 'The coming wave of technology will really change human life'
Reserve your spot today and be part of the revolution!
Why Attend
Meet the money & the makers: Curated intros between founders, VCs, and enterprise buyers.
Get the edge: Practical playbooks, not hype—what to build, where to invest, and why now.
Deals happen here: Workshops, live demos, and targeted networking designed for outcomes.
Be part of the movement where AI meets blockchain and the future of tech collides with capital.
Exhibit at the Expo
Put your breakthrough in front of investors, enterprise leaders, and policymakers.
Booth options include:
Workshop Table (6 ft) • Demo Pod 10×10 (AR/VR) • Inline 10×10 • Arch 10×10 • Selfie Wall 10×10 • Double Inline 10×20 • Sponsored Lounge 15×15 • Double Exhibition 20×20 • Main Stage Booth 30×20
FAQs
Where is everything?
Hackathon • Speaker Series • After Party (SF secret location).
Refunds/Transfers?
Passes are transferable. No Refunds.
Accessibility?
Venues are ADA-friendly. Contact us for specific needs.
Media & Press?
Press passes available—email [email protected].
Contact Dwayne Campbell via email - [email protected] to discuss vendor booths, sponsorship or becoming a speaker.
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