AI-tonomy Summit: Models and Agents June 5, 2026 | Plug and Play Tech Center, Silicon Valley

​AI-tonomy Summit: Models & Agents
📍 Plug and Play Tech Center, Silicon Valley
📅 June 5, 2026

​The AI-tonomy Summit: Models & Agents is a curated, high-signal gathering bringing together 500+ founders, researchers, enterprise leaders, and investors to explore how the next generation of AI systems is being built and deployed.

​Agenda

​10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | AI Researcher Forum
Deep technical sessions led by researchers from leading labs and universities (NVIDIA, AMD, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Meta, Stanford, UC Berkeley, University of Toronto, and more), covering:

• ​1. Continual Learning & Self Evolving Agents

• ​2. Physical & Multimodal Intelligence

• ​3. Scaling Agentic RL & Verified Reasoning

• ​4. Toward Autonomous AI Scientists

• ​5. Beyond Transformers: Next Generation AI Architectures

​12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Networking Lunch
Curated connections across founders, researchers, and investors.

​1:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Panels, Demos & Founder Sessions

​6–8 high-density panels across several focused tracks (3-4 Models + 3-4 Agents):

​Model Tracks

• ​Compute & Inference Optimization

• ​Post-Training vs Fine-Tuning

• ​Physical AI & World Models

• ​Multi-modal systems

​Agent Tracks

• ​Data for Agents & Agent Memory

• ​Agent Evaluation & Reliability

• ​Agent Security & Safe Execution

• ​Autonomous Agents & Enterprise Use Cases

​Speakers include senior industry practitioners such CISO, CIO and SVP/VP from large enterprises and government organizations, and leaders from TensorMesh, Veris AI, CrewAI, Straiker AI, and other emerging AI-native startups.

​5:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Cocktail Reception
Unwind and connect with founders, investors, and operators in a more relaxed setting, designed for deeper conversations and relationship building.

​Live Demos & Exhibition

​A dedicated demo and exhibition area will run throughout the day, featuring:

• ​Live product demos from AI infrastructure and agent startups

• ​Interactive sessions with builders

• ​Lightning pitches from emerging companies founded by AI researchers

​Why Attend

• ​Explore the intersection of models, agents, and real-world deployment

• ​Learn directly from frontier AI researchers and builders

• ​Connect with a curated group of high-quality founders and investors

• ​Discover new tools, startups, and ideas shaping the AI ecosystem