Sovereign AI: The New Geopolitics of Compute
As nations race to secure their position in the global AI economy, sovereign AI has emerged as the defining strategic imperative of the decade. From dedicated national compute infrastructure to localized foundation models and evolving regulatory frameworks, governments and industry leaders across every continent are redefining what it means to be AI-independent in an era of accelerating technological concentration.
RAISE Summit — the global AI platform — convenes 22 senior leaders for an intimate dinner at the crossroads of geopolitics, infrastructure, and intelligence.
The conversation will explore:
- How sovereign AI strategies — from the Gulf states and Southeast Asia to Europe and Latin America — are reshaping global capital flows and compute supply chains.
- Whether national compute capacity is becoming as strategically vital as energy reserves and defense capabilities. The role of nuclear, renewables, and next-generation power in enabling scalable, domestically anchored AI infrastructure. Where the trillion-dollar investment opportunities lie as nations move from policy ambition to deployed capacity.
This is not a panel. It is a candid, off-the-record exchange among the decision-makers building, funding, and governing the next era of AI infrastructure — from hyperscalers and chip architects to sovereign fund allocators and the operators deploying compute at national scale.
Format: Private seated dinner · 22 guests · Chatham House Rule
Venue: Le Papillon, San Jose
Audience: C-suite executives, sovereign fund allocators, AI infrastructure operators, senior policymakers
Hosted by: RAISE Summit · Paris, July 7–9, 2026 — Château de Versailles & the Louvre
Where the architects of sovereign AI meet.