Smart AI Leadership Summit 2026

​ Every seat earned at the most curated AI Summit in SF — hand-picked, fast-growing venture-backed AI founders (Seed–IPO), enterprise CIOs, Fortune 500 corporate buyers and partnership leads, and leading VCs. No filler.

​​Spaces are limited to ensure high-quality interactions and meaningful connections.

​​📅 When: Thursday, April 2, 2026 | 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM

​​📍 Where: Silicon Valley Bank Experience Center

​​🍝 Breakfast, Lunch, Networking, After Party

​​🎤 Programing: https://www.smartventuremedia.com

​​🧑 Attendees: VCs, execs from well-known tech companies, hand-picked AI founders. Not a massive conference. Not a private dinner. Something in between — and harder to get into than both.

​​🎫 Ticket: $1300

​​Speakers include: 

• ​​Grace Gong, Founder & CEO, Smart Venture Media

• ​Justin Osofsky, VP, Meta, ex-COO, Instagram

• ​Marc Boroditsky, CRO, Nebius

• ​Chase Lochmiller, CEO, Crusoe

• ​Vijay Krishnan, Founder & CTO, Turing

• ​Olivia Nottebohm, COO, Box

• ​Rashida Hodge, CVP, Microsoft

• ​Kevin Smith, CIO, Lyft

• ​Deepa Gopinath, CIO, MongoDB

• ​Scott Holden, CMO, Vanta

• ​Anand Raghavan, CPO, Snorkel AI

• ​Kenan Saleh, Partner, a16z

• ​Sonali Singh, Partner, Sequoia

• ​Lauri Moore, Partner, Bessemer

• ​Aaron Jacobson, Partner, NEA

• ​Madison Faulkner, Partner, NEA

• ​Caroline Duffy, Partner, Cowboy Ventures

• ​Andrew Brackin, Partner, Gradient Ventures

• ​Boris Sofman, CEO, Bedrock Robotics

• ​Matan Grinberg, CEO, Factory

• ​Alexander Mashrabov, CEO, Higgsfield AI

• ​Samir Menon, CEO, Dexterity

• ​Dan O’Connell, CEO, Front

• ​Jake Stauch, CEO, Serval

• ​Rong Yan, CTO, HeyGen

• ​Anupam Singh, VP, Roblox

• ​Dan Tobin, VP, Databricks

• ​Namrata Ram, VP, Together AI

• ​Mark Goldberger, VP, Metaview

• ​Daren Moffett, VP, LangChain

• ​Jules Gsell, ex-VP, Databricks

• ​Lauren Schwartz, Head of Strategic Sales, Anthropic

• ​Patricia Degnan, Partner, a16z

• ​Elizabeth Weil, Founder & General Partner, Scribble Ventures

• ​David Kwon, Partner, Abstract Ventures

• ​Yousuf Khan, Venture Partner, Ridge Ventures

• ​Anarghya Vardhana, Venture Partner, Maveron

• ​Ashish Uchill, GTM, ElevenLabs, ex-VP, Brex

• ​Alan Du, Partner, M12

• ​Radhika Malik, Partner, Dell Technologies Capital

• ​Shomik Ghosh, Partner, Sierra Ventures

• ​Brent Murri, Partner, M13

• ​Joseph Ros, Partner, Entrepreneur First

• ​Daniel Suh, Partner, Gold House Ventures

• ​Anand Chandrasekaran, Managing Partner, Celesta Capital

• ​Parul Saini, ex-Head of IT, Uber

• ​Tushar N Shah, Chief Product Officer, Uniphore

• ​Mo Islam, Partner, Threshold Ventures

• ​Div Garg — Founder & CEO, AGI Inc

• ​Amir Kabir, Founding & Managing Partner, Overlook Ventures

​​Many thanks to our amazing sponsors:

​Diamond Partner

​Nebius

​Platinum Partners

​Sequoia

​Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)

​Gold Partners

​AGI Inc

​Metaview

​HydraDB

​Quill

​Snowflake

​Adsgency

​ReasonOS

​Silver Partners

​Clodo

​Wayo

​Vanta

​Factory

​DLA Piper

​A&O Shearman

​Roll

​Virio

​BrewBird

​Strategic Partners

​Mostest

​G Fellows

​​About Your Host: Grace Gong - Leading VC Podcast Host & Angel Investor

​​​Grace hosts a top VC podcast called smart venture podcast (SVPpro.com); past guests, including C-level/ VPs of Google, Meta, Amazon, Sephora, Dunkin' Donuts, Chipotle, Adidas, Pepsi, Instagram, Deloitte, Reddit, Pinterest, Notion, Cisco, Walmart, Microsoft, Snowflake etc; Managing Partners of top funds (many were featured on the Forbes Midas List) and unicorn founders (founder of Craigslist, Square, Loom, Cruise, Glean etc.) She is doing a daily LinkedIn Live podcast featuring a VC/ founder/ exec.

​​This exclusive event brings together AI startups seeking strategic connections to accelerate market expansion. Engage directly with influential VCs, Fortune 500 decision-makers eager to adopt innovative AI solutions, and visionary founders who’ve successfully scaled groundbreaking technologies. Spaces are limited to maintain intimacy and high-quality interactions.

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