AI in Mission-Critical Environments — Sam Cossman (Qwake) & Anuneet Kumar (webAI)

​What does it take to deploy AI where lives are on the line? Qwake Technologies builds augmented reality systems that help firefighters navigate zero-visibility environments — technology that has to work, on-device, in real time, with no margin for error. In this fireside chat, Qwake CEO and Co-Founder Sam Cossman sits down with webAI CMO Anuneet Kumar to explore what it really means to build and deploy AI in mission-critical settings — why the highest-stakes environments demand AI that runs locally, stays under the operator's control, and never depends on a cloud connection that might not be there when it matters most.

​Sam Cossman — CEO & Co-Founder, Qwake Technologies

​Sam is CEO and Co-Founder of Qwake Technologies, an Austin-based company building augmented reality systems for firefighters. Under his leadership, Qwake developed the C-THRU platform and recently received a Fast Company World Changing Ideas Award.

​Anuneet Kumar — Chief Marketing Officer, webAI

​Anuneet is CMO of webAI, bringing experience in product marketing and go-to-market strategy from leadership roles at Dayforce, Salesforce, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft.