Intent: Proactive & Predictive Interfaces
Most AI products today begin with the same primitive: a chat box. The next generation of interfaces won’t just respond — they’ll anticipate, adapt, and act.
This panel discusses how intelligent systems can move towards experiences that understand context, infer intent, and proactively assist users in real time.
We’ll discuss how modern interfaces can capture signals from behavior, memory, environment, and workflow to better understand what users are trying to accomplish. From adaptive workflows to agentic systems and predictive copilots, we’ll explore systems that capture, shape, and act on intent.
Speakers:
Jenning Chen, MTS at Simile
Kevin Gu, Founder/CTO of ThirdLayer
Konstantin Neureither, Product at Interaction
Justin Quan, Cofounder of Tomo
Attendees are technical founders, researchers, designers, and engineers.
Agenda:
6:00 PM - Doors Open
6:30 PM - Fireside Panel
7:30 PM - Food & Mingle
Co-hosted by:
Bain Capital Ventures (BCV) is a multi-stage venture firm that has invested in companies from seed to growth for over 20 years. We invest across all layers of the software stack and feel lucky to work with leading AI companies today, including Crusoe, Cognition, Decagon, Krea, Periodic Labs, Moveworks, Dream, and Charta Health.
ThirdLayer: Context infrastructure for operations agents. Dex is our browser assistant that learns your team's workflows and runs the manual work for you.
Auriel Wright: Post Training at Gemini/Deepmind
Intent Series
Intent is a recurring fireside panel for founders, researchers, and designers building the future of human-AI interaction.
The best AI products don't wait to be summoned. They collapse the distance between thought and action - understanding what you mean, not just what you say. We get together to discuss insights on building them.
Topic List for 2026
May: Approval, Trust & Copilot Interfaces
June: Meta-layer & OS Interfaces