​About this Event

​AI investment has surged to historic levels - with the “Magnificent 7” tech giants driving a third of the S&P 500’s value and over US$400B pouring into data center builds this year alone. Startups such as OpenAI and Anthropic are now valued in the hundreds of billions, while vibe-coding innovators like Lovable are redefining what rapid scale looks like. Meanwhile, a new wave of agentic-AI companies is setting its sights on trillion-dollar service markets. Amid talk of an AI bubble, this panel will feature:

– Nigel Toon, Founder and CEO of Graphcore,
– Azeem Azhar, Founder of Exponential View and HBS Executive Fellow,
– Alexandra Mousavizadeh, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Evident Insights

The panel will also feature a leading voice from the VC community.  They will cut through the hype and examine where real value and defensibility of AI lie across sectors and regions. Moderated by Simon Greenman, Partner at Best Practice AI and Chair of the HBS Global Angels Expert AI Group.
 

​About our speakers

​Nigel Toon is the founder of Graphcore, a leading AI chip pioneer that was recently sold to Softbank, and a leading AI entrepreneur. He sits as a Non-Executive Director on the board of UK Research and Innovation council and has sat on the UK Prime Minister's Business Council. He has been recognized with numerous industry awards, being ranked #1 on Business Insider's UK Tech 100 and named as one of the 'Top 100 entrepreneurs in the UK' by the Financial Times. How AI Thinks is his first book.

Azeem Azhar, Founder Exponential View, one of the world’s most influential platforms for understanding the impact of technology on business and society. He is regarded as a global thought leader and voice on AI, energy and other emerging technologies. Azeem’s work has been featured in the New York Times and The Financial Times, and he regularly appears on international broadcast media. In 2022, he published his debut book Exponential: Order and Chaos in an Age of Accelerating Technology to critical acclaim. Azeem is a fellow at Stanford University, and Harvard Business School.

Alexandra Mousavizadeh is a Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Evident Insights, an intelligence platform tracking AI adoption in financial services, helping leaders make informed AI-related investments and strategic choices. A former economist for Moody’s and Morgan Stanley, Alexandra was the architect of the groundbreaking Global AI Index, benchmarking the strength of national AI ecosystems. 

The panel is moderated by Simon Greenman, Partner at Best Practice AI, an AI management consultancy. He has over 25 years of experience leading digital transformations, including co-founding MapQuest, one of the internet’s first global brands and AI users, and serving as Chief Digital Officer for private equity-backed media firms involved in large-scale M&A. Simon chairs the Global Expert Group in AI for the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels and holds a BA (Hons) in Computing & Artificial Intelligence.

This session is a must-attend for investors, founders, and anyone keen to understand how AI is transforming the future of business and investment.