

AI Emergence Summit
AI Innovators Community and AI Circle partner to present the AI Emergence Summit.
Overview
Join an exclusive gathering of AI innovators, corporate development leaders, and enterprise decision-makers for a focused afternoon of strategic dialogue and deal-making. The AI Emergence Summit creates an intimate environment for meaningful connections between those building transformative AI solutions and those seeking to accelerate enterprise AI capabilities through strategic acquisition and partnership.
Date: March 19th, 2025
Location: Helen Mills Event Space & Theatre, Chelsea
Format: Limited to 110 participants for maximum impact
Who Should Attend
AI Startup Founders & CTOs
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Executives and Operators in AI
Corporate Development Executives
Enterprise Technology Leaders
AI Investment Partners
Why Attend
Connect directly with decision-makers in AI acquisition and partnership
Gain practical insights into successful enterprise AI integration
Explore strategic partnership and acquisition opportunities
Access emerging trends in AI development and implementation
Agenda
[Founders: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM]
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Welcome Reception: Meet fellow founders and corporate development leaders for informal networking and refreshments as our community gathers.
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
Opening Panel: "Non-Consensus AI Futures" Thought leaders explore contrarian perspectives on AI's trajectory, examining unexplored opportunities in specialized hardware, emerging markets, and novel applications.
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Dual Track Sessions
Implementation Track
Strategic AI Implementation in Commercial Banking
Foundation Models Beyond LLMs
Strategic Exit Engineering
Ethical AI Development & Regulatory Navigation
Technical Track
DataFlow Architectures for Blazing AI Performance
AI Ethics For AI Builders
Models Aren't Moats
Agentic AI At The Edge
[Open to All Guests 4:00 PM - 7:30 PM]
4:00 - 4:30 PM
Networking with Refreshments
4:30 - 5:00
Fireside Chat with Banc of California and Kasisto: AI in Banking and Regulated Industries
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
AI Emergence Showcase Ten selected AI startups present breakthrough solutions to enterprise leaders and potential strategic partners.
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Closing Reception Continue the conversation over craft cocktails and curated small plates.
Registration
Limited to 110 participants:
50 AI Startup Leaders
10 Corporate Development Executives
50 Enterprise Decision-makers
Early registration recommended as space is limited
AI Emergence Summit is an invitation-only event. Applications will be reviewed within 48 hours.
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Event hosts
Rob May, Founder of AI Innovators Community. 4x Founder, 100+ investments. Connect with Rob.
Albert Chun, Founder of AI Circle. Connect with Albert.
Praneet Gill, Founding Partner at AI Circle. Former Chief Strategy Officer at Kore.ai. Connect with Praneet.
Suzanne Rabicoff, Chief of Field at AI Circle. Founder of Pie Grower. Connect with Suzanne.
Gisela Castaneda, Advisor at AI Circle. Connect with Gisela.
Kei Nemoto, Machine Learning Engineer at Meta and Founding Member at AI Circle. Connect with Kei.
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Event sponsors
Banc of California
Banc Of California is a relationship-based community bank (innovation banking with a national presence – including an office in NYC!) focused on providing business banking and treasury management services to small, middle-market, and venture-backed businesses. Banc Of California’s Venture Lending group (formerly PacWest Square 1) has been lending to and banking VC/PE backed companies for the past 20+ years. We can start lending to companies as soon as there has been an institutionally led round and can provide loans as small as $1MM and as large as $50MM for runway extension, working capital, etc. Sectors covered include fintech, healthcare IT services, education, B2B SaaS, and consumer products.
Anchin
Anchin is a full-service accounting, tax and advisory firm specializing in servicing the diverse needs of entrepreneurial, venture capital, and private equity-backed businesses ranging from start-ups to growing and established technology companies.
MoFo has over 1,000 attorneys in 18 offices around the world. Our Emerging Companies and Venture Capital Group has more than 170 lawyers located in key global business centers advising more than 2,000 startups, emerging and growth companies, and venture capital funds, corporate venture capital clients, and other clients in the technology space. We combine a deep understanding of market conditions with a tailored legal strategy to assist emerging companies and their investors. We assist companies with a full range of services, including but not limited to initial formation and financings, late-stage financings, secondary transactions and investments, mergers & acquisitions and public offerings. MoFo has helped our clients raise more than $110 billion and $575 billion in exits in the last five years.
We understand the complex technologies and business needs of our clients, leveraging numerous practitioners with advanced degrees in relevant disciplines. We have vast expertise across many industry segments, including technology, healthcare, life sciences, consumer, health, AI, FinTech, Cleantech, impact investing, robotics, media, cybersecurity, Internet of Things, and more.