Extreme Tech Challenge AI Energy Innovation Summit 2025
AI ENERGY INNOVATION SUMMIT 2025
The Energy Challenge of AI: A Call to Action
As AI revolutionizes industries across the globe, its energy consumption is skyrocketing at an unsustainable pace. While the rapid growth of AI unlocks unparalleled opportunities, it also presents a critical challenge: how to balance innovation with sustainability.
This summit is a call to action for startups, innovators, investors, corporations, and policymakers to collaborate on solutions that address this urgent issue. Together, we will explore breakthroughs in energy-efficient computing, data center optimization, and sustainable power generation, storage, and distribution to ensure a future where AI thrives responsibly.
🗓️ Monday, November 3, 2025
⏰ 2:00 - 6:30 PM
📍San Francisco Bay Area
WHAT TO EXPECT
Keynotes and Panels: Hear from industry leaders shaping the future of semiconductors, AI, and energy.
Startup showcase: Discover groundbreaking solutions from startups with commercially-viable and scalable innovations.
Unmatched Networking: Connect with startup founders, industry leaders, VCs, tech enthusiasts, policymakers, and ecosystem builders to unlock new opportunities
Hosted by Extreme Tech Challenge
Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) is a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit and the world’s leading platform for fostering collaboration and innovation among startups, corporations, and governments to address global challenges. Inspired by the UN Sustainable Development Goals, XTC is dedicated to advancing technologies that create a positive, lasting impact on the world.
Founded by visionary Silicon Valley venture capitalists Young Sohn and Bill Tai, our mission is to empower entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, and policymakers to develop and scale solutions that tackle some of the world’s most urgent issues.
Through global startup competitions, innovation showcases, strategic partnerships, bespoke workshops, and thought leadership discussions at top tech conferences, XTC brings together a diverse network of startups, Fortune 1000 companies, VCs, government agencies, NGOs, foundations, and universities. This ecosystem enables investment, collaboration, and knowledge exchange, accelerating global innovation.
Each year, over 400 VCs, domain experts, and industry leaders volunteer their time and expertise, helping shape the future of technology and driving cross-sector partnerships for a more sustainable tomorrow.