DeFAI Breakfast | EthCC | Cannes 🇫🇷
🪙 DeFAI Breakfast @Agents Day – where AI х web3 merge happens
Join us for the DeFAI (Déjeuner) Breakfast, a special morning session presented by Agents Day during EthCC. This is the 3rd global edition of the fast-rising DeFAI narrative, following packed events in Denver, Dubai + VC Brunch 2025.
Expect a high-energy in-person gathering with talks, workshops, and panels at the intersection of AI and DeFi — all before lunch.
📣 Speakers
Speakers from OpenLedger, Recall, Venice AI, Warden Protocol, Ox, CoinFund, Cytonic, SQD / SQDGN, Aethir, Messari, Theoriq, Elsa OS, Filecoin Foundation, Giza, Mode, Near, AITV, Outlier Ventures, 0G, Cross Curve, Crypto Executives.
Let’s build, learn, and connect!
🎤 Agenda
09:20 — 10:00 Doors open: welcome coffee & networking ☕️🥐
10:00-10:40
Panel Discussion: "The AI-Powered Financial Stack: Building the Infrastructure of DeFAI" moderated by Geng Kai, Head of Research @ DFG
Ron Bodkin Co-founder & CEO @ Theoriq Foundation
Amy Boudreau, Product Marketing & Growth Verticals @ 0x
Iulia Mihailescu, VP of Marketing, @ Agoric
10:40-11:20
Panel Discussion: "AI-Powered Yield Strategies: Smarter Farming or Just New Risk?" moderated by Max Yamp, Founder & CEO @ OneClick.Fi
Lane Rettig, Head of Research @ Near
Vikram Arun, Co-founderб @ Superform
Renç Korzay, Co-Founder @ Giza
11:20-11:35 Keynote: "How to unrekt degens with AI" (Dmitrii Zhelezov - Co-founder & SQDGN Chief Degen) @ SQD
11:35-11:50 Keynote: "Designing AI Agents" (Anna Zhu - Creative Director) @ AITV
🔔What to expect?
15+ speakers from leading web3 & DeFI companies and emerging projects
500+ attendees – including developers, product leads, and ecosystem partners
2 main tracks:
DeFAI (DeFAI Breakfast) – AI-driven DeFi solutions and tools, VC discussions, deFAI use-cases.
Agents Day – Autonomous systems, Data, dApps, etc.
High-quality networking with 500+ AI x Web3 builders, investors, experts
Local cuisine – food, drinks, and space to recharge and connect
Don’t miss this chance to connect with industry leaders, explore groundbreaking ideas, and shape the future of AI x Crypto!
Let’s make it Epic! 🧞
✨ Partners
OpenLedger — next-gen blockchain network for AI, providing decentralized economic infrastructure to source, fine-tune and launch Payable AI models.
Giza — a platform focused on AI and blockchain solutions, aiming to drive innovation and enhance business processes through cutting-edge technology.
NEAR — the chain abstraction stack, empowering builders to create apps that scale to billions of users and across all blockchain.
Cytonic — a Layer 1 blockchain designed for seamless cross-chain compatibility. It natively supports ecosystems like Ethereum, Solana, and Sui, enabling effortless interoperability.
SQD — a decentralized network for indexing and accessing data with optimal speed, scalability, and cost.
Theoriq — leading the next stage of AI-driven decentralized finance, leveraging advanced agent swarms to power autonomous Agentic Finance.
Recall — the first unstoppable intelligence network empowering agents to store, share, and trade knowledge onchain.
AITV — Early-stage investment fund backing founders building at the intersection of AI and Web3, with a focus on infrastructure, agents, and autonomous systems.
Venice.AI — building conversational AI tools that actually know what’s going on in your wallet, your contracts, and your stack.
Warden Protocol — rethinking access, custody, and control, giving users programmable key management and secure coordination across chains.
0G — critical infrastructure that is redefining what's possible for AI and blockchain.
Fair Math — a research company building open-source tools to tackle the world’s most complex privacy challenges — with a community-first ethos.
Agoric — The blockchain product company building seamless, intelligent cross-chain applications—powered by Orchestration.
🎬 Media partners
Bitcoin Insider crypto.news / IQ.wiki / Incrypted / AI Tools Network / Unite.ai / CryptoNewsZ / NameCoinNews / Times of Blockchain / GoGetGpt
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Our cosy venue — Juliana Hotel Cannes
15 minutes along the beautiful Croisette promenade and 5 minutes from the beach 🏝
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