Where AI Gets Real.
Where Infra Gets Scaled.
Join us for the boldest infrastructure event in Silicon Valley, where we bring together the minds, machines, and money driving AI's next chapter. From energy-hungry hyperscale deployments to agile edge stacks, the AI INFRA SUMMIT explores the full ecosystem—data, power, compute, software, and strategy.
🔥 Why This Summit Matters:
World-Class Speakers from Microsoft, AMD, Zscaler, Inflection AI, BlackRock, and more
Exclusive Breakouts diving deep into GTM strategy, GenAI stacks, and AI energy efficiency
Epic Afterparty at the Computer History Museum
8:30 AM – Doors Open
Reception & Coffee Bar
Expo Hall Opens
🟪 Breakout Room
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Women in AI Breakfast: Scaling AI Without the Hype: What It Really Takes
Moderator: Lauren Vaccarello (WEKA)
Panelists:
🎤 MAIN STAGE – MORNING
10:00 AM Welcome Remarks 🗣 Bill Barry (IgniteGTM)
Framing: Why This, Why Now
10:15 AM Keynote Ted Shelton (Inflection AI)
The Future of Seamless Infrastructure for AI Workloads
10:30 AM Vik Malyala (Supermicro)
Pushing the Boundaries to 200KW per Rack
10:45 AM RK Anand (Recogni)
AI is Cool and All, but Show Me the Money!
11:00 AM Ashley Tarver (Microsoft)
The AI Paradox
11:15 AM Val Bercovici (WEKA)
Welcome to the Token Economy: The New Economics of AI
11:30 AM Sviat Dulianinov (Bright Machines)
AI + Robotics — The Future of Scalable Manufacturing
11:45 AM – PANEL
🎤 Moderated by Jeremiah Owyang
Capital at the Core: Betting on Infra
Panelists: Anand Chandrasekaran (Celesta Capital), Eric Anderson (Scale VP), Syed Nawaz (Aurum Partners)
🍽️ 12:30 PM – LUNCH BREAK
Recharge your mind—and your AI dreams.
1:30 PM – Main Stage
🎹 Musical Performance — Arun Saigal
🔥 MAIN STAGE – AFTERNOON
1:45 PM Chris Sosa (AMD)
AI at Full Throttle: ROCm, Instinct, and the New Era of Scalable Compute
2:00 PM Anil Ravindranath (Rapt)
Agentic for GPUs: AI Managing Your AI Infra
2:15 PM Luke Norris (Kamiwaza)
Your Data is Ready for AI: Stop Waiting, Start Deploying
2:30 PM Claudiono Coelho (Zscaler)
Perils of RAG and a Multi-Agentic AGI Future
2:45 PM Cosimo Pecchioli (BP) + Darren Burgess (BP)
Liquid Cooling Tech by BP
3:00 PM Sonam Kanungo (CrusoeAI)
Data Engineering Systems for Power Management at an AI-First Data Center
3:15 PM Debo Dutta (Nutanix)
Winning the AI Energy Race
3:30 PM – Fireside Chat
🗣 Sanjeev Rao (Infracore) + Yuval Bachar (ECL Data Centers)
The Next Frontier: Sustainable, Scalable, Self-Sufficient AI Infrastructure
3:45 PM – PANEL
🎤 Moderated by Brad Garsten (Quanta Networks)
Building the Backbone of the Intelligent Economy
Panelists: David Hefter (BlackRock), Vladimirs Sazonovs (Cisco), Nidhi Chappell (Microsoft)
🧩 BREAKOUT ROOM – AFTERNOON
11:15 AM Supermicro — DC Building Block Solutions
11:45 AM AMD ROCm Certification — Model Serving Swiss Army Knife
1:45 PM CTO Workshop — Ashley Tarver & Brad Garsten
3:15 PM AI Trailblazer Think Tank — Val Bercovici (WEKA), Mahak Sharma (Google) + Executives from Mondelez, Walmart, Toyota, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Foundry
🧠 BOARDROOM – AFTERNOON
1:45 PM Tonya J. Long (Quantum Crow)
The Infrastructure of Wisdom: Building Systems That Amplify Human Insight
2:15 PM David Isaac (AIpath)
What They Won’t Tell You, But Your Roadmap Needs to Know
3:15 PM Sam Stoelinga (KubeAI) + Rahul Panderakar (AI Hero)
Building a GenAI Stack on Your Infra
3:45 PM Bobby Napolatenia + Keith Newman (The GTM Firm)
GTM in the AI Era: Reimagining Go-To-Market for the Next Wave of Innovation
🍹 4:30 PM – Networking Happy Hour
📍 Gallery & Expo
🎉 5:30 PM – Afterparty @ Computer History Museum
Walk over. Turn it up.
🎯 Who’s This For?
Builders, shapers, doers, and funders:
AI/ML Developers & Infra Architects
Cloud, Energy & Hardware Providers
Enterprise CTOs, CIOs & Innovation Leads
VCs & Strategic Investors
Ticketing Terms & Conditions
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About Us
At Ignite, we help enterprise and AI-first companies move faster, connect deeper, and scale smarter. Whether you're building foundational infrastructure or redefining what’s possible with AI, we’re here to accelerate your path to market with strategic clarity, meaningful relationships, and GTM firepower.
Rooted in decades of Silicon Valley deep-tech experience, we bring unmatched insight, ecosystem access, and operational creativity to every engagement—bridging the gap between innovation and impact.