Smart AI Leadership Summit 2025
Join an exclusive group of AI founders, top VCs, Fortune 500 executives, and visionary industry leaders at the Smart AI Leadership Summit. Curated and hosted by Grace Gong (Smart Venture Media), this one-day event bridges cutting-edge AI technology with real-world business opportunities, partnerships, and strategic insights.
Spaces are limited to ensure high-quality interactions and meaningful connections.
📅 When: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 | 8:30 AM - 7:30 PM
📍 Where: Silicon Valley Bank Experience Center
🍝 Breakfast, Lunch, Networking, After Party
🎤 Programing: https://www.smartventuremedia.com
🧑 Attendee number: ~100, it's a very curated event
Speakers include:
Grace Gong (Founder & CEO of Smart Venture Media)
Shravan Narayen (Partner of IVP)
Dave Zilberman (General Partner of Norwest Venture Partners)
Casber Wang (Partner of Sapphire Ventures)
Bala Sathiamurthy (former CISO of Atlassian & Nerdwallet)
Anna Sarnek (Cyber BD at AWS)
Jake Flomenberg (Partner of Wing VC)
Nikhil Sachdev (Managing Director of Insight Partners)
Eugene Lee (Partner of OMERS Ventures)
James da Costa (Partner of Andreessen Horowitz)
Anna Patterson (Founder of Ceramic. ai, Formerly VP of Google & Managing Partner of Gradient Ventures)
Miloni Madan Presler (Partner at IVP)
Timur Yarnall (Head of AI/ML Startups Business at Amazon Web Services)
Anna Barber (Partner of M13)
Brandon Yahn (Partner of Convivialite Ventures)
Aditi Maliwal (Partner of Upfront Ventures)
Henry Yin (Co-Founder of AGI House)
Eylul Kayin (Partner of Gradient Ventures)
Tejas Manohar (Co-CEO of Hightouch)
Sydney Sykes (NVIDIA VC Partnerships)
Kevin Novak (Managing Partner of Rackhouse Ventures)
Phil Boyer (Partner of Crosslink Capital)
Alan Cohen (General Partner of DCVC)
Aidan Madigan-Curtis (Partner of Eclipse)
Megh Gautam (Chief Product Officer of Crunchbase)
Meagen Eisenberg (Chief Marketing Officer of Samsara)
Tim Shi (Co-Founder of Cresta)
David Yarbrough (Business Consultant at Sequoia)
Cris Cafiero (Business Consultant at Sequoia)
John Benetti (Managing Director of Silicon Valley Bank)
Andrei Meganov (Head of GTM at Nebius AI)
Simon Lee (Business Development at VESSL AI)
Ben Bergman (Senior Correspondent at Business Insider)
Vanessa Larco (Formerly Partner at NEA)
Samantha Wu (Chief Marketing Officer of Eventbrite)
Simon Wu (Partner at Cathay Innovation)
Dan Nguyen-Huu (Partner at Decibel VC)
Arnav Sahu (Partner at Peak XV Partners)
Many thanks to our amazing sponsors:
AWS
SVB
Sequoia
Nebius
VESSL AI
Rackhouse Ventures
Wayo
About Your Host: Grace Gong - Leading VC Podcast Host & Angel Investor
Grace hosts a top VC podcast called smart venture podcast (SVPpro.com); past guests, including C-level/ VPs of Google, Meta, Amazon, Sephora, Dunkin' Donuts, Chipotle, Adidas, Pepsi, Instagram, Deloitte, Reddit, Pinterest, Notion, Cisco, Walmart, Microsoft, Snowflake etc; Managing Partners of top funds (many were featured on the Forbes Midas List) and unicorn founders (founder of Craigslist, Square, Loom, Cruise, Glean etc.) She is doing a daily LinkedIn Live podcast featuring a VC/ founder/ exec.
This exclusive event brings together AI startups seeking strategic connections to accelerate market expansion. Engage directly with influential VCs, Fortune 500 decision-makers eager to adopt innovative AI solutions, and visionary founders who’ve successfully scaled groundbreaking technologies. Spaces are limited to maintain intimacy and high-quality interactions.
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