AI LAX Summit
LA Tech Week

Where Culture
Meets AI

LA’s premier AI summit, an official #LATechWeek event.

Join founders, builders, investors and creatives in Playa Vista, Los Angeles.

  • 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Friday, October 16, 2026
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Consulate General of Canada – Los Angeles
IV.AI
GovernLayer
AI LA
Unicorner
Passbook
Ten6 Ventures
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About the Event

The future of humans + AI agents working together.

AI LAX Summit brings together the builders, founders, investors, creatives and policymakers shaping the agentic era, with perspectives spanning tech, entertainment, finance, aerospace, policy and venture capital.

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Culture Meets AI

2026 Themes

Across keynotes, panels, fireside conversations, workshops and demos, we’ll explore:

01

The Culture Machine

AI for Everyday Life

02

Agents at Work

Enterprise Modernization & Yield

03

Governance, Trust & Security

Fiduciary Oversight in the Agentic Era

04

Frontier Infrastructure

Power, Compute & Deep Tech

05

The Agentic Economy

A2A Commerce, Machine Payments & Capital

Friday, October 16, 2026

Agenda

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Agentic AI Workshops & Demos
Led by IV.AI and Google.

12:00 PM

AI LAX Startup Alley, Lunch & Networking
Meet the founders demoing at Startup Alley and connect over lunch.

12:30 PM

AI LAX Summit Kickoff
Keynotes, panels, fireside conversations and discussions on the main stage.

5:00 PM

VIP Reception at Google

6:00 PM

Invite-Only Dinner with BairesDev

Full session lineup coming soon.

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2026 Speakers & Advisory Board

More speakers to be announced.

Mike Jones

Science Inc.

Jeffrey Chernick

Leader, H5E Founder Collective

Ranjit Raj

Head of AI Strategy, Media & Ent, Google Cloud

Gbemi Giwa

Founder & Managing Director, The Wealth Collective

Jibrial Muhammad

Founder, 19 Keys

Jason Harvey

ex-EVP & GM, BET; Founder, Underscore Animation

Roberta Thomson

CEO, Sixth Wall at Hasbro

Clarence Wooten

Founder & CEO, CoFounder.AI

Justin Erolin

BairesDev

Chakshu Mehta

AI Product Marketer, dbt Labs

Modupe Ajala

Google Cloud

Robin Johnson

Founder, DYO OS

Stephanie Sharron

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Philo Juang

DeepMind

Ekene Uwaezuoke

Founder, AI LAX Summit

Jon McLachlan

Founder, YSecurity.io

Vince Lynch

Founder, IV.AI

Wayne Goeckeritz

Partner, a16z Security Channel

Anton Alexander

Principal Architect, AI Factories, NVIDIA

Rob DeMillo

Founder, Sophia Space

Uday Ghatikar

Field CTO, Google

Brandon Johnson

Sr. Product Engineer, NVIDIA

Corey Cooper

DevRel & Ecosystem, Circle

Anna Joo Fee

Founder, Goodfin

Phillip Hwang

Founder, Kindred Voice

Joe Bertolami

CTO, Clifton AI

Sarah Katyal

Head of Partnerships, AI LA

2025 Past Speakers

Christina is a Deloitte Advisory Consulting leader with 25 years of experience serving global clients, specializing in technology and regulatory compliance; she recently helped a major cloud provider establish a trustworthy AI governance framework and achieve the first ISO 42001 certification.

Christina De Jong

Philo Juang is a hybrid Product Manager / Software Engineer currently working as an AI Engineer at Google DeepMind. Previously one of the earliest engineers at YouTube — primarily in Los Angeles and Paris — he also spent time in Product Management leading several consumer-facing YouTube teams.

Philo Juang

Dr. Seyi (Shay) Ogebule is a product leader at Intel specializing in Edge AI, where she helped develop the company’s first Edge GPU, and is also a STEAM education advocate, angel investor, and co-founder of The Joule Foundation supporting girls across Africa.

Dr. Seyi (Shay) Ogebule​

Ifeme Akpati is a technology executive with 15+ years of experience leading product and engineering at companies like Amazon and Oracle, where he currently drives cloud infrastructure strategy, AI-powered innovation, and mentors the next generation of engineering leaders.

Ifeme Akpati

Matt is currently serving as the Director of AI Agent at Box, previously served as a PM Lead for the recently launched Gemini for Workspace product, a Gen AI solution designed to transform the way we work. Matt was responsible for bringing 0-to-1 products and programs to market in the developer tools, AR/VR enterprise, and creator monetization sectors, working with leading companies and investors such as Envoy, Kitty CAD, Switchboard, a16z, and Sequoia Capital.

Matt Terell

Giacomo Santucci is Google Cloud’s Consulting Director for US Retail and CPG, leading AI-driven transformations to drive business growth. With over 25 years of experience in digital, brand, and tech services, he aligns data and AI with strategy to deliver scalable, impactful solutions. He’s also passionate about co-creation and mentoring future AI talent.

Giacomo Santucci

Manny Ojobaro is Finance Director at Google Cloud, leading major deals in tech, AI, and clean energy. He led Google’s $10B PIF partnership and supported global data center expansions. Previously Interim CFO at CapitalG, he managed investments in Airbnb and UiPath. With a background at Ernst & Young, he brings deep expertise in finance and strategy.

Manny Ojobaro

Ruchi is a cybersecurity and compliance product manager leading Google Cloud’s Governance, Risk, and Compliance portfolio. She previously advised customers in Google Cloud’s Office of the CISO and led GRC at a fintech company. With experience across regulated industries, she’s built global security programs in risk, privacy, and AI Trust.

Ruchi Khurana

Alice Murphy is a luxury marketing expert with over a decade of global experience, currently leading marketing for Roger Dubuis in the Americas by crafting bold, immersive campaigns that blend cultural insight, digital innovation, and bespoke experiences.

Alice Maria Murphy

Taylor Shead is the visionary Founder and CEO of Stemuli, an award-winning gaming company at the forefront of AI, education, and workforce development. Stemuli combines a massively multiplayer online game and edtech’s first ever AI-native game engine to personalize education and reimagine career mobility for all. Under Taylor’s leadership, Stemuli was named the 2024 United Nations Global Champion of AI for Good, representing North America among global groundbreaking startups of AI x Innovation.

Taylor Shead

Othmane Rifki is an African physicist-turned-AI researcher and Staff Research Scientist at Meta, where he develops cutting-edge multimodal generative AI systems. He previously held research fellowships at CERN and Argonne National Lab, contributing to real-time data systems and early machine learning applications.

Othmane Rifki​

Ade Adesanya is a healthcare entrepreneur and founder of CleanCut Health, leveraging AI to connect underserved populations with care, and previously scaled Movn Health into a national leader in virtual cardiac rehab, earning recognition for bridging clinical innovation, health equity, and scalable impact.

Ade Adesanya

Omari Sealey is a talent partner at OpenAI, focused on hiring world-class engineers driving the company’s core AI systems and safety infrastructure. He has played a key role in building the Data Engineering team from the ground up, supporting OpenAI’s mission to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. With a background in executive recruiting at Amazon and Netflix, Omari brings a strategic and inclusive lens to scaling technical teams.

Omari Sealey

Ikechukwu Uzoma is the Staff Attorney for Africa at Robert F Kennedy Human Rights. He is a lawyer with a decade long career in international human rights law and extensive experience litigating cases before domestic and regional Courts and quasi-judicial mechanisms of the African Union and United Nations. His work focuses on advancing the rights to freedom of expression, freedom of association and freedom of assembly through strategic litigation and advocacy. Mr Uzoma Prior to joining Robert F Kennedy Human Rights, Uzoma worked with the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations on the Operationalization of the Special Criminal Court in Central African Republic and with Open Society justice Initiative.

Ikechukwu Uzoma

Founder Showcase

AI LAX Startup Alley

Demo your product to AI leaders, customers and investors. This isn’t a crowded expo floor. It’s a curated environment designed for meaningful product conversations.

Your own demo table

A standing cocktail-height table with space for your laptop, tablet or physical product. Open 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Meet the right people

Put your product in front of founders, investors and AI builders, with optional QR lead capture.

Get seen

Your logo included in founder sponsor visibility across the summit.

$1K per company
Up to 5 seats per company. Spots are limited.

How to reserve a table: email your pitch deck or demo video to emi@airshipcapital.com. We’ll get back to you within 48 hours.

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Venue

Playa Vista, Los Angeles

Exact address shared with approved guests on Partiful
Friday, October 16 · 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM · Main program begins at 12:30 PM

Parking: Details shared with approved guests. Parking is limited, so we recommend rideshare.

Sponsors & Partners

Partners
Goodfin
BairesDev
Consulate General of Canada – Los Angeles
Startup Partners
IV.AI
GovernLayer
AIRSHIP
Ten6 Ventures
Community Partners
AI LA
Unicorner
Passbook
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Frequently Asked Questions

Friday, October 16, 2026, from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Playa Vista, Los Angeles. The exact address is shared with approved guests on Partiful. The main program kicks off at 12:30 PM.

Request to join on Partiful. Attendance is free but approval-based and space is limited, so you’ll need an approved RSVP to attend.

Attending AI LAX Summit is free.

RSVPs are for one person only, so there are no plus-ones. Anyone you’d like to bring should request to join on Partiful themselves.

Doors open at 10:00 AM for workshops and demos. Startup networking and lunch begin at 12:00 PM, and the main program starts at 12:30 PM. We recommend arriving early to allow time for check-in.

A government-issued photo ID is required at check-in. Please make sure it matches the name on your Partiful registration.

Parking details are shared with approved guests on Partiful. Spaces are limited, so we recommend rideshare.

Agentic AI workshops and demos led by IV.AI and Google from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM; AI LAX Startup Alley, lunch and networking at 12:00 PM; the summit kickoff at 12:30 PM; and a VIP reception at Google at 5:00 PM. See the full agenda.

Yes. Lunch is served at 12:00 PM alongside AI LAX Startup Alley and networking.

Yes. AI LAX Summit will be photographed and filmed. By attending, you agree to be photographed and filmed, and that photos and video may be used by AI LAX Summit and its partners.

No. AI LAX Summit is an in-person event only.

Yes. We are committed to a respectful, inclusive environment for everyone. Please review our Code of Conduct before attending.

AI LAX Startup Alley tables are $1K per company with up to 5 seats. Email your pitch deck or demo video to emi@airshipcapital.com and we’ll get back to you within 48 hours.

We’d love to hear from you. Email info@ailaxsummit.com.

If you need any accommodations to attend, email info@ailaxsummit.com before the event and we’ll do our best to help.

Please update your RSVP on Partiful so we can offer your spot to someone else.

Still have questions? Email info@ailaxsummit.com.

Contact Us

Questions about attending, speaking or sponsoring? We’d love to hear from you.
info@ailaxsummit.com

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