Frontier Leaders Forum 2026

AI Forward: A Global Frontier

exploring the next wave of AI investments and innovation and providing a space for dialogue, collaboration, and the exchange of ground breaking ideas.
  • September 10th, 2026
  • 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
  • Rosewood Sand Hill - 2825 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA, USA

Frontier Leaders Forum 2026

AI Forward: A Global Frontier

exploring the next wave of AI investments and innovation and providing a space for dialogue, collaboration, and the exchange of ground breaking ideas.

  • September 10th, 2026
  • 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
  • Rosewood Sand Hill - 2825 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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Frontier Leaders Forum 2026

AI Forward: A Global Frontier

The theme for this year will be exploring the next wave of AI investments and innovation and providing a space for dialogue, collaboration, and the exchange of ground breaking ideas.

The Forum is the go-to platform for investors, founders, corporates, and policymakers seeking to align with emerging AI trends, fund breakthrough ventures, and identify collaboration opportunities

Line Up Speakers

Speaker

Hemant Taneja

CEO,
General Catalyst

Fireside Chat

Engineering Abundance: Applied AI for Global Resilience

Speaker

Tareq Amin

CEO,
HUMAIN

Keynote

Powering What's Next: From Infrastructure to Impact

Speaker

Abhishek Shukla

Managing Director,
Prosperity7

Fireside Chat

Capital Follows Innovation: Where Frontier Tech Gets Funded

Speaker

Brett Rochkind

Managing Partner,
SoftBank

Fireside Chat

Deploying Capital At Scale: SoftBank's Global Playbook for AI

Agenda

9:00 am
Registration | Welcome Desk
10:00 am
Opening Keynote
 - H.E. Eng. Abdullah Alswaha, Minister of MCIT
10:20 am
Keynote: Powering What's Next: From Infrastructure to Impact
- Tareq Amin, HUMAIN
10:40 am
Fireside Chat: Engineering Abundance: Applied AI for Global Resilience
- Hemant Taneja, General Catalyst | Steering by Qasar Younis, Applied Intuition
11:05 am
Fireside Chat: Capital Follows Innovation: Where Frontier Tech Gets Funded
- Abhishek Shukla, Prosperity7 | Steering by Jawad Haider, Intel
11:30 am
Spotlight: A New Era of High-efficiency, Heterogeneous AI Compute
- Ahmed AlSharif, Think AI
11:35 am
Fireside Chat: Deploying Capital at Scale: SoftBank's Global Playbook for AI
- Brett Rochkind, SoftBank | Steering by Philip Bahoshy, MAGNiTT
12:30 pm
Lunch & Networking
1:00 pm
Open Networking
9:00 am
Registration | Welcome Desk
10:00 am
Opening Keynote
 - H.E. Eng. Abdullah Alswaha, Minister of MCIT
10:20 am
Keynote: Powering What's Next: From Infrastructure to Impact
- Tareq Amin, HUMAIN
10:40 am
Fireside Chat: Engineering Abundance: Applied AI for Global Resilience
- Hemant Taneja, General Catalyst | Steering by Qasar Younis, Applied Intuition
11:05 am
Fireside Chat: Capital Follows Innovation: Where Frontier Tech Gets Funded
- Abhishek Shukla, Prosperity7 | Steering by Jawad Haider, Intel
11:30 am
Spotlight: A New Era of High-efficiency, Heterogeneous AI Compute
- Ahmed AlSharif, Think AI
11:35 am
Fireside Chat: Deploying Capital at Scale: SoftBank's Global Playbook for AI
- Brett Rochkind, SoftBank | Steering by Philip Bahoshy, MAGNiTT
12:30 pm
Lunch & Networking
1:00 pm
Open Networking

Previous Speakers

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Chamath Palihapitiya
Founder & CEO at Social Capital
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Austin Russell
Founder and CEO of Luminar Technologies
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Peter Norvig
Education Fellow at Stanford & Researcher at Google
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Jonathan Ross
Founder & CEO of Groq
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Abdulrahman Tarabzouni
Founder & CEO at STV
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Chris Yeh
Founding Partner Blitzscaling Ventures
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Anjney Midha
General Partner at a16z
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Manohar Paluri
Vice President AI, Meta
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Hattan Ahmed
Strategic Engagement Director at KAUST
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Ipek Tunca
Senior Global Director, Meta
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Somi Arian
Founder-CEO of InPeak
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Mikey Kindler
Co-Founder & COO at Lighty Ai
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Yves Dhar
International Cellist and Producer
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Dr. Meshari Al Washmi
Chief Executive Officer at Amplifai
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Ashley Tarver
Data & Ai Cloud Evangelist at Microsoft
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Monifa Porter
SVP of Shift AI
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Omri Amirav Drory
General Partner at NFX
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Al Kallel
Founder & CEO at Stealth
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Yasir Al-Saggaf
renowned media personality and MC
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Stephanie Richards
Partner at Lamarka
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Managing Director Prosperity7 Ventures
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Christine Tsai
CEO and Founding Partner 500 Global
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Robert Strong
Speaker, Author, & Founder Speak About AI
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Samir Kumar
Co-Founder and General Partner, Touring Capital
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Anna Gong
Founder & Growth Architect Infinia Global
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Amr Awadallah
Co-Founder and General Partner, Touring Capital
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Osama AlRaee
Co-Founder & CEO of Lendo
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Ibrahim Al-Baloud
Founder & CEO of Fathom.io
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Scott Wu
Co-Founder & CEO - Cognition
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Yousef Shamoun
Co-founder & CEO - ZenHR
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Peter Sung
Co-founder & Managing Partner - Nexxus Capital
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Jeremy Achin
Data Scientist, Founder, and CEO DataRobot

Target Audience

AI Domain Experts/Enablers

Investors and VCs

AI Policy Makers and Regulator

Corporates, Scaleups & Startups

AI Domain Experts/Enablers

Investors and VCs

AI Policy Makers and Regulator

Corporates, Scaleups & Startups

Target Audience

AI Domain Experts/Enablers

AI Policy Makers and Regulator ​

Investors and VCs

Corporates, Scaleups and Startups

Previous Partners

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