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## AI Strikes Oil II: World Models Go Downhole
***Update Oct 08, 4:15PM, Pacific Time:
Today's the Day!
We're a Full House! Thank y'all for the phenomenal response!
The panel will discuss AI Energy World Models, the scale of emerging economic opportunities, and the journey from breakthrough ideas to real-world deployment. Hear from industry veterans on how founders, engineers, and investors can participate in building the next generation of enterprises and creating prosperity for the world.
Meet Our Panelists
Tracy Evans, nationally recognized CCUS trailblazer, former Denbury President & COO, and founder of CapturePoint, helped scale some of America's largest CO₂-EOR operations.
Dave Senor, retired Chief Geologist at Denbury (now ExxonMobil) and pioneer of CO₂-enhanced oil recovery, brings decades of subsurface expertise.
Navneet Sankarambadi, Founder & CEO of BriqScore, 3x IEEE author in BriqScore proprietary algorithms. Previously, he was a founding engineer at Capella Space, where he helped build and launch the United States’ first commercial Radar imaging satellite constellation.
🕠 6:00 PM | Doors open, food & drinks
🕕 6:15 PM | Welcome remarks
🎙 7–7:45 PM | Panel + Q&A
🥂 7:45 PM onward | Networking & happy hour
See y'all tonight!
Questions? navneet@briqscore.com
Last year, "AI Strikes Oil" brought together investors, founders, operators, and AI builders at SF Tech Week to define the "business opportunity and technical case for domain-specific foundation models in energy."
This year, we return with the first results from that work and the opportunity emerging around "BriqScore’s Intelligence as a Service."
The conversation will focus on how domain-specific foundation models can move AI beyond software that supports production and toward "core intelligence infrastructure for physical operations".
We’ll explore what "model-centered production" looks like, how field operations begin to change when persistent models sit at the center of technical decision-making, and the scale of investment opportunities emerging around that shift.
### Why Attend
**For Investors** Get a first hand look at the technical progress, market structure, and investment opportunities emerging as AI becomes core infrastructure for physical production.
**For AI Builders & Founders** Discuss what the next generation of AI companies looks like as domain-specific foundation models become core infrastructure for physical production.
**For Energy Professionals & Operators** Explore how persistent models can reshape technical work, field decision-making, and the operating structure around complex assets.
### Schedule
**Panel Discussion** Founders, investors, operators, and technical experts discuss the first results, model-centered production, and where the opportunity goes next.
**Networking + Happy Hour** Connect with investors, builders, and operators working at the frontier of AI and physical industry.
**Speaker announcement coming soon.**
This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
