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SF Tech Week 2026

Blitzscaling with AI featuring Open AI, YC, A16z Speedrun

Hosted by 10X Growth Strategies

When
5:00 – 8:30 PM
Where
FiDi
Format
Panel / Fireside Chat
Blitzscaling with AI featuring Open AI, YC, A16z Speedrun artwork

/ About this event

AI is moving from experimentation to a new phase of innovation, scale, and measurable growth. During SF Tech Week, join founders, investors, and technology leaders for a candid conversation on where AI is creating real business value—and what it takes to build companies that can sustain it.

We’ll explore how leaders are navigating the rapidly evolving AI landscape, including:

* Where the next wave of AI innovation is emerging *Turning AI capabilities into products customers will pay for *Building differentiated and defensible AI businesses *New GTM, pricing, and growth models for AI companies *What investors and enterprise buyers are looking for now *How AI is reshaping competitive advantage and the path to scale

Come for the insights, stay for the connections with the founders, operators, investors, and AI leaders shaping what comes next.

Speakers Piyush Agarwal, Member of GTM Staff, OpenAI Chris Yeh, Founding Partner, Blitzscaling Ventures Mohammed Mohammed, Founder & CEO, SmartBricks (A16z Speedrun) Chandrika Maheshwari, Founder & CEO, Quivly AI (Y Combinator) ​Lior Zorea, Partner | Nixon Peabody LLP ​Preethy Padmanabhan, CMO, Cisco IoT, Founder, 10X Growth Strategies ​DJ Deep, Advisor

Venue Host - Nixon Peabody LLP Partner - The Future of Tech Sponsors - Pavo AI, Nosh

Venue Host : ​Nixon Peabody’s Emerging Companies and Venture Capital (ECVC) Practice

​​Every entrepreneur has a vision. To bring that vision to life, technology and life sciences entrepreneurs make critical decisions across different disciplines at very high velocity—from creating an amazing product or service, to finding the product-market fit, to partnering with the right investors and hiring world-class talent, to making the best business, strategy, and legal decisions. The road to success is arduous.

​​Our Emerging Companies and Venture Capital team knows that you, the entrepreneur, need a caring and sophisticated legal team that can skillfully resolve your problems—whether complex challenges, novel issues of law, or more day-to-day problems.

​​We understand your journey and the ecosystems and markets in which you operate. Our team shares your commitment and drive for excellence and achievement. And that's precisely why we are committed to seamlessly taking care of the legal challenges you face, so you can focus on your vision.

Partner ​The Future of Tech is a global platform connecting founders, investors, enterprises, and innovators through impactful events and ecosystem collaborations. Powered by Orbis86, OffChain Global, and BrandPR, it brings together communities across Artificial Intelligence and emerging technologies to foster meaningful conversations, partnerships, and innovation shaping the future of technology.

Sponsors ​Pavo AI builds the improvement layer for production AI systems, helping teams find, evaluate, and ship the interventions to improve measurable business outcomes.

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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.

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