Clay Bavor is a co-founder of Sierra, which helps businesses build better, more human customer experiences with AI. A visionary product leader and technologist, Clay spent 18 years at Google, where he spearheaded some of the company’s most innovative efforts as head of Google Labs, including augmented and virtual reality, Project Starline, and Google Lens. Earlier, Clay oversaw the product and design teams for Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Drive, shaping tools used by billions worldwide.

Rick J. Caruso is a Los Angeles civic leader and real estate developer whose public service and private-sector work have shaped the city for decades. He began his civic career as the youngest Commissioner in Los Angeles history at the Department of Water and Power, where he resolved a decades-long water lawsuit that expanded the city’s water supply while protecting the environment. He later served as President of the Los Angeles Police Commission, leading a comprehensive overhaul of the LAPD and recruiting Chief William Bratton—an effort that helped drive crime to its lowest levels in 50 years. In the private sector, Caruso is the founder of Caruso®, the company behind landmark destinations such as The Grove, one of the highest-grossing shopping centers in the country. Following the devastating 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, he founded Steadfast LA, a civic nonprofit dedicated to accelerating recovery and rebuilding through public-private partnerships, reflecting his longstanding commitment to pragmatic, results-driven leadership for the city.

Barry Diller is the Chairman and Senior Executive of IAC and the Chairman and Senior Executive of Expedia Group. From 1995 to late 2010, Mr. Diller served as the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer of IAC. Since December 1992, beginning with QVC, he has served as chief executive for a number of predecessor companies engaged in media and interactivity prior to the formation of IAC. From October 1984 to April 1992, Mr. Diller served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fox, Inc. and was responsible for the creation of Fox Broadcasting Company in addition to Fox's motion picture operations.

Harley Finkelstein is an entrepreneur and the President of Shopify. He founded his first company at age 17 while a student at McGill. Harley completed his law degree as well as his MBA at the University of Ottawa. He received the Canadian Angel Investor of the Year Award, Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Award, Fortune’s 40 Under 40, was inducted into the Order of Ottawa, and received the King Charles III Coronation Medal. From 2014 to 2017 Harley was on the Board of Directors of the C100, and from 2017 to 2020 he was on to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). He is currently on the Board of Directors of the National Retail Federation, Operation Hope, and the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation. Harley recently co-founded Firebelly, a modern high-end tea brand, and created Big Shot, a project and podcast that archives the stories of the greatest Jewish entrepreneurs of the last century.

Brendan Foody is the co-founder and co-CEO of Mercor, one of the fastest-growing companies in Silicon Valley’s history. Under his leadership, Mercor has become a trusted partner to leading AI companies and built a network of tens of thousands of expert professionals who help train frontier AI models for top labs and enterprises.

Antonio is a proven investor and entrepreneur who partners with many of the defining founders and CEOs of our time as they seek to reimagine what is possible while making the world better. As Founder, CEO, and CIO of Valor Equity Partners, Antonio oversees one of the leading growth-focused investment firms in the US with an estimated $55 billion in AUM as of December 31, 2025. Antonio is recognized as an impactful and thoughtful contributor to the strategy and operations of businesses across industries. Notably, he served as a Director of Tesla from 2007 to 2021, helping take the company public and acting as Lead Independent Director for eight years. Antonio plays an important role in helping numerous Valor investments innovate and succeed, including serving on the boards of, among others, SpaceX, Chaos Industries, and Zipline. A longtime advocate for AI’s potential beginning with his 2013 investment in DeepMind and, more recently, xAI, Antonio leads Valor’s efforts to identify and invest in AI-driven companies to enhance competitive positions, drive product innovation, and add value to customers.

Van Jones is a U.S. media personality, entrepreneur and world-class changemaker. Jones has a rare track record of bringing people together to do hard things – in areas as diverse as clean energy solutions, criminal justice reform and racial inclusion in the tech sector. In 2007, Van was the primary champion of the Green Jobs Act, signed into law by George W. Bush. In 2009, he worked in the Obama White House as the Special Advisor for Green Jobs. In 2018, he helped pass the FIRST STEP Act, signed into law by Donald Trump; the New York Times calls that legislation the most substantial breakthrough in criminal justice in a generation.

In 2021, Jones was the first recipient of Jeff Bezos’ Courage & Civility Award. He has since founded Dream Machine Innovation Lab and launched RAPPORT.co, which uses A.I. to increase firms’ EQ. A Yale Law School graduate, Van is a CNN host, an Emmy Award-winning producer, a 3X New York Times best-selling author and the creator of the Van Jones Substack.

Michael Kratsios is President Donald J. Trump’s chief science and technology policy advisor.

As the thirteenth Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Michael oversees the development and execution of the Nation’s science and technology policy agenda. He leads the Trump administration’s efforts to ensure American leadership in scientific discovery and technological innovation, including in critical and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and biotechnology.

In the first Trump administration, he served as the fourth Chief Technology Officer of the United States at the White House and as Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering at the Pentagon.

Prior to the White House, Michael invested in, advised, and built technology companies in Silicon Valley. A South Carolina native, Michael graduated from Princeton University and served as a Visiting Scholar at Beijing’s Tsinghua University.

Ben Lamm is the Co-Founder and CEO Of Colossal Biosciences, the world’s first de-extinction company. He is a serial technology entrepreneur driven to solve the most complex challenges facing our planet. For over two decades, Ben has built disruptive businesses that future-proof our world. In addition to leading and growing his own companies, he is passionate about emerging technology, science, space and climate change. Prior to Colossal, Ben served as the founder and CEO to a number of companies, including Hypergiant, an enterprise AI software company focused on critical infractures, space, and defense acquired by Trive Capital; Conversable, the leading conversational intelligence platform that helps brands reach customers through automated experiences acquired by LivePerson; and Chaotic Moon, a global creative technology powerhouse acquired by Accenture. He was also the Co-founder of Team Chaos, a consumer gaming company acquired by Zynga. Ben is a fellow and on the Board of Trustees at the Explorers Club, whose mission is to promote the scientific exploration of land, sea, air, and space by supporting research and education in the physical, natural, and biological sciences.

Alfred Lin is a Partner at Sequoia Capital, working with founders from idea to IPO and beyond. He partners with companies across various industries, including consumer marketplaces, fintech, robotics, and healthcare. He sits on the boards of Airbnb, DoorDash, Citadel Securities, Clay, Cobot, Formation Bio, Found, Houzz, Kalshi, Nominal, Zipline, and more.

Matt Mahan is the Mayor of San José, running for Governor to get California back to basics. Raised in Watsonville by working-class parents, a public school teacher and a postal carrier, Matt went on to Harvard, where he graduated with honors and served as student body president. After college, he spent a year in Bolivia building irrigation systems with family farmers, then returned to San José to teach on the city’s East Side through Teach for America.

Geoff von Maltzahn, PhD is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lila Sciences, the world’s first scientific superintelligence platform and autonomous lab for life, chemistry, and materials science. He is among the most successful scientific entrepreneurs of his generation. Listed as an inventor on over 200 patents and pending applications, his technologies underpin more than 10 companies integrating biology and AI to transform human health and sustainability. Geoff’s groundbreaking companies have achieved over $10b in public and private market capitalization and include Generate:Biomedicines, Quotient Therapeutics, Tessera Therapeutics, Indigo Agriculture, Sana Biotechnology (NASDAQ: SANA), and Seres Therapeutics (NASDAQ: MCRB). Geoff was awarded a PhD from MIT; an MS in bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego; and an SB in chemical engineering from MIT.

David Singleton is the co-founder and CEO of Dreamer, a platform where anyone can discover, build, and enjoy personal agentic apps.

Before founding Dreamer, David spent 7 years as Chief Technology Officer at Stripe, where he led the company’s engineering and design teams through a period of massive global scale. Prior to Stripe, he spent 11 years at Google, serving as Vice President of Engineering and leading development across mobile platforms, product experiences, and partnerships with major hardware manufacturers. Earlier in his career, he built operating systems for early smartphones at Symbian.

A lifelong builder, David is passionate about making technology more accessible and personal. He grew up in Belfast, studied computer science at Cambridge, and now lives in San Francisco with his family.

Laela Sturdy is managing partner at CapitalG, the multibillion-dollar independent growth fund of Google parent company Alphabet. At CapitalG, Laela has invested in some of the world’s most consequential companies, including Stripe, Duolingo (DUOL), Gusto, Lovable, UiPath (PATH), Waymo, and Whatnot.

Michael Broukhim is the General Partner of Deep33, an Israel-focused deep-tech investment firm backing breakthrough innovation across advanced energy, AI infrastructure, quantum computing, and robotics. Deep33 partners with exceptional founders building frontier technologies with the potential to transform critical industries and deliver durable advantage.

Michael is also the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of FabFitFun, a leading direct-to-consumer lifestyle membership and commerce platform that reaches millions of women through discovery, wellness, and community.

Michael also teaches entrepreneurship and media ethics at the University of Southern California, focused on how technology, incentives, and information shape markets and society. He holds degrees from Harvard University and Stanford Law School.

Ira Ehrenpreis is Founder and Managing Partner of DBL Partners, a leading impact investing venture capital firm, currently managing more than $1.5 billion of capital. DBL invests in companies that can deliver top-tier financial returns, while simultaneously driving social or environmental change.

Shirin Ghaffary is a technology reporter for Bloomberg News covering artificial intelligence. She chronicles the industry in her award-winning weekly newsletter, Q&AI. Previously, Ghaffary was a senior tech correspondent at Vox Media and Recode. Prior to that, she's worked at TechCrunch, the San Francisco Chronicle, and BuzzFeed News. Ghaffary was raised in Silicon Valley, went to UC Berkeley, and spent several years in her early twenties working at an enterprise software startup.

Joe Green is currently Chair of Matt Mahan for Governor, supporting a campaign centered on pragmatic problem-solving, public safety, and rebuilding trust in California government. He is also Chair and Co-Founder of the Psychedelic Science Funders Collaborative, a philanthropic initiative advancing rigorous research, clinical access, and evidence-based policy in mental health and psychedelic medicine. He is a native of Santa Monica and an alumni of Samohi.

Green is a social entrepreneur, technologist, and civic leader focused on strengthening democracy and expanding opportunity through innovation. He co-founded Causes, one of the earliest large-scale platforms for online civic engagement and philanthropy, which enabled millions of people to support nonprofits and social movements through digital networks. He later co-founded NationBuilder, a community-organizing and campaign platform used globally by nonprofits, advocacy organizations, and political movements.

In 2013, Green co-founded FWD.us, a bipartisan advocacy organization created with leaders from the technology community to advance immigration reform, education opportunity, and policies that support the American knowledge economy. As the organization’s founding president, he helped bridge Silicon Valley and Washington around long-term national challenges.

Joe is also co-founder of Treehouse, a mission-driven real-estate and community development company dedicated to creating human-centered, neighborhood-scale housing and gathering spaces that strengthen social connection.

Across his career, Green has worked at the intersection of technology, policy, and community building—seeking to translate innovation into institutions that expand participation, dignity, and shared prosperity.

Colin Greenspon is a Co-Founder and Partner at Narya Capital, a venture firm focused on backing founders building hard, consequential companies, often in places and sectors traditional venture has ignored. Narya invests across advanced manufacturing, defense and aerospace, energy, biotech, and software, with a core belief that the next generation of category-defining companies will be built at the intersection of technology, geopolitics, and real-world production.

Founder of Sourcery, one of the fastest-growing new media platforms in technology, spanning a weekly investing and technology newsletter and podcast interview series with a large and highly engaged following on X. Over the past seven years, Molly has built her career investing across family office multi-asset strategies and multi-stage venture capital portfolios, with a singular focus on technology.

Jason Rapp is an investment banker in Los Angeles and co-founder of Whisper Advisors, the boutique M&A and strategic advisory firm. Since founding the firm in 2018, Jason and his partners have advised dozens of founders as they pursue their M&A, capital and strategic goals. Prior to Whisper Advisors, Jason was a partner at Science Inc., the incubation firm. Prior to that, Jason was a senior executive in Barry Diller's IAC corporation (Nasdaq:IAC), having run the M&A group and then as CEO of Gifts.com. Before joining IAC, Jason was an executive at The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT).

Cody is Managing Partner at MCJ, a venture firm backing founders driving the transition of energy and industry and solving the inevitable impacts of climate change. MCJ’s portfolio includes Crusoe, Base Power, Heirloom, Twelve, The Nuclear Company, and other leaders advancing clean energy abundance, infrastructure resilience, and new industrialism.

As a Managing Partner and founding member of Felicis, Sundeep led Felicis' investments in several companies such as Mercor, Coalition, Plaid, and Komodo Health, as well as the following companies that have gone public: Ginkgo Bioworks, Matterport, Recursion Pharma, and Wish. Before joining Felicis in 2010, Sundeep joined Intel through the acquisition of Sarvega, where he was an early employee responsible for the security infrastructure design. Sundeep holds degrees in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and an MBA from Stanford.

Nick is a general partner at Upfront Ventures. He focuses on early-stage investments in hard tech and national infrastructure sectors like advanced manufacturing and robotics, industrial automation, energy and utilities, aerospace and defense, and more. Prior to joining Upfront, Nick was at Crosscut Ventures leading seed investments. Before Crosscut, Nick was an early employee at Warby Parker, where he was the general manager of the Home Try-On business. Nick also served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Human Ventures and as an investor with the Dorm Room Fund, First Round Capital’s student-run investment fund.

Nick graduated with a degree in economics from UC Berkeley and earned his MBA from The Wharton School.

Mark Suster is a general partner at Upfront. He previously was the founder & CEO of two successful enterprise software companies, the most recent of which was sold to Salesforce.com where Mark became VP, Products. Prior to being a founder, Mark was a software developer at Accenture where he lived and worked in Europe, Japan and the U.S. Mark is a graduate of UCSD and has an MBA from the University of Chicago.