The Next Era of AI: Trusted Agent-Human Partnerships
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.
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.
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.