The exclusive gathering for AI founders, researchers, and leaders building at the forefront of the industry and driving the AI strategies, agendas, and products of tomorrow.

Sept 30 - Oct 1, 2025
Four Seasons, Seattle
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2023 IA40 Winners

Featured Speakers

Intelligent and generative applications are defining the next generation of innovation. New GenAI, agentic, and infrastructure stacks are emerging. At the 2025 IA Summit we'll hear from founders at the cutting edge and established companies building for the future.

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Yann Lecun
Rohit Prasad
SVP & Head Scientist, AGI
Daphne Koller
Carina Hong
Founder & CEO
Summit Chauhan
Eric Simons
CEO
Marco Argenti
Naveen Rao
Chief AI Officer

Join top researchers, investors, and builders to explore the challenges and opportunities in creating next-generation intelligent applications and companies. From cutting-edge frontier models to the fastest-growing and largest companies at the application layer, the IA Summit is a curated gathering of leaders driving the AI strategies, agendas, and products of tomorrow.

AI Podcasts

V0’s Creator on What’s Next for AI Dev Tools

V0’s Creator on What’s Next for AI Dev Tools
AI Won’t Replace Developers: Qodo’s Take on the Future of AI-Powered Engineering
AI Won’t Replace Developers: Qodo’s Take on the Future of AI-Powered Engineering
AI, Agility, and The Agent-Native Enterprise from Microsoft CVP Charles Lamanna
AI, Agility, and The Agent-Native Enterprise from Microsoft CVP Charles Lamanna
RAG Inventor Talks Agents, Grounded AI, and Enterprise Impact
RAG Inventor Talks Agents, Grounded AI, and Enterprise Impact
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2025 Working Agenda

Sept. 30
5-7 p.m.
Cocktail Reception
Oct. 1
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
IA Summit: Keynote presentations, fireside chats, panel discussions (details to come! You can see the 2024 agenda here.)
5-7 p.m.
Cocktails & Reception

2025 Speakers

Summit Agenda

Morning Sessions
8:00 – 8:20am
Networking Breakfast
8:20 – 8:30am
Introduction to Intelligent Applications | Matt McIlwain/Madrona
8:30 – 9:15am
Fireside chat | Data is the Driver | Matt Garman/AWS & Matt McIlwain/Madrona
9:15 – 10:00am
Intelligent Application Company Spotlights | WhyLabs, SeekOut, Cresta
10:00 – 10:30am
Break & Networking
10:30 – 10:50am
Keynote | Peter Lee/Microsoft
10:50 – 11:30am
Enablers Panel | What Enables Application Intelligence | Justin Borgman/Starburst, Anu Sharma/Statsig, and Alex Ratner/Snorkel | Moderated by Peter Lee
11:30 - 12:00pm
Lunch Break & Networking
Afternoon Sessions
2:00 – 12:40pm
Fireside chat | Emerging Trends that Matter in AI & ML (Foundation Models, Transformers, and Stable Diffusion) | Oren Etzioni/AI2 and Carlos Guestrin/Stanford | Moderated by Luis Ceze/OctoML
12:45 – 1:30pm
Breakout Sessions
Session A
Intersections of Life Sciences and Innovation | Maddison Maseli/Deepcell, Lucas Nivon/Cyrus Biotechnology, and Jonathan Carlson/Microsoft | Moderated by Charlotte Hubbert/Nanostring
Session B
Applying AI/ML in Robotics | Leo Dirac/Groundlight.ai, UW Professor/Siddhartha Srinivasa, Amanda Marrs/AMP Robotics | Moderated by Tim Porter/MadronaSession C: Sales Enablement | Craig Hanson/Gong, Prasad Raje/Outreach, Kyle Coleman/Clari | Moderated by Zoe Hillenmeyer/Peak.ai
1:30 – 1:45pm
Break
1:45 – 2:45pm
Keynote | Why we believe the next generation of applications will be intelligent | Charles Lamanna/Microsoft
2:45  – 3:05pm
Fireside chat | Intersections of ML & Life Sciences Applied in Healthcare | Yinhan Liu /Birch AI and Jon Turow/Madrona
3:05  – 3:35pm
Keynote | Intersections of Biology and Technology | Geoff von Maltzahn/Flagship Pioneering
3:35 – 3:45pm
Announce 2022 IA40 winners & PitchBook partnership | Sabrina Wu/ Madrona and Dan Cook/Pitchbook
3:45 – 4:15pm
IA40 2022 Winner Spotlights | Luis Ceze/OctoML and Cristóbal Valenzuela/RunwayML
4:15 – 4:30pm
Closing Remarks | Matt McIlwain/Madrona
4:30 – 5:30pm
Cocktails/Networking
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