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PRESENTS
Closing the Agentic Loop
June 11, 2026
11:45 AM PST
Terra Gallery, san francisco CA
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About the Summit
Sapphire Ventures Hypergrowth Engineering Summit is a community-focused event, convening technical leaders (VPEs, CTOs, CIOs, CISOs, Heads of AI) from some of the most impactful hypergrowth startups and enterprises on the planet.
Together, we explore the intersection of engineers simultaneously creating AI agents while also being enhanced by them - fostering collaboration, networking, and shaping the future of engineering excellence.
Shao-Qian (SQ) Mah
Member of Technical Staff
Jake Stauch
CEO & Founder
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Michael Grinich
CEO & Founder
Maxim Fateev
CTO & Co-Founder
Agenda
11:30-12:15
Registration, Lunch, Networking
12:15-12:30
Welcome Remarks
David Carter
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Sapphire Ventures
12:30-1:00
Engineering AI Agents
Andrew Ng, Founder & Executive Chairman @ Landing AI
1:00-1:20
Voice is the Next UX Frontier
Karan Goel, CEO @ Cartesia
1:20-1:40
Pursuing an AI Product Strategy
T.R. Vishwanath CTO @ Glean
1:40-2:00
Bio / Email Break
11:30-12:15
Registration, Lunch, Networking
12:15-12:30
Welcome Remarks
David Carter
2:00-2:15
AI4SDLC
President @ Cognition Devin
2:15-2:40
AI for Producitvity
Mike Hamilton
CIO
Cloudflare
Bryan Wise
CIO
6sense
TBD THIRD PANELIST
Mike Hamilton
CIO
Cloudflare
Bryan Wise
CIO
6sense
TBD THIRD PANELIST
2:40-3:00
Measuring Eng Productivity in the Age of AI
Abi Noda, CEO & Co-Founder @ DX
Abi Noda, CEO & Co-Founder @ DX
3:00-3:25
Securing GenAI Agents
Kayla Williams, CISO @ Cyera
Brad Jones, CISO @ Snowflake
Susan Chiang, CISO @ Headway
Kayla Williams, CISO @ Cyera
Brad Jones, CISO @ Snowflake
Susan Chiang, CISO @ Headway
3:25-3:55
Networking Break
3:55-4:10
The Need for Open Protocols
Ethan Dixon, Applied AI @ Anthropic
4:10-4:25
Optimizing Data Retrieval
Jerry Liu, CEO @ LlamaIndex
4:25-4:40
Evaluation at Scale
Ashwin Sreenivas, CTO & Co-Founder @ Decagon
4:40-5:00
Regulated AI
Zack Lipton, CTO @ Abridge
Zack Lipton, CTO @ Abridge
5:00-6:30+
Whiskey Tasting & Happy Hour
Ironroot Republic Whiskey
We are honored to be joined by CTOs, VPEs, CISOs and Heads of AI representing a diverse ecosystem of market leader
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About the Venue
Location
Terra Gallery
Address
511 Harrison Street Francisco, CA 94105
Nestled on Rincon Hill in the SOMA, Terra Gallery is easily accessible from the greater Bay Area. Parking is available nearby, and the venue is easily accessible by public transportation, including BART.
