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Dawn of Photonic Intelligence

June 23, 2026 at San Francisco in SF, CA

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San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
Photonic startups are on fire. GPUs are hitting a wall. Copper is hitting a wall. The AI clusters we're building today are so power-hungry, so bandwidth-constrained, that the only path forward runs through light. Dawn of Photonic Intelligence brings together executives at Nvidia, Intel and more of the people who are driving this transition for a dinner conference during Deeptech Week in SF. On the agenda: 5PM: Arrival 530PM: Guillaume Verdon presents Extropic 6PM: Roundtable 1 Copper’s Last Mile: How Silicon Photonics Is Reshaping AI Compute and Networking RoadmapsSpeakers: M. Ashkan Seyedi (NVIDIA), Susan Schofer (SOSV), Dr. Josué Lopez (DCVC) and Geoffrey Tate (Ayar Labs) 630PM: Francesco Manegatti presents NcodiN 645PM: Alex Maierean presents Phantom Photonics 7PM: Roundtable 2 Building (and Betting On) the Photonic Intelligence Stack: VC Perspectives on Commercialization and ScaleSpeakers: Josh Miner (Maverick Silicon), Srini Ananth (Intel Capital), Jerry Yang (HCVC) and Kevin Chen (Lam Capital) 730PM: Scott Burroughs presents Uviquity 745PM: Julia Mossbridge presents American Electrodynamics 8PM: Dinner time. 9PM: End of event. Full booklet with speaker profiles can be found here: https://www.papermark.com/view/cmq0brjfu000xle04h7l0ptmi Seats are limited. Apply to attend Special thanks to our sponsor Vouch, who is the leader in business insurance for venture-backed startups. With deep expertise in tech, Vouch delivers precise coverage as startups scale from launch to IPO. Vouch makes it easy to master insurance with a modern digital platform, 10 exclusive coverages for tech, and a curated marketplace of tech-focused carriers. Hosted by OVNI Capital · Deeptech Week San Francisco · June 23, 2025 This event is part of Deep Tech Week. Create a free profile at deep-tech-week.com/register to help hosts approve your registration and build your schedule for the week.
Date: June 23, 2026 Time: 5:00 PM 9:00 PM
Event type: Business
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