AI@Stanford: Research, Innovation & Capital - #SFTechWeek

Join leading researchers and professors, institutional investors and asset allocators, founders, and entrepreneurs from the Stanford and the larger SF Bay Area ecosystems for a session focused on frontier technologies and the future of innovation.

The discussion will explore how cutting-edge research moves from universities and laboratories into companies and real-world applications; how founders can commercialize emerging technologies and build scalable businesses; and how venture investors, institutional allocators, family offices, and other capital providers evaluate opportunities across rapidly evolving technology sectors.

Hear from researchers pushing the boundaries of science and technology, entrepreneurs translating technical breakthroughs into new companies, and investors and allocators thinking about how emerging technologies are reshaping venture creation, capital formation, and long-term investment strategy.

The event is designed to create meaningful connections across academia, entrepreneurship, and capital—bringing together the people developing new technologies, the founders building around them, and the investors supporting their growth.

This event is part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.

Speakers

• Saeed Amidi, Founder, Plug and Play

• Ashish Goel, Professor, Stanford

• Ruizhe Jia, Assistant Professor, Stanford

• Yann Aouidef, Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford

• Reuben Youngblom, Director, OpenLab

• Gaby Torres, Director of AI, MassTech

• Daniel Paez, Associate, Venture@IBM

• Beth Porter, C10 Labs, Boston University, MIT

• Steve Hou, Head of Research, Silicon Data

Moderators

• Mohammad Rasouli, Founder, AIx2

• Steven Willinger, Founding Partner, xBuilders

Hosted by Stanford OpenLab. Organized by MassTech and Stanford xBuilders. Sponsored by Silicon Data.