WHY IT MATTERS

Axios Live returns to the West Coast for the final stop of our 2026 AI+ Summit series, bringing together this year's biggest names in the industry who are shaping the world's approach to AI in San Francisco.

Join us on December 3 in the heart of where AI technologies are being developed to explore enterprise adoption, the latest advances in agentic tools, and the ethical imperative of building trustworthy, human-centered systems.

WHEN

Thursday

,

December

3

,

2026

1:00pm

-

7:00pm

PT

WHERE

Please Note: Venue details will be provided upon confirmation.

catch up quick

A look back at AI+SF Summit 2025. Photo: Chris Constantine for Axios

Speakers

Sarah Friar

CFO, OpenAI

Bill Gates

Chair, Gates Foundation
Co-founder, Microsoft

Jonathan Gray

President, Blackstone

Jesse Levinson

Co-founder and CTO, Zoox

Liz Reid

Vice President, Head of Google Search

Bill Gross

Founder and Executive Chairman, Idealab.ai

James Park

Co-founder, Luffu

Yoel Roth

SVP Trust and Safety, Match Group

Nate Soares

President, Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Co-author, "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All""

Alex Stamos

CISO, Cognition

Additional speakers to be announced.

view from the top speakers

Steve Albert

Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, R1

Jonas Andrulis

CEO and Co-founder, CNTR

Mike Baylor

Vice President & Chief Digital and AI Officer, Lockheed Martin

meet the team

Maria Curi

Tech Policy Reporter, Axios

Ina Fried

Chief Technology Correspondent, Axios

Nicholas Johnston

Publisher, Axios

Madison Mills

Senior AI Reporter, Axios

Joann Muller

Transportation Correspondent, Axios

Sam Sabin

Cybersecurity Reporter, Axios

Moderators to be announced

Details to come

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