AI & Machine Learning

GAI World 2026

GAI World is an enterprise Generative AI conference where executives, AI leaders, and investors share real-world use cases and deployment strategies for AI in production.

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103Speakers
36Sponsors
151On the bill · sessions
103Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at GAI, in alphabetical order.
Abbie Lundberg
Editor in Chief · MIT Sloan Management Review
Abhijith Mandya
Senior Data Science Manager · Wayfair
Adam Rappaport
Co-Founder, AI Analyst, and Tech Wizard · GAI Insights
Adam Starr
Chief Information Officer and Senior Advisor to the Director · U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Ahmad Al Amassi
General Manager · IT Harmony
Alden Do Rosario
CEO · CustomGPT
Alden Do Rosio
CEO · CustomGPT
Alec Wright
President and COO · AI San Francisco
Andrew Davis
Senior Director, Cloud and AI Business Office · Cox Automotive
Anisha Bhasin
Senior Vice President and Head of Product Engineering and AI · Oaktree Capital
Anjana Harve
Chief Digital Officer · Astellas Pharma
Ankaj Mohindroo
Head of AI Research · GAI Insights
Anthony Hill
CEO and Founder · Adaptix Corp
Apeksha Patel
Medical Director - Solid Tumors · Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Ashish Bhatia
Director, Product Management · Audible
Badri Raghavan
Former VP AI and ML · GAI Insights
Barbara Widholm
Vice President of AI · State Street
Beth Porter
Head of Studio Operations · C10 Labs
Bill Fandrich
EVP and CIO · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Chris Hayes
Principal Solutions Architect · Anglepoint
Chris McKay
CEO · Maginative
Christina Inge
AI Adoption Specialist · GAI Insights
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Gold Sponsor 1Gold
Gold Sponsor 2Gold
Gold Sponsor 3Gold
Gold Sponsor 4Gold
Quantam GearsGold
SeekersGold
FreshworksSilver
GoodwinSilver
PelleraSilver
Silver SponsorSilver
Bronze Sponsor 1Bronze
InvoiceBronze
AIPressroomMedia Partners
AnglepointExhibitor
AWSWomen In AI Breakfast
CASTSponsored Tables
CustomGPTExhibitor
DDN Data IntelSponsored Tables
IBMSponsored Tables
NetscoutExhibitor
Nonprofit Partner 1Nonprofit
Nonprofit Partner 2Nonprofit
Nonprofit Partner 3Nonprofit
Nonprofit Sponsor 1Nonprofit
Nonprofit Sponsor 2Nonprofit
Nonprofit Sponsor 3Nonprofit
Quantum GearsSponsored Tables
QuantumGearsSponsored Tables
SeekrSponsored Tables
StellixWomen In AI Breakfast
ThoughtSpotSponsored Tables
Times of AIMedia Partners
Transformation PartnerTransformation Partner
Transformation Partner SponsorTransformation Partner
VantiqSponsored Tables
VertivSponsored Tables
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Agenda

Selected from 151 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00am - 10:20am

    Implementing Sovereign AI or Own Your Own Intelligence (OYOI)

    General Session
  • 1:00pm - 1:25pm

    Claude 101 (Model Selector, Prompts, Custom Instructions)

    Hands-On Workshop
  • 1:00pm - 1:25pm

    Driving Economic Return From AI

    AI Case Study
  • 1:00pm - 1:25pm

    Optimizing Brand Awareness in the Age of AI

    AI Case Study
  • 1:00pm - 1:55pm

    Vendor Product Demo

    Vendors
  • 10:20am - 10:30am

    How I use Claude to Create Powerpoints

    Claude Training
  • 10:30am - 11:05am

    Networking Break

    General Session
  • 11:05am - 11:10am

    How I use Claude with Excel

    Claude Training
  • 11:10am - 11:40am

    CIO Priorities for AI in 2027

    General Session
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 103 companies show up, and 8 bet on three roles at once?

103 companies. eight are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
8All threespeak · spons · exh
27Sponsoringsponsor only
68Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

CustomGPT·Freshworks·Seekr·Anglepoint·Goodwin·Netscout·Quantum Gears·Stellix

Speakers by seniority

69% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite4140%
  • Founder / Owner99%
  • VP-level1010%
  • Director / Head of1111%
  • Manager / Lead77%
  • Product11%
  • Engineer · IC99%
  • Advisor / Investor33%
  • Other roles1212%

Of 103 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01GAI Insights17V
  2. 02CustomGPTSp·E2V
  3. 03FreshworksSp·S2V
  4. 04SeekrSp·S2V
  5. 05AnglepointSp·E1V
  6. 06GoodwinSp·S1V
  7. 07Harvard Business School4V
  8. 08NetscoutSp·E1V
  9. 09Quantum GearsSp·S1V
  10. 10StellixSp·W1V
  11. 11AI Press RoomSp·M
  12. 12AWSSp·W
  13. 13Bronze Sponsor 1Sp·B
  14. 14CASTSp·S
Sponsors by tier
gold6
17% of 36
silver4
11% of 36
bronze2
6% of 36
nonprofit6
17% of 36
sponsored tables9
25% of 36
transformation partner2
6% of 36
women in ai breakfast2
6% of 36
exhibitor3
8% of 36
media partners2
6% of 36
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

Related events · by shared sponsors