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SIGNAL San Francisco 2026

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IGNAL is Twilio’s flagship global customer and builder conference. The 2026 edition centers on the theme Build Wonder, emphasizing the human role in creating innovative, AI-powered experiences. Designed for developers, leaders, and business innovators, attendees can expect visionary keynotes, hands-on technical workshops, and a comprehensive look at the fut…

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11Voices
17Underwriters
0Exhibitors
4On the bill · sessions
22Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at SIGNAL, in alphabetical order.
Aymen Naim
Director, Product Management - Developer Experience Platform · Twilio
George Bochenek
Sr Manager, Software Engineer - Edge Platform · Twilio
Inbal Shani
CPO · Twilio
Jordan Edmunds
Sales Director · Zing Dev Ltd.
Juliano Skrzyszowski
CTO · Nova Gestões
Khozema Shipchandler
CEO · Twilio
Marcela Klein
Principal Product Marketing Manager, LATAM · Twilio
Mark Rober
Former NASA Engineer and YouTuber · CrunchLabs
Prakhar Bhardwaj
Senior Software Engineer · Zennify / GoGroup
Thiago Monaro
Head Of Software Development · Nova Gestões
Tobi Schoder
Managing Director · Zennify
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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
AmplitudeMACH Alliance
Apply DigitalMACH Alliance
AWSInnovator
Blacc Spot MediaMaker
CiptexInnovator
Customer.ioMaker
DeepGramNetworking Reception
IterableMACH Alliance
KapteaMaker
KrispInnovator
MoengageMaker
PerficientMaker
SpokeInnovator
VOICERAcx.aiMaker
VoucherifyMACH Alliance
ZennifyMaker
ZingMaker
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The Programme

Selected from 4 sessions on the bill.
  • May 6 3:00 pm - 3:25 pm

    AI-native flex delivery: Shipping production-grade contact centers faster with Codex, automated QA, and DevOps-on-demand

    Building on Twilio Flex is powerful, but delivery speed and quality often get squeezed by the same friction points: repetitive setup work, uneven implementation patterns, slow debu…

  • May 7 1:00 pm - 1:20 pm

    A practical path to voice AI

    Most voice AI initiatives stall immediately after the first demo because organizations confuse a cool prototype with a production-ready strategy. This lightning talk strips away th…

  • May 7 1:00 pm - 1:25 pm

    20 billion requests a week: Upgrading Twilio's API gateway at scale

    Twilio's API Gateway is the front door for over 20 billion requests a week, regularly sustaining peaks of 60,000+ requests per second. Over the past four years, Twilio has migrated…

  • May 7 1:20 pm - 1:50 pm

    AI-powered communication: Using RCS, WhatsApp, and Voice to transform debt recovery

    The collections industry has been historically defined by an antagonistic and high-stress dynamic, plagued by a fundamental lack of trust. Nova Gestões, a leading Brazilian debt re…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 22 companies show up — and 1 bet on three roles at once?

22 companies. one 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.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
1All threespeak · spons · exh
16Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
5Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Zennify

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

64% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite327%
  • Director / Head of436%
  • Manager / Lead19%
  • Engineer · IC218%
  • Marketing / Brand19%

Of 11 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01Twilio5V
  2. 02ZennifySp·M1V
  3. 03AmplitudeSp·M
  4. 04Apply DigitalSp·M
  5. 05AWSSp·I
  6. 06Blacc Spot MediaSp·M
  7. 07CiptexSp·I
  8. 08Customer.ioSp·M
  9. 09DeepgramSp·N
  10. 10IterableSp·M
  11. 11KapteaSp·M
  12. 12KrispSp·I
  13. 13MoengageSp·M
  14. 14PerficientSp·M
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
innovator4
24% of 17
mach alliance4
24% of 17
maker8
47% of 17
networking reception1
6% of 17
05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's 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.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters