X. Eyeé

Eyee is an award-winning AI expert. X is a Senior Policy Advisor for the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, and the CEO of Malo Santo – an AI consulting firm. X’s insights have been featured in Forbes, BET, and Wired, with multiple appearances on CNBC’s Power Lunch.

Over the past 17 years, X has served as an engineering leader, product manager, and researcher for companies like Microsoft, Google, and the Department of Defense. At Microsoft, X worked on cutting-edge Ambient Intelligence solutions that combined blockchain, AI, and IoT for Fortune 500 companies around the world. 

At Google, X worked across all of Google’s AI products & research to ensure they were built responsibly & ethically. X created novel research teams, including the Skin Tone team, which developed techniques to improve AI’s ability to recognize diverse skin tones. This work set new industry standards for measuring skin tone in AI & enhanced products like the Pixel phone’s camera & Google’s Image Search. 

Now, as CEO of Malo Santo, X empowers companies to build AI that scales – across geographies, cultures, and within communities. X has been seen in Forbes, BET and on CNBC’s Power Lunch.

Angel Gambino

Angel Gambino is a 5x entrepreneur, WIRED Top 100 Innovator, and investor known for helping founders scale with purpose and conviction. In this session, she explores how angel investors can move beyond chasing trends and instead back founders who lead with focus. Attendees will learn how to spot clarity in early-stage teams, strengthen alignment through relationship-based investing, and support startups in building long-term value. This talk offers practical insights and honest lessons from both sides of the table.

Peter Walker
Carta 

Peter Walker runs the Insights team at Carta, where he works to make startups a little less opaque for founders, investors, and employees. Prior to Carta, he was a marketing executive for the media analytics startup PublicRelay and led a data visualization team at The Atlantic magazine. He lives in San Francisco, but you can find him on LinkedIn.

Howard Wright
NVIDIA 

Howard Wright is the vice president of NVIDIA Inception, a program that offers marketing support, expertise and technological assistance for more than 22,000 startups. Prior to joining NVIDIA in 2024, Howard led the startup program at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he engaged with leading venture capital firms and recruited notable and rising startups to the AWS ecosystem. Howard's experience includes leadership roles in Intel and Qualcomm, as well as the founding of his own startup. He holds a bachelor of arts in qualitative economics from Stanford University.