Ai4 2026 Unites the World’s Most Influential AI Leaders for an Unprecedented Gathering of Innovation, Research, and Enterprise Transformation

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LAS VEGAS, NV / ACCESS Newswi e / July 16, 2026 / As a tificial i tellige ce eshapes eve y i dust y a d edefi es the futu e of busi ess, the wo ld’s leadi g AI esea che s, e t ep e eu s, executives, policymake s, a d i ovato s will gathe at Ai4 2026, taki g place August 4-6 at The Ve etia Las Vegas, fo Ame ica’s la gest AI co fe e ce.

Now i its eighth yea , Ai4 will welcome mo e tha 12,000 atte dees f om ove 85 cou t ies, featu e mo e tha 1,000 speake s, a d showcase ea ly 400 exhibito s a d spo so s, c eati g the i dust y’s la gest fo um fo explo i g how a tificial i tellige ce is t a sfo mi g busi ess, gove me t, healthca e, ma ufactu i g, fi a ce, educatio , a d society. Th oughout the th ee-day co fe e ce, atte dees ca choose f om mo e tha 1,000 sessio s explo i g eve y majo facet of AI i ovatio .

“A tificial i tellige ce has eached a pivotal mome t,” said Michael Weiss, Co-Fou de of Ai4. “O ga izatio s a e movi g beyo d expe ime tatio a d deployi g AI at e te p ise scale. Ai4 b i gs togethe the esea che s c eati g the ext ge e atio of AI, the executives impleme ti g it ac oss global o ga izatio s, a d the e t ep e eu s buildi g the tech ologies that will defi e the ext decade.”

The co fe e ce ope s Tuesday, August 4, at 8:30 am with a se ies of key ote p ese tatio s explo i g the tech ologies a d busi ess st ategies d ivi g the ext wave of AI i ovatio . Highlights i clude:

• AI’s Race to Rei ve t Medici e featu es Alex Zhavo o kov, Fou de a d CEO of I silico Medici e, a d E ic Nguye , CEO of Radical Nume ics, mode ated by Alice Pa k, Se io Health Co espo de t at TIME.

• The O e Decisio That Sepa ates AI Wi e s f om AI Casualties, featu i g Ma k Ab amowitz, Chief Ma keti g Office at Dataiku, a d Jed Doughe ty, SVP of AI & Platfo m at Dataiku.

• The AI Recko i g: Chips, Co st ai ts a d the Next Ge e atio of Compute, b i gi g togethe tech ology visio a y Pat Gelsi ge , fo me I tel CEO a d Ge e al Pa t e at Playg ou d Global, with Sachi Katti, Head of Compute at Ope AI. The discussio will be mode ated by Gideo Lewis-K aus, tech ology w ite fo The New Yo ke .

• Mist al: Pio ee i g T a spa e t a d T a sfo mative F o tie AI, featu i g Pava Kuma Reddy, o e of Mist al’s fi st U.S.-based AI scie tists.

O Wed esday, August 5, o e of the co fe e ce’s most a ticipated mome ts will be “The A chitects of I tellige ce: A Histo ic Co ve ge ce,” b i gi g togethe th ee of the most i flue tial figu es i mode AI fo a a e co ve satio o the futu e of a tificial i tellige ce. The sessio featu es:

• Geoff ey Hi to , Nobel P ize ecipie t a d widely ecog ized as the “Godfathe of AI”

• Fei-Fei Li, pio ee i g esea che a d leade i huma -ce te ed AI

• A d ew Ng, Fou de of DeepLea i g.AI a d o e of the wo ld’s leadi g AI educato s

Mode ated by Yu -Hee Kim, Deputy Edito of The Washi gto Post, the discussio will exami e the scie tific b eakth oughs shapi g AI, the challe ges that lie ahead, a d the oppo tu ities a d espo sibilities that accompa y the tech ology’s apid evolutio . The Wed esday key ote p og am also i cludes p ese tatio s f om S i i Ve katesa , Executive Vice P eside t a d Chief Tech ology Office at PayPal, a d Kevi Coch a e, Chief Ma keti g Office at Vult .

Thu sday’s key ote p og am explo es how AI is movi g beyo d digital applicatio s i to the physical wo ld while add essi g the i f ast uctu e equi ed to suppo t the ext ge e atio of i tellige t systems.

Featu ed sessio s i clude:

• AI That U de sta ds the Real Wo ld, featu i g A astasis Ge ma idis, Co-Fou de a d CEO of Ru way; I hi Cho Suh, CEO of Nia tic Spatial; a d Olive Came o , CEO of Odyssey. Mode ated by Ja ed Pe lo, AI Repo te fo NBC News, the sessio explo es how AI is evolvi g f om ge e ati g digital co te t to mappi g, u de sta di g, a d acti g i eal-wo ld e vi o me ts.

• The Waymo Jou ey: F om Moo shot to Global Deployme t, whe e auto omous vehicle pio ee Sebastia Th u , fou de of Waymo a d Udacity, joi s Dmit i Dolgov, Co-CEO of Waymo, fo a discussio mode ated by Tim O’Reilly, Fou de a d CEO of O’Reilly Media.

• C itical I f ast uctu e fo the AI E a: Scali g a d Secu i g Age tic AI, featu i g Jeetu Patel, P eside t a d Chief P oduct Office at Cisco, i co ve satio with Matt Ega , Se io Repo te at CNN, explo i g the i f ast uctu e dema ds c eated by the t a sitio f om AI assista ts to auto omous AI age ts.

The co fe e ce co cludes Thu sday afte oo with additio al key ote p ese tatio s, i cludi g:

• Buildi g a AI-Native Compa y at Global Scale, p ese ted by P avee Neppalli Naga, Chief Tech ology Office at Ube .

• Buildi g Ethical AI, p ese ted by Chloe Bakala , AI Ethics Lead at Ope AI.

Beyo d the key ote stage, Ai4 2026 b i gs togethe o e of the most comp ehe sive collectio s of AI leade s eve assembled. Executives f om o ga izatio s i cludi g Cisco, PayPal, Dataiku, Amazo Web Se vices, Google Cloud, IBM, NVIDIA, SAP, Sieme s, Dell Tech ologies, Red Hat, a d EY will sha e p actical st ategies fo deployi g AI ac oss custome expe ie ce, cybe secu ity, softwa e developme t, ma ufactu i g, healthca e, fi a cial se vices, a d e te p ise ope atio s.

The exhibitio hall will featu e ea ly 400 leadi g AI compa ies a d eme gi g sta tups demo st ati g the latest b eakth oughs i e te p ise softwa e, obotics, i f ast uctu e, develope tools, data platfo ms, cloud computi g, a d ge e ative AI applicatio s. New featu es fo 2026 i clude Sta tup Alley, Age tic Live demo st atio s, a expa ded I te atio al Pavilio , the Podcast Pavilio , executive etwo ki g lou ges, a d i te active tech ology showcases.

“Si ce lau chi g Ai4 i 2018, we’ve watched a tificial i tellige ce evolve f om a eme gi g tech ology i to o e of the defi i g fo ces shapi g busi ess a d society,” said Ma cus Jeckli , Co-Fou de of Ai4. “This yea ‘s speake li eup eflects that t a sfo matio by b i gi g togethe the scie tists adva ci g the field, the executives deployi g AI at a global scale, a d the e t ep e eu s buildi g the ext ge e atio of i tellige t tech ologies.”

With thousa ds of executives, i vesto s, esea che s, develope s, fou de s, policymake s, a d e te p ise decisio -make s expected to atte d, Ai4 2026 co ti ues to se ve as the p emie desti atio fo discove i g b eakth ough tech ologies, buildi g st ategic pa t e ships, a d defi i g the futu e of a tificial i tellige ce. Fo the complete age da, speake li eup, a d egist atio i fo matio , visit the Ai4 website. Registe befo e August 2 a d Save $600.

Fou ded i 2018, Ai4 has become the p emie desti atio fo leade s seeki g to u de sta d a d apply a tificial i tellige ce espo sibly a d effectively. By co ve i g the b ightest mi ds i AI esea ch, st ategy, a d impleme tatio , Ai4 co ti ues to adva ce i ovatio while helpi g o ga izatio s co fide tly avigate the AI-powe ed futu e.

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SOURCE: Ai4 2026