Playground Global: Next-Gen Compute

​3RD FLOOR, STAGE 1

​We’re gathering leaders, technologists, and founders for a fast-paced afternoon of fireside conversations, panels and lightning talks on how next-gen compute—from quantum to AI to photonics—is forging new frontiers in computing.

​Program Highlights:

• ​1:00 – 1:15 PM: Welcome — Sasha Ostojic, Venture Partner, Playground
  

• ​1:15 – 1:45 PM: Quantum Chat — Bruce Leak, General Partner, Playground & Prof. Terry Rudolph, Chief Architect and Co-Founder, PsiQuantum
  

• ​1:45 – 1:55 PM: Quantum Sensing Talk — Gary Agnew, CEO and Co-Founder, Ideon
  

• ​1:55 – 2:05 PM: Quantum Sensing Talk — Sella Brosh, CEO, NVision
  

• ​2:05 – 2:20 PM: Break
  

• ​2:20 – 2:45 PM: The New Frontier of Computational Biology

  • ​Raphael Townshend, CEO & Founder, Atomic AI

  • ​Chris Eiben, CEO & Co-Founder, GigaCrop

  • ​Moderated by Benjamin Kim, Partner, Playground
    

• ​2:45 – 3:15 PM: Beyond Moore’s Law

  • ​Chris Anderson, VP, xLight

  • ​Mike Lafferty, CEO, Snowcap Compute

  • ​Moderated by Rahul Meka, Investor, Playground
    

• ​3:15 – 3:45 PM: AI Infrastructure of the Future

  • ​Sree Ganesan, VP Product, d-Matrix

  • ​Yuan Yu, Technical Fellow, Microsoft Azure

  • ​Moderated by Sasha Ostojic, Venture Partner, Playground
    

• ​3:45 – 4:00 PM: Future Shock Predictions

  • ​Bruce Leak, General Partner, Playground

  • ​Rahul Meka, Investor, Playground 

  • ​Sasha Ostojic, Venture Partner, Playground

  • ​Benjamin Kim, Partner, Playground

​4:00 – 6:00 PM: Networking Reception