Seattle AI Summit — The Infrastructure Era

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🚀 Seattle AI Summit - The Infrastructure Era The Flagship AI Event of Seattle Tech Week 📅 July 29, 2026🎯 One Day · Three Rooms · 1,000+ Attendees🔗 Event Details & Schedule → https://seattleaisummit.belle.community/ 💸 Founders — Apply to Pitch (limited spots, apply early) → https://showcase.belle.community/event/seattle-jul-29th-2026🏆 Our Pitch Competition is proudly sponsored by Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank and a leading financial partner to the innovation economy. Come watch top founders pitch — powered by the team that's backed startups at every stage of growth. This isn't another AI conference.AI's center of gravity has moved to the layer underneath it all — the compute, capital, and policy that everything else is built on. This is The Infrastructure Era: the moment the foundation became the story. For one day during Seattle Tech Week, the people building that foundation meet the people building on top of it. Founders, operators, investors, policymakers, and enterprise leaders gather alongside Washington State leadership and UN representatives for a high-signal day you can't get anywhere else — where the ecosystem comes to do business, not spectate. Three stages, named for the world's most powerful supercomputers — Aurora, El Capitan, and Fugaku. 🧭 Across the Full Stack From the foundation up, the program spans every layer of AI: · Sovereign AI & Infrastructure · Frontier AI Research · Enterprise AI · Consumer AI · AI in Biotech & Life Sciences The infrastructure is the foundation. These are the breakthroughs being built on it. 🔥 What's Happening 🎤 Keynotes & Fireside Chats — Top AI founders, enterprise leaders, investors, policymakers, UN leaders, government officials, and global industry pioneers shaping the future of AI. ⚡ Lightning Talks & Live Demos — Fast-paced sessions from some of the most interesting AI builders working today. 🛠️ Hands-On Workshops — Practical sessions led by operators shipping AI products at scale. 💸 Startup Pitch Competition — Watch the next generation of AI startups compete live on stage. 🏢 Startup Zone — Meet 15 high-growth AI startups showcasing cutting-edge products throughout the day. 🍸 Sponsored Socials — Real conversations. Real connections. No awkward networking. 🍽️ VIP Round-Table Dinner (Invitation & Approval Required) — Exclusive dinner conversations with founders, investors, enterprise executives, and global leaders. 🏆 WDTA Awards — Regional Segment — Part of the World Digital Technology Academy Awards. Past recipients include Geoffrey Hinton, Vint Cerf, Tim Berners-Lee, Ilya Sutskever, NVIDIA, and the Gates Foundation. 👥 Who You'll Meet → Government & policy leaders, including Washington State officials and UN representatives → Infrastructure, compute, and energy leaders powering the AI buildout — cloud, data center, semiconductor, and power → Startup founders & C-level executives building AI products → VCs and angel investors actively deploying capital into AI → Enterprise leaders driving AI adoption across industries→ AI/ML engineers, researchers, and product leaders → Life-sciences and biotech innovators applying AI to real-world breakthroughs 🌎 Presented By 🇺🇸 B.E.L.L.E — A U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has connected 30,000+ people, supported 600+ companies, and contributed to $1B+ in fundraising impact. Existing partners and sponsors include Anthropic, AWS, MongoDB, AMD, Datadog, MiniMax etc. 🌐 WDTA (World Digital Technology Academy) —A Geneva-based, UN-aligned NGO advancing global digital governance under the principles of Speed · Safety · Sharing.🤝 Partner:Seattle technical forum 🔗 Event Details & Schedule → https://seattleaisummit.belle.community/ 💸 Apply to Pitch (spots are limited — founders, submit early) → https://showcase.belle.community/event/seattle-jul-29th-2026