Foundation Models Go Vertical | Ascend

Every founder building on top of a foundation model is making the same bet: that the lab won't eat their lunch. This panel is where that bet gets stress-tested — by the people setting the rules at the labs, and the founder building directly in the blast radius. Panel: Moderator: Boaz Ashkenazy, founder & host @ Shift AI Speaker: Ben Gaffney, deputy general counsel @ OpenAI Speaker: Brian Hall, chief marketing officer @ Mistral AI Speaker: Patrick Thompson, CEO @ Clarify Speaker: Manos Koukoumidis, CEO @ Oumi Capacity is limited, and priority will be given to venture-scale founders. RSVP early — this one will fill up fast.