What Will Happen with AI in 2027?

Manasi leads AI and data at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, the electric vehicle joint venture building next-generation connected car platforms. She is the creator of ModelDB, the first open-source model management system and a precursor to MLflow, developed during her PhD at MIT CSAIL. Manasi later founded Verta, an AI model management company backed by Intel Capital, before serving as Chief AI Architect at Cloudera.

Yoav Naveh is the Co-Founder and CEO of Reindeer, an AI company that builds agents to handle complex business tasks in finance, procurement, and logistics. Before Reindeer, he co-founded ConvertMedia, a video advertising platform that was acquired by Taboola, where he later served as SVP of People Operations. Yoav is also a Managing Partner at INT3, a venture firm that supports early-stage startups.

Maya Gonimah is co-founder and CTO of Thread AI. She studied economics and computer science at Williams College. Her career spans Goldman Sachs, the New York Times, and Palantir, where she led AI and machine learning engineering teams. At Thread AI, she builds tools that help organizations design and manage AI workflows safely. Thread AI has raised $20 million in funding.

Dave Driggers is the CEO and Co-Founder of Cirrascale Cloud Services, a company that provides cloud infrastructure for AI workloads. He is a serial entrepreneur who previously founded RackSaver and Verari Systems. Cirrascale, originally known as Verari Technologies, has grown under his leadership to serve AI developers and researchers. David previously served as the company's CTO before stepping into the CEO role.