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