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As the co-founder and CEO of Twelve Labs, Jae Lee is on a mission to transform how developers and enterprises analyze and understand massive video corpora. Lee leads the development of advanced multimodal foundation models, with aims of pushing the boundaries of AI-powered video intelligence.

Jae will take the main stage alongside Sara Hooker, VP of Research at Cohere, to discuss “How Founders Can Build on Existing Foundational Models.”

Oliver Cameron is looking at the next frontier of artificial intelligence at his AI startup Odyssey. Odyssey is pioneering “world models” able to generate “cinematic, interactive worlds in real time.” Before Odyssey, Cameron was co-founder and CEO of the autonomous vehicle startup Voyage.

Cameron joins TC Sessions: AI for a main stage talk about how small companies can compete against established ones in the fast-paced and rapidly changing AI market. 

Kanu Gulati has spent her career pushing the boundaries of AI and innovation, whether it be in a research lab or as a VC. As a partner at Khosla Ventures, Gulati invests in transformative AI, robotics, and autonomous systems and has backed companies like PolyAI, Regie, and Waabi. Gulati previously spent more than a decade as a scientist at Intel and Cadence and was the co-founder of multiple startups, two of which were acquired.

Kanu will join Jill Chase, a partner at CapitalG, for an in-depth discussion on “From Seed to Series C: What VCs Expect from Founders.”

As the leader of AI safety at ElevenLabs, Artemis is dedicated to building responsible AI systems. Prior to this, she guided OpenAI’s efforts to ensure the safe deployment of its models and spearheaded Meta’s global response to geopolitical and adversarial threats. With a PhD in political science and a JD from Stanford, her career spans management consulting, international policy, legal frameworks, and civil society.

As investment partner at CapitalG, Jill Chase leads the AI investing practice for Alphabet’s independent growth fund. With a background working alongside senior Googlers and AI experts, she has refined her AI/ML investment thesis and worked with leading founders and technologists in the space.

Jill has spearheaded investments in Magic, /dev/agents, and Motif at CapitalG. She also lectures at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, has served as CEO of a private equity-backed company, and founded a Y Combinator-backed startup.

Jill and Kanu will take the stage together for a deep dive into “From Seed to Series C: What VCs Expect from Founders.”

As the leader of Cohere for AI, Sara Hooker drives cutting-edge research in machine learning, tackling complex challenges and pushing the boundaries of AI. Before joining Cohere, she made significant contributions at Google Brain, focusing on efficient model training and multi-criteria optimization. Her work ensures that AI models are not only powerful but also interpretable, efficient, fair, and robust. At Cohere, she leads a team dedicated to making large language models more efficient, safe, and well-grounded. A PhD graduate from Mila AI Institute, she co-founded the Trustworthy ML Initiative and advises organizations like Kaggle and the World Economic Forum. In 2024, TIME recognized her among the 100 Most Influential People in AI.