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Founders of Chime & Town Join as Speakers + Announcing Our Discussion Group Leaders for the Machine Earning AI Summit

The Machine Earning AI Summit, scheduled for September 29 in San Francisco, will feature Ryan King, co-founder of Chime, and Jean-Denis Greze, co-founder of Town and former CTO of Plaid, as speakers. The summit also announced its first discussion group leaders, including executives from Synctera, Brex, Natural, Increase, Ambrook, Clair, Nebius, and Upfront Ventures, focusing on AI's impact on finance and commerce.

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Founders of Chime & Town Join as Speakers + Announcing Our Discussion Group Leaders for the Machine Earning AI Summit
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We’re three weeks out from the Machine Earning AI Summit, bringing together the leading founders, investors, and operators focused on AI finance and commerce.

There’s still a bit of room left for top founders and investors to attend. If you’re interested in coming, you can apply on our site here.

We’re sharing the names of two additional speakers alongside our first set of discussion group leaders at our one-day summit.

Our lineup will now include on-stage panels with Ryan King, the co-founder of Chime, and Jean-Denis Greze, the co-founder of the buzzy personal assistant Town and former CTO of Plaid.

Additionally, we’re thrilled to announce our first set of discussion group leaders. Our breakout sessions put attendees into small, curated conversations with AI founders, investors, and operators, and they’ve become a highlight of our summits.

Our first batch of discussion group leaders includes:

  • Peter Hazlehurst , founder & CEO of Synctera
  • Erica Dorfman , CFO of Brex
  • Kahlil Lalji , founder & CEO of Natural
  • Darragh Buckley , founder & CEO of Increase
  • Mackenzie Burnett , founder & CEO of Ambrook
  • Nico Simko , founder & CEO of Clair
  • Anu Maheshwari , head of venture ecosystem at Nebius
  • Aditi Maliwal , partner at Upfront Ventures

Our upcoming summit will explore how AI is fundamentally changing finance and commerce. Sessions cover agentic commerce, intelligent money, enterprise finance operations and the shopping experience, plus the fraud, risk, and compliance questions running through all of them.

Many thanks to our sponsors Airwallex, Exa, Lead Bank, Nebius, and OnePay.

The summit will be held on Tuesday, September 29, in San Francisco. We can’t wait to see you there.

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