AI Ascent 2026

Sequoia · 2 months ago

Sequoia Capital hosted its fourth annual AI Ascent conference on April 20, 2026 in San Francisco with over 150 AI founders and researchers including leaders from Anthropic, Waymo, and Nvidia. The event featured discussions on agents as a major focus area, alongside topics including robotics, data centers in space, and neural network science. Participants emphasized building customer-focused AI products that exploit the gap between current model capabilities and enterprise deployment.