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Private personal AI. Reversing cellular age. Brain-computer interfaces. Universal fabricators. Funding human agency. New life on Mars. Whether AI can be conscious, and whether it matters. Nov 13-15, Vision Weekend returns to San Francisco! Three days of expert talks, curated 1-on-1s, tech demos, a $10K pitch grant, and our...

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Full speaker lineup – Vision Weekend USA 2026 Life Unlimited: Longevity Biotech & Cryo • Karan Singhal @thekaransinghal, OpenAI • Matt Krislioff @mattkrisiloff, @Conception • Hannu Rajaniemi @hannu, Red Queen Bio • Sergiy Velychko @velychko_s, Harvard University

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Nano, Energy, & Space • Ralph Merkle, Zyvex • Robbie Schingler @schingler, Planet Labs • Ivan Jayapurna, @ARIA_research • Erika DeBenedictis @erika_alden_d, Pioneer Labs • Lindy Elkins-Tanton @ltelkins, Arizona State University

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Secure & Sovereign AI • Jenny Read @jcaread, ARIA • Nicole Ozer @NicoleOzer, @EFF • Séb Krier @sebkrier, Google DeepMind • Illia Polosukhin @ilblackdragon, NEAR • Wojciech Zaremba @woj_zaremba , OpenAI Foundation

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Neuro AI & AI for Neuro • Matt Angle, Paradromics • Max Hodak @maxhodak_ , Science • Sumner Norman @SumnerLN Norman, Merge • Matthew MacDougall, Neuralink • Joanne Peng @JoanneZPeng, Amaranth Foundation • @AdamMarblestone, Convergent Research

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New Funding & Innovation Paradigms • Vishal @v_maini, Mythos • Zoe @zweinberg, Ex Ante • Seemay Chou @seemaychou , Astera Institute • Nan Ransohoff @nanransohoff, Frontier Climate • Rohan Subramani @rohan_subramani, Coefficient Giving

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Existential Hope • Matt Botvinick @mattbotvinick, Anthropic • @RosieCampbell, Eleos AI Research • Prachee Avasthi @PracheeAC, Astera Institute • Robin Hanson @robinhanson, George Mason University • Alex Gladstein @gladstein, Human Rights Foundation

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Get your tickets now before prices increase on Oct 1: Powered by @protocollabs, @eigenlabs, @paradromics, @RetroBio_, FUTO and @d_model_ai

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Looking forward to it!

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Funding human agency? Sounds like they're thinking big.

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