Gans Subramaniam
Founder & Managing Partner
FirstCapital
Changing the Odds: AI Summit — FirstCapital
Most AI events optimize for reach. This one optimizes for the room. FirstCapital.vc is bringing together operators, researchers and capital allocators for closed-door conversation — the kind that is hard to have on a conference stage.
- Date
- Saturday, September 26, 2026
- Time
- 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM ET
- Location
- New York, NY
- Access
- Curated & capped · at full capacity
We're at full capacity for this one — see you at the next.
WHO'S IN THE ROOM
The agenda is built around three things we care about: surfacing the founders we want to back, giving our portfolio direct access to the people shaping applied AI, and putting FirstCapital's point of view on the record for the market we operate in.
Founders
Builders at the frontier
Pre-seed through Series B founders building applied AI products, infrastructure or agents — whether or not FirstCapital has invested yet.
Portfolio
FirstCapital companies
Founders and operators from across the portfolio, presenting progress and meeting the next round of capital and hires.
Capital
LPs & co-investors
Institutional LPs, family offices and co-investing funds who want a closer look at the deal flow and thesis work behind the fund.
Research
Researchers & operators
People shipping or studying frontier models, applied agents and infrastructure — invited to speak, not just attend.
WELCOME NOTE
A welcome from our founding partners.
Thank you for spending the day with us. We built this summit around one conviction: that the odds change when the right builders, operators and allocators sit in the same room. We're glad you're in it, and we look forward to the conversations ahead.
Sandeep Raju
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
FirstCapital
SPEAKER LINEUP
Twenty-three founders, operators and scientists working at the edge of applied AI.
TRACK 01 / 06
Corporate Governance
Charles Elson
Founding Director, Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance
University of Delaware
TRACK 02 / 06
Future of Sports in the AI age
Nullah Sarker
Founder, Managing Partner
Cedar Lane Capital
TRACK 03 / 06
Robotics & Physical AI
TRACK 04 / 06
Applied AI Platforms
TRACK 05 / 06
AI Inside the Enterprise
TRACK 06 / 06
Science, Data & Precision Medicine
Dr Bala Swaminathan
Researcher
Renaissance Technologies
Nithiya Ananthakrishnan
Senior Vice President
Precision Medicine Group
Babu Krishnasamy
Founder & CEO
KANINI Software Solutions
Sandeep Thakore
Chief Information Officer
Kaiser Permanente
Krispian Lawrence
Founder & CEO
Equitable Technologies, Inc
Tan Yi Ling
Co-Founder & CFO
Equitable Technologies, Inc
TRACK 07 / 06
Fintech, Wealth & Access to Capital
Comrie Barr Flinn
Founder & CEO
EarlyBird
Bryan Walley
Founder & CEO
Forward Inheritance
Scott Young
Global Head, Financial Solutions - PayPal & Venmo
PayPal
Mayank Patel
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Skaana Management
Raghav Lal
Co-founder, Solid; Ex-Chief Risk Officer at American Express; Ex-Global Head of Small Biz, VISA
Dr Veera Kasavan
Co-Founder & Chief AI Officer
WhiteGator.AI
AGENDA
One day, eleven sessions. Running order and timing are confirmed closer to the date.
01
Welcome & State of the Union
Setting the stage for the day and where applied AI and capital stand today.
02
FirstCapital Global
A milestone moment for the firm and where we're headed next.
03
Physical AI & Robotics
Intelligence stepping out of software and into the physical world.
04
AI in Financial Services
Reimagining banking and financial services with AI, and what serious enterprise adoption actually looks like.
05
Agentic AI in Media
How autonomous agents are changing the way media is created, distributed and consumed.
06
AI in Healthcare
Where AI is moving from promise to practice across care and delivery.
07
AI in Life Sciences
Accelerating research, precision and discovery in the science of medicine.
08
Consumer AI & Breakout Apps
The products and experiences capturing attention and defining the next wave of consumer AI.
09
Preserving & Growing Wealth
The future of inheritance and long-term wealth in an AI-driven world.
10
Owning the Future
Building enduring, category-defining companies from the earliest stage.
11
Closing Remarks
Attendance is curated and capped.
We're at full capacity for this one. Thank you for the interest — see you at the next summit.
We're at full capacity for this one — see you at the next.