▶ 133:40 · AI Agents · Human behavior simulation democratizes consumer insights for enterprises of all sizes

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Leo Sold, Ferrari Undefeated, Meta Down, Microsoft Up, Market Turmoil

2026-07-30 · 20 company · 24 thematic

sentiment

16 bull2 bear2 neu

speakers

Founder of Extropic, pioneering thermodynamic computing — probabilistic hardware for generative AI; previously vocal advocate for effective accelerationism (e/acc); background in physics and AI research.

michael kim

Founded Sindana Capital in 2010 as an LP focused on seed-stage venture funds; manages nearly $3B for US endowments and foundations; early backer of Forerunner, NEO, Founders Fund, and other top-performing funds.

jun park

Co-founder and CEO of Simile, an applied AI lab building foundation models of human behavior for enterprise simulation; raised $200M at $2B valuation; works with Fortune 50 retailers, banks, and CPG companies.

karen pure

Co-founder and CEO of K2 Space, building giant power-dense satellites for orbital compute and communications; raised $500M, crossed $1B in signed contracts; first mission Gravitas operating successfully on Falcon 9.

vlad tennv

Co-founder and CEO of Robinhood (HOOD); led expansion into 13 $100M+ ARR business lines including Gold Card, Legend desktop trading, futures, crypto, and Robinhood Social; advocates for broad individual ownership of financial assets.

martin skrey

Independent financial journalist who broke the Situational Awareness fund liquidation story; former hedge fund analyst with experience at Kramer's firm; runs a subscription terminal for market intelligence.

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▶ 133:40 · AI Agents · Human behavior simulation democratizes consumer insights for enterprises of all sizes

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