Hot Off The AI Furnace - February 26th

The AI Hot 100 Summit 2026 is back for its third edition on May 6-7th, 2026 in New York City. Where AI Visionaries meet Industry Leaders. The only AI Summit built for real connections where startup innovation meets enterprise implementation.

 🔥 Hot Lineup Alert: AI Leaders from London Stock Exchange Group and Protego Trust Bank Join The AI Hot 100 Summit Lineup

Excited to share 2 new executive speakers that will be joining The AI Hot 100 Summit this May.

Ron Lefferts, Divisional CEO, Co-Head of Data & AI at London Stock Exchange Group

Ron joins us from LSEG where he jointly leads their global data & analytics businesses which serve more than 44,000 customers in over 170 countries. He also spearheads the continued growth of LSEG’s flagship Workspace product.

Weiyee Inn, Chief Information Officer of Protego Trust Bank

Weiyee is CIO at Protego Trust Bank—a financial institution specializing in digital asset custody, trading, and issuance for institutional investors. Weiyee has 30+ years of Wall Street experience, having held senior roles at leading financial institutions including UBS and BNP Paribas.

Ron and Weiyee bring extensive experience implementing AI on the frontlines and at scale across the financial services industry.

📣 New Sponsor Announcement: Braintrust and Foley Hoag join as new partners

We’re excited to welcome Braintrust and Foley Hoag as new sponsors for the 2026 summit.

Braintrust joins as a Platinum Sponsor

Braintrust is the AI observability platform. By connecting evals and observability in one workflow, Braintrust gives builders the visibility to understand how AI behaves in production and the tools to improve it. Teams at Notion, Stripe, Zapier, Vercel, and Ramp use Braintrust to compare models, test prompts, and catch regressions — turning production data into better AI with every release.

Learn more at https://www.braintrust.dev/.

Long-time partner Foley Hoag joins as a Gold Sponsor

Foley Hoag is a premier law firm offering practical, forward-looking advice in the fast-changing world of artificial intelligence, including at the leading edge of generative and agentic technologies. They partner with the thought leaders driving innovation and the dreamers who are responsibly developing AI to transform our world for the better. Investors, entrepreneurs, inventors, enterprises of all sizes, and community players all seek the guidance that is informed by our deep understanding of AI's role in our future.

Their work with AI-enabled technologies and businesses covers various industries and stages of growth, but follows a core guiding principle: At every turn, set the stage for AI innovation and then get out of the way.

Learn more at www.foleyhoag.com.

We are proud to work with Braintrust and Foley Hoag as we bring together the leaders shaping the future of AI.

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Interested in Speaking at The AI Hot 100 Summit?

The AI Hot 100 will spotlight bold voices and transformative ideas redefining AI. If you’re driving AI innovation in enterprise, we want to hear from you. The call for speakers is filling fast. Applications are due on November 28 at 5 PM ET, but they're reviewed on a rolling basis, so the earlier you submit the better!

Make your mark on the most forward-thinking event in AI. Apply to speak today!  

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