All Things AI 2026 Videos — Keynotes, Deep Thoughts and More
Hello,
We know it’s been a little over two months since we ended All Things AI 2026, and when the party and when the party is over, it’s always amazing how long it takes to clean up, but we finally get there. So thank you for your patience.
We are so grateful to everyone who could be there with us. But if you couldn’t make it, we still want you to be part of the event. We've made as many recordings and slides available here: https://allthingsai.org/sessions/.
Each link goes to the session page on allthingsai.org. Recordings are embedded where available — the keynotes and Deep Thoughts linked below all have videos.
Keynotes
From the leaders in quantum computing, to pioneers in the cloud and AI era, to those in our community who are trying to foster a better future through the use of artificial intelligence. These business and community leaders took the stage to share their thoughts on how we can all thrive in the age of AI and what they are passionate about.
When AI Meets Quantum: Expanding the Boundaries of Machine Intelligence — Strangeworks founder, whurley, on where quantum computing and AI converge, and what that means for the next decade of machine intelligence.
Who Does the Algorithm Save: Preserving Humanity with AI in Healthcare — Intercom's Yassah Reed on AI already making clinical decisions — triage systems, risk scores — and how to keep humanity in the loop.
Fireside Chat: The Past, Present, and Future of AI — Igor Jablokov, father of “Baby Siri” & “Baby Alexa” and now founder and chairman of Pryon, talks with Mark Hinkle, The AIE Network, to trace AI's path from research curiosity to enterprise transformation and how to consider the future of AI as it applies to you.
The Context Economy: Getting More Bang for Your Token — Craig McLuckie, Stacklok CEO and Kubernetes co-creator, on getting more value from every token through smarter context management.
AI's Impact on the Startup Ecosystem — Chris Heivly, MapQuest co-founder and "The Startup Whisperer," on how AI compresses a startup's first one to two years — formation, customer discovery, MVP — and what that acceleration does to the ecosystem.
When Intelligence Gets Cheap: The Next Great Leadership Test — Ben Heller, Microsoft Field CTO, on what changes for leaders when intelligence becomes a commodity.
The Era of Infinite Leverage — Erkang Zheng, Ariso founder and JupiterOne creator, on treating AI as a true partner — operating at 10–20x without adding headcount while you keep the judgment.
Thank you to our Platinum Sponsors, AWS and IBM
Without the support of our sponsors, we couldn’t put on the event or provide over 1,000 learning opportunities through scholarships to non-profits and people in our community who are trying to build AI skills and knowledge so they can thrive in the AI space. Thank you once again to AWS and IBM for being our Platinum sponsors for All Things AI 2026. Here is what they had to say about how AI will be affecting the future.
How the Oldest Principle in Engineering Will Reshape AI — Luis Lastras, IBM, the case that modularity — the oldest idea in engineering — is what moves generative AI from prototype to production.
Agents Don't Ship Themselves — Darko Mesaros, AWS, on the part nobody warns you about: taking a working agent prototype to a production system that survives real users, real failures, and real scale.
Deep Thoughts
Next-Level AI: How Infrastructure Engineers Unlock True Enterprise Value — Briana Faulk, Dell Technologies, on why infrastructure engineers, not just data scientists, decide whether enterprise AI actually delivers.
History Is Written in the Training Data — Erica Rooney, HER Collective on the biases and blind spots baked into AI training data, and what they mean for what comes next.
Who Gets the Upgrade? AI, Access, and the Next Economy — Anjanette Miller, Echo NC, on how AI's benefits flow fastest to people with devices, bandwidth, and subscriptions — and the gap that widens.
Open Source Meets AI: Navigating Increased Patent Litigation Vulnerabilities — Open Invention Network CEO Keith Bergelt on the patent litigation risk surfacing as open source and AI collide.
Building AI Champions — Boz Vitanova, Vitanova Consulting, on the non-technical subject-matter experts quietly driving enterprise AI wins — and how to grow more of them.
WTF AI — Chisa Pennix-Brown, Give It To The People, plain-spoken crash course for people who want AI to make their work easier.
Community Impact Focus @ NPower — NPower's Sarah Chick on expanding early-career tech education so underrepresented talent can take part in the AI economy.
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Upcoming Events
Also, we don’t just do one conference; we provide free year-round learning about how to use AI. We are now getting ready to restart our Meetups with both live and virtual learning opportunities. Sign up on Meetup.com to be alerted as we start this series for the year.
All Things Open, October 19-20, Raleigh, NC
This year, we are teaming up with All Things Open to provide AI content and workshops, as we did in the spring. This week the tickets go on sale at the best prices.
One last thank you. We are working hard to provide local learning opportunities and networking in Raleigh-Durham to help build tomorrow’s future. It’s our business, but we don’t believe that good business is just about transactions. We believe building a strong ecosystem that includes education, government, business, and most importantly, individuals from the community will generate the best outcomes for everyone.
Best Regards,
Mark & Todd
