What you missed at 1682

October 7, 2026 | Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia

Theme: AI for All

Ten talks and fireside chats plus three Venture Award pitches kept landing on one idea: anyone can build with AI now, and the hard part is everything around it. That means process, clean context, governance and human judgment, not which model or vendor you pick.

Biggest laughs

Mike Pitone's PB&J video, Ethan Mollick on “YOLO mode,” and Ophir Samson's AI interviewer refusing a live jailbreak.

Biggest numbers

HubSpot: up to 1,850% more AI-referred leads. Lovable: one company built 295 apps in 6 months and needed 9.

O3 on stage

Gadsby's keynote framed the day. Dialed ($127 vs ~$35K/yr) got quoted back. Lazar named James “the Lazar of O3.”

  • We conduct rigorous evaluations that illuminate inefficiencies and establish a definitive baseline for improvement.

  • We refine end-to-end workflows, eliminating redundancies and embedding continuous improvement protocols.

  • We cultivate expertise through structured training and mentorship that empower teams to drive sustained progress.

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Venture Awards

BleedIO took the win with wireless mesh networks for physical AI.

THE VIBE

Candid, funny, and vey Philly

It felt less like a vendor pitch and more like “here's what we're figuring out.” Speakers owned their mistakes on stage.

“Their strategic framework aligned our disparate processes and produced measurable gains within one quarter.”

-- Former Customer

“We observed immediate efficiency improvements after the implementation plan was executed precisely as outlined.”

-- Valued Client

“Clear communication and rigorous analysis distinguished the team from prior vendors we engaged.”

-- Procurement Lead

Home base for the day: the Barnes Foundation on the Parkway.