June 18, 2026  ·  Commonwealth Club  ·  San Francisco

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Technology AI Summit

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When
June 18
Where
Commonwealth Club,
San Francisco
Time
12:30 – 7:00 PM

In The Room With AI's Top Newsmakers

Join OpenAI co-founder and President Greg Brockman, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas, and several high-profile AI speakers for a day of news-making Big Technology interviews, live at Commonwealth Club on Thursday, June 18, 2026.

Our program begins at 1 p.m. and will include a series of live interviews hosted by Alex Kantrowitz, host of Big Technology Podcast.

Full agenda to come. Prices will rise as demand goes up so grab a ticket now to secure your spot.

Interested in sponsoring? Write alex@bigtechnology.com

Speakers

Who's Taking The Stage

Keynote Greg Brockman
Greg Brockman
President & Co-founder · OpenAI
President and co-founder of OpenAI, spearheading the company's Codex 'superapp' and infrastructure scale up.
Aravind Srinivas
Aravind Srinivas
CEO & Co-founder · Perplexity
CEO of Perplexity, a pioneering AI search engine and home of super agent Personal Computer.
Aaron Levie
Aaron Levie
CEO & Co-founder · Box
CEO of Box who has guided enterprise software through every major technology wave for two decades.
Host Alex Kantrowitz
Alex Kantrowitz
Founder · Big Technology
Founder of Big Technology and host of the Big Technology Podcast, where he covers AI and tech's most powerful companies.
Lauren Goode
Lauren Goode
Senior Correspondent · WIRED
Senior correspondent at WIRED covering all things Silicon Valley, including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and tech's most interesting people.
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More speakers to be announced shortly
Location
Commonwealth Club
110 The Embarcadero
San Francisco, CA 94105
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BART accessible — Embarcadero station
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Paid parking at Embarcadero Center Garage
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Fully accessible, step-free entry
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High-speed Wi-Fi throughout

About Big Technology

Big Technology is the podcast AI leaders listen to — registering millions of downloads annually. Host Alex Kantrowitz has interviewed AI's top leaders, including Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei, and Yann LeCun.

June 18, 2026
Tentative Schedule
Commonwealth Club · San Francisco
12:00–1:00 PM
Doors Open / Registration / Coffee
Doors
1:00–1:10 PM
Welcome Remarks
Welcome
1:10–1:40 PM
Speaker
Talk
1:40–2:10 PM
Speaker
Talk
2:10–2:40 PM
Speaker
Talk
2:40–3:00 PM
Sponsor / Presentation Slot
Sponsor
3:00–3:25 PM
Coffee Break
Break
3:25–4:10 PM
Speaker
Keynote
4:10–4:55 PM
Greg Brockman
Co-Founder & President · OpenAI
Keynote
5:00–7:00 PM
Rooftop Reception
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