Autonomous agents and LLMs are shredding dwell time, while spawning brand-new zero-days. This invite-only salon unites the builders, breakers, and backers shaping the next decade of cyber resilience.

​Why It Matters

​AI Insiders is not a conference. It’s a vertical intelligence network.
Each gathering is laser-focused on a specific sector, because AI’s impact is not one-size-fits-all.

​This month: Cybersecurity.

• ​Attack surfaces are growing.
• ​LLMs and agents are already being exploited.
• ​Security teams need new mental models, and fast.

​If you’re an AI founder, cybersecurity leader, investor, or enterprise builder, this is where you want to be.

​Headliners

• ​Christopher Chew – Supervisory Special Agent, FBI
• ​Michelle Dennedy – Chief Privacy Officer-in-Residence, Abaxx / PrivacyCode (ex-Cisco, Sun, Juniper)
• ​Malika Aubakirova – Partner, a16z
• ​Shreya Shekhar – Partner, Greylock
• ​Feyza Haskaraman – Principal, Menlo Ventures
• ​Chenxi Wang – Managing General Partner, Rain Capital
• ​David Hahn – Partner, Ballistic Ventures
• ​James Green – Partner, CRV
• ​Jack Cable – CEO and Co-founder, Corridor
• ​David Haber – CEO and Co-founder, Lakera
• ​Daniel Miessler – Founder, Unsupervised Learning | Advisor, SplxAI
• ​Sujoy Gupta – Head of Engineering, Tools for Humanity
• ​Julie Tsai – Cybersecurity Leader (CISO/TechOps) | Board Member | +18y (Sec)DevOps
• ​Bhavya Gupta – Information Security Officer, Stanford University

​Startup Spotlights

• ​Lakera
• ​Zania AI
• ​Cyera
• ​Straiker AI
• ​Additional startups TBA

​Program

​6:00 PM — Arrival & Networking
Curated networking, craft drinks, and light bites.

​6:30 PM — Opening Remarks
Why tonight matters. What’s at stake in AI × Cyber? How to make the most of this room.

​6:45 PM — Keynotes: The Future of AI-Driven Threat Landscapes and Privacy at Scale by Christopher Chew — Supervisory Special Agent, FBI, and Michelle Dennedy — CPO-in-Residence, Abaxx / PrivacyCode

​7:15 PM — Panel 1: The VCs’ View on Cybersecurity in the AI Era

​Panelists:  Malika Aubakirova (a16z),  Chenxi Wang (Rain Capital), David Hahn (Ballistic Ventures) , James Green (CRV),  Shreya Shekhar (Greylock) –  moderated by David Columbo.

​7:45 PM — Panel 2: Behind the Scenes: Building the Future of AI Security & Resilience

​Panelists: David Haber (Lakera),  Sujoy Gupta (Tools for Humanity), Jack Cable (Corridor), Daniel Miessler (Unsupervised Learning & SplxAI) – moderated by Feyza Haskaraman (Menlo Ventures).

​8:15 PM — Startup Showcase: Five rapid-fire demos ( Straiker AI, Cyera, DeepTempo, Lakera, GetReal ) 

​8:45 PM — Closing & Call to Action
What’s Next: New verticals, partnership opportunities, newsletter signups, and upcoming events.

​9:00 – 9:30 PM — Networking
High-trust networking continues. Connect with speakers, founders, and investors over drinks.

​Experiential Layer

​Walk an AI-generated kill chain, jailbreak an LLM in real time, and watch an autonomous blue-agent strike back.

​Who’s in the Room

• ​50 % CISOs & security leads – the buyers with budget and frontline pain points
• ​30 % Founders & operators – the builders shipping next-gen defenses
• ​10 % Investors – capital and connections, just enough to spark deals without turning the night into a pitchfest
• ​10 % Media & analysts – narrative makers who amplify insights while keeping the conversation mostly off the record