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Meet two audience choice winners taking part in the breakout stage with TechCrunch Sessions: AI at ZellerBach Hall in Berkeley, California on June 5th, sharing insights with 1,200 AI leaders and enthusiasts.
We sifted for hundreds of content submissions and narrowed it down to six outstanding finalists. Your votes crowned two winners – and now they are ready to share their cutting-edge AI Insights live.
Yann Stoneman, Staff Solutions Architect at Cohere: Behind your firewall: Secure Generation AI for regulated companies
Hua Wang, Executive Director of Global Innovation Forum: The AI Policy Playbook: What Global Startups should know
Meet our recipients and AI insights shared in TC sessions: AI
Yang Stoneman
Session: Wondering how to use cutting-edge generator AI in healthcare and finance without sweating your data privacy? TC Sessions: Join Yann for an active breakout session with AI. Alongside three expert panelists, Yann will guide an interactive 50-minute conversation packed with real-life use cases for Cohere’s North (Agent AI Workspace) and Compass (Multi-modal Search). You will get a practical strategy for deploying secure, customized AI models on your own infrastructure. No external cloud is required. Explore hands-on demos, live Q&As, and insights that will help you build your AI solution safely and confidently right behind the firewall.
About Yann Stoneman: Yann Stoneman is a staff solutions architect at Cohere, helping businesses deploy safe, customizable AI with next-generation foundation models. Previously on AWS, he supported large-scale AI adoption and debuted an AI demo at RE:Invent 2023. His expertise is featured in the world of generative AI and the voice of data science, as well as in the Cohere and AWS blogs. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Juilliard School.
Hua Wang
Session: AI gives startups an advantage, but regulations can slow them down. This breakout contributes to how founders can comply and stay competitive while expanding globally. Learn how to leverage AI tools for digital trading, navigate evolving data methods and unlock new markets. It covers the policies that shape the future of AI startups and provides real-world strategies that help you scale without red tape. If you’re building, investing, or regulating AI, this session offers insights you need to lead with confidence.
About Hua Wang: Hua leads the Global Innovation Forum (GIF), where it builds a bridge between diverse entrepreneurs and the global economy. GIF promotes comprehensive strategies for trade and digital policy and partners with international organizations such as business leaders, nonprofits, the World Trade Organization, and the United Nations to unlock global opportunities for underrated voices.
From launching telehealth startups to helping startups raise more than $20 million as accelerator director, Hua’s career spans entrepreneurship, law, technology and policy. She also resident of entrepreneurs in Malaysia, Malaysia and the United States, Hua, a former lawyer and banker, has earned her degree in Duke and Northwest law and holds a deep belief in innovation as a driving force for global growth.
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