December 3–4, 2025

The fourth installment of AUTONOMOUS will return on December 3–4, 2025

The world's
largest summit
for AI innovators

What is AUTONOMOUS?

Welcome to AUTONOMOUS.

Our flagship summit brings together the world’s boldest thinkers and builders in AI to explore what it really takes to build an AI-native business.

Fully virtual. Join from anywhere.

If you’re a CEO, innovator, or just curious about AI, this is your roadmap. Insights, frameworks, and strategies for the next era of business.

This isn’t about labs and pilots. It’s about building intelligence into the core of your business — into how you sense, decide, and act.

From multi-agent systems to AI-native operating models, AUTONOMOUS goes deep into the architectures and playbooks driving real transformation.

Brought to you by BOI (Board of Innovation)

Speakers who joined us at past editions

“A really exceptional virtual event. Strong execution, great speakers, great curriculum”

Azeem Azhar – Founder of Exponential View

“One of the most exciting AI summits”

Phillips

“A wonderful event to be part of”

Google

Be part of the agenda. Apply to become a speaker.

Take part in shaping the AI conversation. Share your topic and background with us and apply to become part of AUTONOMOUS.

Top-of-mind AI tensions

Talent isn’t the problem. Coordination is
Hiring more AI experts isn’t the answer. The real unlock is enabling cross-functional collaboration between product, data, legal, and operations—and making sure everyone is solving the same problem.
The tech is ready. The org isn’t.
AI tools are advancing quickly, but teams, incentives, and decision-making structures are still built for a different era.
Leaders are supportive, but not aligned.
Executive buy-in is there, but shared priorities, clear roles, and a common language are often missing.
Innovation is fast. Governance is cautious.
AI moves quickly, but risk, compliance, and ethics don’t always keep pace. Finding balance is critical.
There’s momentum, but no coherence.
Teams are experimenting in silos with different tools and goals. Now it’s time to connect the dots.
Data is abundant, but underused.
Plenty of data exists, but it’s often locked in silos, poorly governed, or too messy to trust.
Value gets stuck in the lab.
Models may look great in testing, but moving from prototype to production remains a challenge.
AI is a stated priority, but under-resourced.
Ambition is high, but many teams lack the time, budget, or support to deliver at scale.
Impact may not be visible to leadership.
Even strong AI work can go unnoticed without clear storytelling and measurable results.

Who is joining us on stage

AUTONOMOUS is a gathering of the brightest minds and boldest leaders in AI, business, and innovation.

From leading tech pioneers, to strategists and CEOs, this is your opportunity to learn from the brains at the forefront of AI. From those who are redefining growth.

Here’s a snapshot of some of the leading businesses that have joined us on stage.

Stackblitz AI logo AUTONOMOUS summit
Alphasense AI AUTONOMOUS summit 1
Zoom
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Glean AI
BCG Autonomous Innovation summit
Salesforce
Sanctuary AI logo Autonomous
World Economic Forum
MSD Merck AUTONOMOUS summit AI
Kearney AUTONOMOUS summit AI
Vectara logo AUTONOMOUS AI summit

While you wait for this edition, dive into the +60 sessions of the January ‘25 edition of AUTONOMOUS and (re)watch the sessions.

Designing, Implementing and Scaling AI. Ethically

Reid Blackman
Author
HBR

AI Design in an Agentic World

Dominik Heinrich
Global Head of AI Design 
Coca-Cola

Salesforce

Agentic AI & On-Device AI

Shelby Heinecke
Sr AI Research Manager
Salesforce

AI Video: a Transformational Shift

Daniel Verten
Head of Strategy
Synthesia

Reinventing your company with Generative AI

Felipe Chies
Head of Gen AI and ML GTM
Amazon Web Services

Glean AI

Future of Work

Arvind Jain
CEO
Glean

AUTONOMOUS – the world’s largest summit for AI innovators.
Brought to you by BOI (Board of Innovation), your AI Innovation partner.

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