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Leverage.Work presents

LEVERAGE
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Date May 5, 2026
Location San Francisco
Attendance 1,000+ Founders & Investors
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WHERE THE AI ECONOMY CONVENES

LeverageCon is the premier one day AI summit for founders, operators, and investors building at the frontier. Set inside San Francisco's iconic Tesla, it's a convergence of the people and ideas shaping what comes next.

From keynotes by researchers pushing model capabilities to roundtables on deploying AI at enterprise scale, every session is designed to give you unfair leverage.

Curated. Dense. No filler.

 
Founders, Operators and Investors
 
Keynote Speakers from Top AI Labs
 
Day of High Signal Content
SF
Tesla · May 5, 2026
Tesla
Tesla · SF
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Event Floor · 2025
Leverage stage
Leverage.Work Stage
Crowd
Community · SF
Networking
Networking · 2025
Group
The Community
Stage
Leverage.Work · 2025
Audience
Full House · 2025
Audience closeup
The Audience

VOICES FROM
THE FRONTIER

James Noh
James Noh
Partner (AI Infra & Cloud)
Qasim Wani
Qasim Wani
Member of Technical Staff
Reah Miyara
Reah Miyara
Senior Director, Head of Models
Keshav Goel
Keshav Goel
Investor
Noga Shachar Schleyer
Noga Shachar Schleyer
Director, AI Strategy

MAY 5
AGENDA

3:00 PM
Doors Open
The floor is live Early-access networking, sponsor activations and booth walkthroughs
Networking
4:00 PM
Panel I: The AI Application Layer
AI native applications, scaling product, and distribution
ElevenLabs · Vapi AI · Auth0 · Deel
Panel
4:45 PM
Open Networking
Expo and Sponsor Activations, coffee, light bites, and curated matchmaking
Networking
5:30 PM
Panel II: Foundations and Capital
Funding cycles and the executional backbone of AI startups
Moderator: VP BD, J.P. Morgan · Bessemer · RedPoint · Dell Ventures
Panel
6:15 PM
Open Networking
Expo and partner interactions, booth demos and deep dive technical discussions
Networking
6:45 PM
Panel III: AI Infrastructure and Agentic Systems
Cloud scaling, evaluations, and the next frontier of infra
Moderator: Co-founder, Tear Labs (CS PhD, CMU) · Google DeepMind · a16z · xAI · LangChain
Panel
7:30 PM
Closing Mixer and Open Networking
Food truck, final introductions, and closing remarks
Networking
8:00 PM
Live Demo
Closing demo session. Doors close 9:00 PM.
Demo
Partners we work with
JP Morgan Deel ElevenLabs Rho Lovable monday.com Cartesia VAPI Fenwick

SPONSOR
LEVERAGECON

WHY
SPONSOR?

  • One day, 1,000+ decision makers in the room Unmatched density of founders, operators, and investors
  • Stage presence, branded activations, and curated introductions to the attendees that matter most
  • Full digital reach across Leverage.Work's network and marketing partners before and after the event
  • Warm introductions to buyers, talent, or investors matched to your specific needs
Bronze Silver Gold Platinum
Recruiting
Team members on site 2358
Select Booth Location
Curated Introductions with top Founders / Engineers 351825
Enriched list of attendees
Marketing
Company name in event title
Newsletter Feature (reach of ~450,000)
Company logo on swag giveaways
Day Of
Keynote Speaker in a Panel (depending on availability)
Sponsorship Activity Run During Event
Opening Remarks (2 mins)
Perks
Seats at VIP dinner May 6 23
Ticket to Leverage.Work Skydiving Event 1

COMBINED
REACH

AGI House
Bond AI
The Founders Initiative Podcast
Diamant AI
Total Combined Reach
Across all marketing partners
300K+
Leverage.Work event

LEVERAGE.WORK

Leverage.Work is a San Francisco based event production and community platform for the tech ecosystem. We produce high signal gatherings for founders, operators, and investors, from intimate roundtables to large scale summits.

Our events have hosted representatives from JP Morgan, Deel, ElevenLabs, and dozens of other category defining companies.

LeverageCon is our annual conference, the day we bring the full network together under one roof to go deeper on the ideas and companies shaping the next decade.

BE IN
THE ROOM

Space is limited to 1,000 attendees
Reserve your spot on Luma before they're gone

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Doors open 3:00 PM · Event ends 9:00 PM