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Alex Mashrabov - Founder of Higgsfield AI and ex-Head of Generative AI at Snap

Last week we had the pleasure to host Alex Mashrabov — founder of Higgsfield AI, ex-Head of Generative AI at Snap — for an Icons dinner.

May 11 • Hatidje Ablyatifova

The Queen of Accessible Luxury 👑

We had the privilege of hosting Jennifer Hyman 👑 co-founder and CEO of Rent The Runway at NY Icons 🔥

May 1 • Gwen Karanadze

April 2026

Deedy Das, Partner at Menlo Ventures

“The best businesses from the outside seem to be doing one thing, but from the inside the actual value is completely different.”

Apr 17 • Icons and Stepan Kivshyk

Arjun Prakash, Co-Founder & CEO of Distyl

Insights from a leader at the frontier of enterprise AI

Apr 12 • Brandon Nydick

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Stefano Ermon, Founder & CEO of Inception & Stanford Professor of Computer Science

Insights from a pioneer of diffusion models

Apr 4 • Brandon Nydick

March 2026

Chris Larsen, co-founder and Executive Chairman of Ripple

"There's a feeling of fear, like I shouldn't do this.

Mar 6 • Hatidje Ablyatifova and Icons

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Aydin Senkut, Founder and Managing Partner at Felicis Ventures

“In this rapidly changing world, the biggest risk is being the last to adapt.”

Mar 5 • Icons and Stepan Kivshyk

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February 2026

Sebastian Thrun, founder of Waymo, Google X, Udacity and Kittyhawk

Last week, we were glad to welcome Sebastian Thrun to the Icons dinner.

Feb 12 • Icons and Stepan Kivshyk

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Cuy Sheffield, Visa Head of Crypto

Crypto for everything

Feb 4 • Icons

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January 2026

Tudor Achim, co-founder and CEO of Harmonic

Building Math Superintelligence using advanced reasoning and formal verification

Jan 18

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December 2025

Hosting Hans Tung: How $10B+ Companies Get Built

What the Midas List Doesn’t Teach You - Hans Tung Does

Dec 22, 2025 • Chyngyz Dzhumanazarov

Jacob Peters, Co-founder of Superpower

Building the AI Doctor: lessons from Superpower’s founder

Dec 19, 2025 • Elsa Bismuth

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