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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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Max Hodak, Science Founder, Neuralink Co-Founder and ex-President

Becoming Limitless

Dec 17, 2025 • Icons

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Dinner with Casey Winters: 🤯 The Most Important AI Insight No One Wants to Hear

We’re still very early. There’s no “Google/Facebook Ads moment.” And defensibility is shakier than most founders admit — Casey Winters breaks it down.

Dec 4, 2025 • Chyngyz Dzhumanazarov

Dinner with Mike Smith: ✨ Humility Meets Precision

Why Mike’s “at the table vs. in the room” framework, PITA hires, and operator clarity should be in every founder’s toolkit.

Dec 2, 2025 • Chyngyz Dzhumanazarov

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Ali Partovi. Founder and CEO of Neo

From “idea as infection” to de‑risking through action — lessons from an SV Icons night.

Dec 2, 2025 • Hatidje Ablyatifova

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