Wisdom & AI Summit 2026 Speakers

Fidji Simo

CEO, Applications, OpenAI

Session Topic: AI and the Future of Health

Prior to OpenAI, Fidji spent a decade at Facebook where she was one of the top executives as the head of Facebook, and was CEO of Instacart from 2021 to 2025.

Nipun Mehta

Founder, Service Space

Session Topic: Envisioning a Compassionate AI

Nipun is the founder, Service Space, an incubator of projects that works at the intersection of volunteerism, technology, and gift-economy.

Catherine Goetze

Creator, CatGPT

Session Topic: Using AI Without Getting Used By It

Catherine is a prominent 20-something AI educator, content creator, and entrepreneur who creatively educates the younger generation on the benefits and challenges of AI.

Bailey Richardson

Head of Community & Culture, Open AI

Session Topic: AI and Young People Today: Challenges and Opportunities

Bailey runs the Community & Culture team at OpenAI. Before OpenAI, she published a book called Get Together with Stripe Press, founded People & Company, which was acquired by Substack, and was one of the first 10 employees at Instagram.

Yung Pueblo (Diego Perez)

Author & Poet

Session Topic: Lessons from Two Months in Silence with No Access to Tech or AI

Diego Perez is an immigrant from Ecuador, and a poet, meditator, and NYT # 1 bestselling author known for sharing concise reflections on healing, self-awareness, and emotional growth.

Holly Shelton

Chief Product Officer, ŌURA

Session Topic: Using AI from the Inside Out: Wearables, AI and Health

Holly Shelton is the Chief Product Officer of Software at ŌURA. Holly is responsible for the strategy, design, and product management of Oura’s mobile apps, B2B solutions, and hardware products.

Charles Oppenheimer

Founder, Oppenheimer Project and Oppenheimer Energy Ventures

Session Topic: Lessons From the Nuclear Age for the AI Age

Charles, the grandson of the renowned physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, is the founder of Oppenheimer Project and Oppenheimer Energy Ventures — entities dedicated to tackling existential risks, with a primary focus on fission technology and its importance in the dual threats of nuclear proliferation and climate change.

Rhonda Magee

Wisdom Teacher

Session Topic: Accessing Natural Wisdom in an Age of Artificial Intelligence

Rhonda is a mindfulness teacher, law professor, and the author The Inner Work of Racial Justice