The first-of-its-kind, Impact a Billion Summit unites 250 capital allocators, founders, AI leaders, culture and media icons in one room.
Leave with funding, GTM firepower & a network that lasts a lifetime.
The first-of-its-kind, Impact a Billion Summit unites 250 capital allocators, founders, AI leaders, culture and media icons in one room.
Leave with funding, GTM firepower & a network that lasts a lifetime.
Speakers
Stay tuned for our 2025 lineup of tech and impact leaders
Bill Tai
Seed investor in Zoom, Canva and first at TSMC
Ghazi Shami
Powering the careers of Kendrick Lamar, Cardi B, and XXXTentacion.
Darlene Walley
$1BN+ exit and 12 patents
Helmy Eltoukhy
$14BN IPO, owner of Sheffield United Football Club
Amr Awadallah
Sold Cloudera for $5BN, former VP at Google
James H. Lowry
First Black Consultant & Partner at McKinsey & BCG. Civil Rights Champion in Business
Dr. Rafic Makki
From shaping national R&D ecosystems to advising multi-billion-dollar sovereign funds, Dr. Rafic Makki stands at the intersection of deep tech, public policy, and global innovation.
Adam Robinson
Macro expert, NYT Bestselling Author & Advisor to Billionaire Investors & Hedge funds. Decoding the Hidden Signals That Move the World.
Omar Tawakol
Sold two startups to Oracle & Cisco and became SVP and VP, respectively)
Neda Razavi
Leading innovation in women’s health with affordable, portable AI 3D ultrasound cancer imaging
Khaled Hassounah
Next Aramco - raised $300M from SHELL, Blackstone, provides energy sovereignty as a service & 5-minute EV full-charge.
Hanadie Yousef
Pioneering AI-driven biologics to regenerate tissue, expert in aging biology and AI‑regenerative protein therapeutics. Raised $80M from global investors (Mubadala & Horizons)
Ayah Hamdan,
Nahid Fattahi
Yasmin Khorram
Danielle Dudum
Gopi Rangan
Nida Atshan Osei
Yousuf Khan
Yasser Alsaied
L.R. Fox
Nazila Alasti
Dimitri Zabelin
Mariane Bekker
Reza Rahman
Sujude Dalieh
Touraj Parang
Mohamed Amer
Dr. A.K. Pradeep

Seed investor in Zoom, Canva and first at TSMC
Bill Tai
Profilic Investor and Entrepreneur

Powering the careers of Kendrick Lamar, Cardi B, and XXXTentacion.
Ghazi Shami
Founder & CEO of Empire

$1BN+ exit and 12 patents
Darlene Walley
CEO, NEXT Life Sciences, Inc.

$14BN IPO, owner of Sheffield United Football Club
Helmy Eltoukhy
CEO of Guardant Health & Owner of Sheffield United Football Club

Sold Cloudera for $5BN, former VP at Google
Amr Awadallah
CEO & Co-Founder of Vectara

From shaping national R&D ecosystems to advising multi-billion-dollar sovereign funds, Dr. Rafic Makki stands at the intersection of deep tech, public policy, and global innovation.
Dr. Rafic Makki
Chief Technologist at Mubadala

Sold two startups to Oracle & Cisco and became SVP and VP, respectively)
Omar Tawakol
CEO & Co-Founder of Rembrand

Leading innovation in women’s health with affordable, portable AI 3D ultrasound cancer imaging
Neda Razavi
CEO iSonos Health

Pioneering AI-driven biologics to regenerate tissue, expert in aging biology and AI‑regenerative protein therapeutics. Raised $80M from global investors (Mubadala & Horizons)
Hanadie Yousef
CEO and Co-Founder at Juvena Therapeutics, Inc.

Ayah Hamdan
Head of Health at Plug and Play Ventures

Nahid Fattahi
Entrepreneur and Psychotherapist

Yasmin Khorram
Reporter at Politico

Danielle Dudum
Partner at Cherubic Ventures

Gopi Rangan
Partner at Sure Ventures

Nida Atshan Osei
Director of Strategic Initiatives at AAA

Yousuf Khan
Partner at Ridge Ventures and Entrepreneur

Yasser Alsaied
President at Facilis.ai

L.R. Fox
Founder at Plan A

Nazila Alasti
Technology Executive and Board Leader

Dimitri Zabelin
Senior Analyst at Pitchbook

Mariane Bekker
Founder at Founder's Bay

Reza Rahman
Co-Founder and President at Ava

Sujude Dalieh
Growth Hacker & Early-Stage Investor

Touraj Parang
President at Serve Robotics and Author

Mohamed Amer
Co-Founder and CEO at Claryo

Dr. A.K. Pradeep
CEO at Sensori.ai and Author
Impact by the Numbers
About
Impact a Billion isn’t just an event — it’s an ethos.
Bringing together founders, capital allocators, and leaders to map the future of AI, tech, media, and impact. Join us for TED-style talks, panels and fireside chats, and new experiential segments.
At the core: our goal of identifying and empowering 1,000 tech founders, each on a mission to impact a billion and make a billion.
The future is responsible tech. Founders who leverage tech to drive positive climate and social change will be at the forefront of that future.
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