The Information's Future of Startups: Lessons for Next-Gen Disruptors is a two day event for startup managers, CEOs, and investors to learn from founders of category-defining businesses. Join us to better understand how the most promising and fast-growing startups work and how leaders are managing during these challenging times.
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The Information's Future of Startups brings attendees deeper into the fold with insider knowledge from established public company executives, founders of late-stage startups (with the scars to prove it), and an exclusive look into the next-generation of billion-dollar tech companies.
Join us for a day and a half of conversations and the opportunity to connect with and learn from fellow startup leaders during our networking sessions.
Sam Altman Co-founder & CEO, OpenAI | Michelle Zatlyn Co-founder, President & COO, Cloudflare | Akshay Kothari COO, Notion | Eric Schmidt Former CEO, Google Co-founder, Schmidt Futures |
Steven Galanis Co-founder & CEO, Cameo | Marissa Mayer Co-founder, Sunshine Former CEO, Yahoo | Chris Best Co-founder & CEO, Substack | Hamish McKenzie Co-founder, Substack |
Shan-Lyn Ma Co-founder & CEO, Zola |
Chief Business Officer, Magic Leap | Thuan Pham CTO, Coupang (former CTO, Uber) | Henry Ward Co-founder & CEO, Carta |
Charles Hudson Founder & Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures | Brynn Putnam Founder & CEO, Mirror (now part of Lululemon) |
Founder & CEO, Expensify | Kirsten Green Founder & Managing Partner, Forerunner Ventures |
Marianna Tessel EVP & CTO, Intuit | Megan Quinn Chief Operating Officer, Niantic | Phil Libin Co-founder & CEO, All Turtles & mmhmm | Kara Nortman Partner, Upfront Ventures |
Jason Williamson | Courtney Dong | Leah Solivan | ![]() Co-founder & CEO, Noyo |
![]() Co-founder & VP, Marketing, Branch | Morgan Beller | Danielle Cohn |
Day 1 - Wednesday, February 3 | |
2:00pm PT (5:00pm ET) | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
2:05pm PT (5:05pm ET) | Marissa Mayer, Co-founder, Sunshine & Former Yahoo CEO in conversation with Jessica Lessin, Founder & CEO, The Information |
2:45pm PT (5:45pm ET) | Networking Break |
3:00pm PT (6:00pm ET) | Chris Best, Co-founder & CEO, Substack & Hamish McKenzie, Co-founder, Substack in conversation with Jessica Lessin, Founder & CEO, The Information |
3:45pm PT (6:45pm ET) | Henry Ward, Co-founder & CEO, Carta, in conversation with Zoe Bernard, Reporter, The Information |
4:15pm PT (7:15pm ET) | Attendee Networking Continues |
4:30pm PT (7:30pm ET) | Day 1 Concludes |
Day 2 - Thursday, February 4 | |
8:00am PT | Early Morning Networking |
8:45am PT | Sam Altman, Co-founder & CEO, OpenAI, in conversation with Jessica Lessin, Founder & CEO, The Information |
9:20am PT | Shan-Lyn Ma, Co-founder & CEO, Zola & Kirsten Green, Founder & Managing Partner, Forerunner Ventures, in conversation with Kate Clark, Reporter, The Information |
10:00am PT | Charles Hudson, Founder & Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures & Kara Nortman, Partner, Upfront Ventures in conversation with Kate Clark, Reporter, The Information |
10:35am PT | Michelle Zatlyn, Co-founder, President & COO, Cloudflare in conversation with Kate Clark, Reporter, The Information |
11:10am PT | AR/VR Panel
in conversation with Alex Heath, Reporter, The Information |
11:45am PT | Networking Break |
12:00pm PT | Breakout Sessions
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12:45pm PT | Networking Break |
1:00pm PT | Brynn Putnam, Founder & CEO, Mirror, in conversation with Jessica Lessin, Founder & CEO, The Information |
1:40pm PT | Akshay Kothari, COO, Notion, in conversation with Amir Efrati, Executive Editor, The Information |
2:15pm PT | Networking Break |
3:00pm PT | Thuan Pham, CTO, Coupang & Marianna Tessel, EVP & CTO, Intuit in conversation with Amir Efrati, Executive Editor, The Information |
3:40pm PT | Steven Galanis, Co-founder & CEO, Cameo & David Barrett, Founder & CEO, Expensify in conversation with Zoe Bernard, Reporter, The Information |
4:15pm PT | Eric Schmidt, Former CEO, Google, in conversation with Jessica Lessin, Founder & CEO, The Information |
5:00pm PT (8:00pm ET) | Event Concludes |
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