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For 2026, we’ve expanded to a day and a half, giving you more time for conversations, connections, and sessions that matter most.
No investors in the room. No generic playbooks. Just founders and CEOs who get it. If you run a Vertical SaaS business, we built this for you.
The application layer isn’t dead.
It’s the whole game.
Foundation models are moving up the stack. Agents are beginning to do the work. And the software playbook that got us here won’t be enough for what comes next.
For vertical platforms, the opportunity is to become the System of Action for their industry — whether by transforming an existing Control Point or building an AI-native one from the ground up.
That requires more than adding AI to the product. It means rethinking the product, infrastructure, organization, and business model around a world where agents execute work and get better over time.
Collective Live is about how to make that transition. We’ll hear from established vertical software leaders crossing to the other side, AI-native companies building new category leaders, and the product, engineering, and GTM operators rebuilding their companies for the agentic age.
Wednesday, October 21
@ Pier 70 (555 20th Street)
We kick off at 4:30pm with our welcome party presented by our friends at Tight. We'll have areas set-up to meet with other attendees in your industry!
Thursday, October 22
@ Convene 100 Stockton
Our full conference: mainstage keynotes and firesides, breakouts, and plenty of time with the other CEOs and founders in the room. We'll conclude with a closing reception hosted by Unit!
Pier 70 · San Francisco
555 20th Street
WEDNESDAY 10/21
4:30–7:00 PM
Welcome party
Sponsored by Tight.com
Convene · 100 Stockton, San Francisco
Entrance: 40 O’Farrell Street · Doors open 9:00 AM · All times PT
THURSDAY 10/22
Morning & early afternoon · MainstagE
9:30-10:00
30 min
The Race to Be the System of Action

Dave Yuan
Founder · Tidemark

10:00-10:30
30 min
Full Replacement: The Rillet Approach

Nicolas Kopp
CEO · Rillet

10:30-11:00
30 min
Break
11:00-11:30
30 min
Integrate & Swarm: Multi-Agents, Multi-Stakeholder, Multi-Vertical


Pablo Palafox
CEO · HappyRobot
11:30-12:00
30 min
AI Transformation & Platform Games with Podium


Eric Rea
CEO · Podium
12:00-1:00
60 min
Lunch
5th Floor · Presented by Layer
1:00–1:30
30 min
Beyond the Command-Line Era


David Webster
Head of UX · Google
Breakouts
WAVE 1
1:40-2:10 PM
Brand in the Age of AI


Kelly Esten
CMO · Toast
Building the Agentic Software Factory


Rishit Shah
SVP Engineering · Podium


Soam Vasani
Software Engineer · Stripe
WAVE 2
2:15–2:45 PM
Selling Work, Not Software


Sam Trudo
Fmr Head of Revenue · EvenUp
Building the Context Layer


Animesh Koratana
CEO · PlayerZero
WAVE 3
2:50–3:20 PM
AI-First GTM


Kyle Norton
Fmr CRO · Owner.com
Owning the Vertical Frontier — Infrastructure for Agents


Shaosu Liu
Co-Founder & CTO · Loop
WAVE 4
3:25–3:55 PM
GTM in the Agentic Age


Kelly Esten
CMO · Toast


Kyle Norton
Fmr CRO · Owner.com


Sam Trudo
Frm Head of Revenue · EvenUp

Kevin Hamilton (Moderator)
Fmr CMO · Toast

Continual Learning: How Agents Get Better Over Time


Ronak Malde
Co-Founder · Trajectory AI
4:00–4:25 PM · Agents spotlights · 4th Floor
4:00–4:25 PM
The Case for Vertical Models (Language & Function)

Jeff Seibert
CEO · Digits

Replacing Cousin Richie in Insurance Renewals

Jackson Fregeau
CEO · Quandri

Earning the Trust Ladder: Agent Swarms for the Trades

AJ Jain
CEO · Broccoli

Closing · Mainstage
4:30–5:00
30 min
Doing the Work: Clio’s Agentic Transition


Ronnie Gurion
COO & President · Clio
5:00–5:30
30 min
Building AI-Services with Gainsight


Chuck Ganapathi
CEO · Gainsight
5:30 PM
90 min
Closing Reception
Sponsored by Unit









































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17+
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