Securing the AI Frontier: Scaling Without Risk

The morning begins with a strategic look at the "double-edged sword" of rapid AI adoption. John (VAST Data) and Chris Stewart (CrowdStrike) explore the urgent challenge of scaling AI operations without scaling organizational risk. They will discuss the evolving threat landscape, the security of the "model supply chain," and how the VAST and CrowdStrike partnership provides a hardened foundation for the AI-driven enterprise.

Architecting Hyper-Growth: Inside the AI Cloud

This perspective is extended with a deep technical and architectural look at what it takes to scale one of the world’s fastest-growing AI clouds. Chen Goldberg (CoreWeave) and Shachar Fienblit (VAST Data) will unpack how hyper-growth breaks traditional infrastructure assumptions, the architectural decisions behind CoreWeave’s platform, and how VAST is evolving to support the next phase of large-scale AI deployment.

The AI Data Pipeline in Action: A Live Demonstration

The morning concludes with a live demonstration of the complete AI data pipeline, led by VAST’s CTO and Field CTO, showing how intelligence is built, served, and continuously improved in production. Attendees will see how the VAST AI Operating System powers every stage of the AI lifecycle—from model training and data retrieval to low-latency inference and continuous fine-tuning—delivering a unified, high-performance foundation for modern AI.