On May 1, 2026, Plug and Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale hosts the fifth edition of AI INFRA SUMMIT, a full-day gathering for founders, operators, venture capitalists, and infrastructure leaders working at the AI infrastructure layer. The summit is organized by IgniteGTM and hosted by Bill Barry.

Data Phoenix has been a media partner of AI INFRA SUMMIT for several years, and for this edition the IgniteGTM team has allocated a limited number of Builders Passes for our community. These are application-based invitations for qualified AI builders, not generic free tickets. The bar is kept high on purpose so the room stays filled with people actively shipping AI systems and infrastructure.

To apply, use this link. If the coupon does not apply automatically on the Lu.ma checkout, enter promo code BUILDERS-DP manually. Standard tickets for the event are $395; the Builders Pass track is a separate application process reviewed by the IgniteGTM team.

Who the Builders Pass is for

The pass is designed for people actively building at the AI infrastructure layer. That typically means AI-native founders, infrastructure engineers, platform leads, ML and AI operators running production systems, technical product managers working on AI-layer products, and research engineers scaling models in production. If that describes your day-to-day, apply.

What to expect at AI INFRA SUMMIT 5

Previous editions drew founders, operators, and infrastructure teams from AMD, Supermicro, WEKA, Microsoft, Zscaler, BP, Vultr, Nutanix, Inflection AI, and Recogni, among others.

The agenda is organized around five technical and strategic themes: scaling GenAI stacks across clouds; liquid cooling and energy optimization for 200kW+ racks; token economics and cost-per-inference strategy; data center sovereignty and national AI infrastructure; and edge-to-core infrastructure for autonomous agents. Expect technical deep dives into hardware and software intersections, operational playbooks from hyperscalers, and live demos from next-generation infrastructure startups.

Confirmed main stage speakers

The main stage lineup for May 1 includes Dean Nelson (Infrastructure Masons), Vik Malyala, Carl Brown, and Rachel Zhao (Supermicro), Kyle Sosnowski and Chris Dolan (Crusoe), Joo-Young Kim (HyperAccel), Luke Norris (Kamiwaza), Duncan Ng (Vultr), Jeremiah Owyang (Blitzscaling), Jay Jubran (IBM), Robert Scoble (Unaligned), Okhtay Azarmanesh (Snowflake), Wilson Liu (Tencent Cloud), Rajesh Gopinath (Oracle), Lukas Gentele (vCluster), Nicola Tan (AMD), Vasanth Mohan (SambaNova), Yujing Qian (GMI), Tim Zhou (Micas Networks), Meenal Iyer (SurveyMonkey), Nicole Wemple (Hex), Kyle Morris (Demi.so and AGI House), Rahul Kar (Hammerhead.ai), LouAnn Conner (Sagacious Think), Matt Chow (Telus), Tim Shea (Latticework Insights), Brian Sparkes (Stak Ventures), AJ Thomas (Good Trouble Ventures), Mel Lim (Chateauz), Stephanie Sparks (Sparks Law), Brad Garsten (Quanta Networks), Vince Fong (Highrise AI), Carmen Li (Compute Exchange), Radhika Iyengar (Starchain Ventures), Gaurav Saxena, and John Brzowski (Neuron Group).

Additional speakers are being announced in the weeks leading up to the event.

How to apply for a Builders Pass

→ Apply here. If the coupon does not apply automatically, use promo code BUILDERS-DP at checkout. The IgniteGTM team reviews each application and sends confirmation with check-in details to approved applicants. Spots are limited, so apply early.

If you know builders in your network who would fit, please share this with them.

See you on May 1.