For decades, the relationship between technology suppliers and enterprise consumers ran on a simple exchange: customers described what they needed, suppliers built it into the roadmap, and everyone waited. Mythos-class AI ended that arrangement. Enterprise teams can now write virtually any feature, integration, or workflow they need — in days, not quarters. The feature request is dying. What customers cannot write for themselves is the thing underneath: the platform, the telemetry, the supported surfaces, and the trust that what they build will run safely on…
Before this summer, infrastructure operations ran on a philosophy decades in the making: qualify a design, test it rigorously, deploy it — and then change it as little as possible. Availability versus change was a balance every operator knew how to strike. The Summer of Mythos destroyed that balance. When AI systems began surfacing critical, exploitable vulnerabilities across the entire installed base — wave after wave, with more waves coming — the “don’t breathe on it” operating model didn’t bend. It broke. In this executive…
Frontier AI models have broken the industry’s release cadence. What used to arrive quarterly now lands monthly — sometimes weekly — as AI systems surface vulnerabilities and generate fixes faster than any enterprise change process was ever designed to absorb. Most organizations are responding by working harder inside a model built for a slower world: longer maintenance windows, bigger patch backlogs, more risk accepted by exception. That path ends in a train wreck. There is another path, and it is not new — it is…
AI is reshaping both the opportunities and the attack surface for enterprise networks. Fortinet will explore how security must be built into the network fabric itself, not bolted on after the fact as enterprises adopt AI-driven applications and infrastructure. Expect a practitioner-focused look at converging networking and security to keep pace with AI-scale threats and traffic.
In May, this community left Dallas with a dare: let go of decades of rigid, human-scale architecture and embrace controlled autonomy — AI agents in the fabric, governed by humans at the boundaries. Six months later, the dare has become a deadline. Petabyte networks are no longer the leading edge — they are the baseline. Agentic AI has moved from awards-stage demos to production credentials with the power to provision, reroute, and break things at machine speed. Post-quantum migration clocks started ticking inside the execution…
The Best in Show awards recognize standout products that are easily deployable in large-scale enterprise IT environments and deliver tangible business value. Leading industry analysts and ONUG Board Members will judge entries and up to four AI Networking Sponsors will be chosen as award winners. The Community Advocate Award recognizes outstanding engagement within the community
Wall Steet Rocks will be rockin’ the house at our closing party! Wall Street Rocks is a collaboration of professionals from the financial, technology, and entertainment sectors, united by one mission: to support the men and women who protect our freedoms. This event features talented musicians who work hard by day and rock the stage by night. A perfect way to end the AI Networking Summit.
Join our Emcees to hear all about the upcoming Day 2 keynotes and sessions that will explore how to unleash the power of AI in enterprise infrastructure and applications. Get ready for another full day of thought leadership from industry leaders across a wide range of major industries.
Unwind with fellow collegues and business partners at The AI Networking Summit Day 1 Reception. Enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, lively music, and great conversations!
