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11 November 2024; A general view of Centre Stage during the opening night of Web Summit 2024 at the MEO Arena in Lisbon, Portugal.

Web Summit 2026 kicks off with Opening Night on Monday, November 9. Full schedule and speaker details coming soon.

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AI will transform every industry, but none more than AI research itself. Join Recursive & You.com co-founder & CEO Richard Socher, as he breaks down how self-improving systems are accelerating their own development and laying the foundation for superintelligence.

When AI builds itself

Economic stagnation, political polarisation, and growing geopolitical competition have fuelled claims that the West is entering an era of irreversible decline. The old transatlantic alliance is fraying as the US continues to take unilateral action, while Europe adopts a language of greater autonomy. But are these signs of terminal decay, or simply the growing pains of a changing global order?

Is the West in terminal decline?

AI agents are changing how people discover information, shop, and transact online. As more activity happens without a human click, the web is facing new questions about control, attribution, and value. Cloudflare co-founder and CEO Matthew Prince explains why the internet is at a turning point - what this shift means for companies of every size and what it will take to keep the web open in the agentic era.

The agentic internet: Who controls the web?

Open source is now a proven way to build a software company, yet the playbook remains largely undocumented. Serena and the Linux Foundation surveyed hundreds of commercial open source founders and operators on how they price, license, monetise, and sell. Matt Lavergne reveals exclusive insights from the 2026 Commercial Open Source Report: the strategies behind the fastest-growing open source companies, and what AI is really changing.

How open source companies make money in the age of AI

No fusion power plant has ever produced more energy than it consumes, yet the race to commercialise it is already splitting in two. One path bets everything on building the full-scale power plant first; the other funds itself by selling what fusion can already do today, like medical isotopes, one step at a time. The question is which bet pays off first.

Fusion's fork in the road

As artificial intelligence rapidly transforms the modern enterprise, long term organisational success still hinges on prioritising human potential, culture, and purpose. In this fireside chat, Lattice CEO Sarah Franklin explores why leaders must keep humanity at the helm, demonstrating how a people-first approach drives elite performance and meaningful growth in an AI driven world.

Our first 20 talks are live!

Coming soon... Opening Night

When AI builds itself

Is the West in terminal decline?

The agentic internet: Who controls the web?

How open source companies make money in the age of AI

Fusion's fork in the road

Who’s steering the machine? Keeping people at the ce...

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