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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.

Coming soon... Opening Night

AI agents could become the next major editor of news, searching, gathering and processing information on behalf of people. What does this mean for media organisations and the way news is created, distributed and monetised? This session explores how media companies can prepare for an agent-driven future.

When AI builds itself

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?

Intelligence is getting cheap. Useful intelligence isn't. A frontier model without your context is just an expensive trivia machine. Join Replit President Michele Catasta to learn what really matters when building agents for everyone, and why outcome-maxxing is the only remedy to token-maxxing.

Making useful intelligence accessible to everyone

Sport generated $521 billion globally in 2024, but still lags other sectors in technology adoption. NXTPLAY is betting that the next big opportunity lies in connecting the pieces: football clubs, media, technology and consumer brands in an ecosystem where each asset strengthens the next, and athletes become owners and operators rather than simply the faces of a campaign. Thibaut Courtois and Gonzalo Vila discuss building the layer missing from modern sport.

Building the operating system for modern sport

Every billion-dollar industry starts as a $0B market. What massive industries don't exist yet, but will by 2030? Join this session with top investors as we unpack how to spot, fund, and build the category-defining giants of tomorrow, before the crowd arrives.

Investing in zero billion dollar markets

Today, reporting needs to keep pace with the movement of misinformation and falsehoods on social media. How do mainstream media outlets balance the demand for instant news without jeopardising editorial integrity? Join this panel of editorial leaders as they pull back the curtain on the high-stakes balancing act of maintaining absolute accuracy under absolute pressure.

Our first talks are live!

Coming soon... Opening Night

When AI builds itself

The agentic internet: Who controls the web?

Making useful intelligence accessible to everyone

Building the operating system for modern sport

Investing in zero billion dollar markets

Reporting at the speed of news

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