Summit Napa Pairs AI Labs With Capital Strategy and Brain Science
Napa – October 13, 2026 -- Summit Napa has opened with a program spanning AI, deal-making and brain health, staged by an invitation-only community that reports more than $2.3 billion in capital raised, over 300 Series A through C rounds and over 150 co-founder pairings.
Summit, now part of Events.com, built the event around gathering professionals from business, media, technology, sports and the arts for "conversations that matter," CEO Chris Stakich said. Stakich, formerly chief experience officer at YPO, said the agenda targets people building, scaling and exiting businesses.
AI sessions run through the business track
Brandon Powell, founder and CEO of HatchWorks AI, leads a hands-on session in which attendees build a working AI agent on their own laptops. Geoff Woods leads "The AI-Driven Leader."