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(BUFFER-FREE VIDEO)^AI 2026

For teams building video and AI systems in production

Video is being rebuilt in real time.

AI is reshaping how video is created, delivered, and experienced.

July 29 & 30, 2026

Seattle, WA

Types of talks we're looking for

Streaming the Super Bowl to 15M+ viewers and what made it work
Where GenAI breaks video pipelines, and how teams are fixing it
Monetization and personalization as part of the core system
What changed after shipping AI into production video workflows

What it's like in the room

Talks, workshops, and everything in between

To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key.

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We want to hear what you're building

Talks should be grounded in real systems. What worked, what didn’t, and what changed after shipping in production.

Talks from last year

Anchor 1

A few examples from the 2025 event

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Opening Remarks - Operational Excellence

Lionel Bringuier

GM Media & Entertainment

Momento

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Content Fluidity for Multi-App Distributors

Zachary Cava

Vice President, Media Architecture

The Walt Disney Company

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⚡ Building AI QoE Analysts: Learnings from Data Agents and MCP Servers

Adam Brown

Co-Founder & CTO

Mux

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⚡ Next Generation of Open Audio Coding and
Rendering Standards

Tim Harris

Engineering Manager

Meta

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Panel: Engineering Monetization and Personalization at Scale in Streaming

Spencer Shanson - Paramount, Joshua Lamb - Red Bull Media House, Phil Harrison - AWS Elemental

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Hands-on: Real-time AI recommendations with Momento Functions

Allen Helton, Momento

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Lessons Learned From Streaming the 2025 Super Bowl to 15.5M Viewers

Mayur Srinivasan

Senior Vice President

FOX

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We Asked AI to Caption Our Shows - Here's What Happened

Jeremy Brown

Video Delivery and Data Engineering Expert

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Accelerating GenAI Deployment at Scale with Media Understanding and Evaluation

Shankar Regunatha, Senior Technical Lead | Qi Cai, Research Scientist

Nick Wu, Software Engineer | Ryan Lei, Software Engineer

Meta

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⚡Delivering High Quality GenAI Video

Rushaan Mahajan, Co-Founder & CEO | Sophie Raniwala, Co-Founder & CTO

Sima Labs

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How Wyze Uses AI to Scale Cost-Efficient Video Understanding

Wei Li, WYZE

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Maximize SSAI Revenue and Improve the Streaming Experience with Ad Prefetching

Matt Scharr

Senior Software Development Manager

Amazon Web Services

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Meta AI Video Restyle Explained | Transform Videos in One Click

Jordi Cenzano

Software Engineer

Meta

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⚡ MQCS in CMSD to achieve MQAR

Kiran Patel

Senior Product Manager

Amazon Web Services

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The Last Human Edit

Mike Martinez

Director of Engineering

Meta

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Beyond Prompts: Supercharge Your Live Streaming Applications with MCP

Todd Sharp, Amazon IVS

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