Sovereign AI at the Application Layer - Enterprise, Finance, and Data

An AI Alliance Meetup, co-hosted with Neo4j and IBM | October 7, 2026 | IBM One Madison Avenue, New York
​Every enterprise now has the same problem in a different form. The data that would make a model useful is the data you are not allowed to move. It sits inside one firm, under one regulator, in a schema few have mapped. The interesting work in AI has quietly shifted from training bigger models alone to developing systems to utilize the data enterprises have.
​This afternoon is about how that is actually built. Potential topic areas:

• ​Context. Structuring the data inside a firm so a model may reason.
• ​Federation. Connecting institutions to train and evaluate to move an industry forward.
• ​Privacy. The architecture that makes cross-institution work permissible.
• ​Regulation. Why banks are now being asked to do this. What institutions may or may not allow connecting with closed models.

​Aligned with these topics sits Project Tapestry, the AI Alliance's consortium driven open-weights model effort. We will open with where it stands: Milestone 0 complete, Milestone 1 underway, and the ecosystem as it develops.
​This is a technical afternoon for engineers, architects, and data leads. Join with hard questions and connect with others facing similar challenges.
​📅 Agenda
​2:00 PM: Doors open and refreshments
​2:30 - 2:40: Welcome and housekeeping Anthony Annunziata · IBM / AI Alliance
​2:40 - 2:55: Project Tapestry update Kaushik Bhatta · AI Alliance
​Part 1: The stack
​2:55 - 3:20: Context is the product: memory and context graphs on financial data · Neo4j
​3:20 - 3:45: Federated learning in regulated industries
​3:45 - 4:00: Privacy-preserving architecture between institutions Ronnie Falcon, Chief Product Officer · OpenMined
​4:00 - 4:15: Break
​Part 2: Why enterprises and banks care right now
​4:15 - 4:40: The regulated stack: Tapestry M0 and federated learnings
​4:40 - 4:50: Lightning community talks
​4:50 - 4:55: Close and where to go next
​5:00 - 6:00 PM: Food and networking
​Speakers for the remaining sessions are being confirmed and will be added as they are announced. Register now to be notified and keep your spot.
​Space is limited to 150 attendees. Due to capacity, our team will confirm registration closer to the event date. Registration confirmations will close Monday, October 5 at 5:00 PM EDT so the attendee list can be cleared with building security.

Getting in
​Enter through the ground floor IBM entrance at One Madison Avenue and bring photo ID. The auditorium is on the 10th floor. Please arrive by 2:00 for a 2:30 start.
​This is an AI Alliance event.