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Smart Living Silicon Valley 2026 — AI Hardware & Robotics Summit + Expo · Luma

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Right after CES, this exclusive event in the heart of Silicon Valley connects global innovators, investors, and industry leaders. More than a showcase, it is your gateway to partnerships, capital, and market landing in the U.S.

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Sat. 1/10/25 Tabler

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20807 Stevens Creek Blvd. #100
Cupertino, CA 95014

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There's no content or speaker at this event -- just business and social networking.

Build your business and social network - face to face! (in-person)

Come out and enjoy a great evening of good food, liquid refreshments, and connecting.

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Getting away from a screen for a few hours will do you some good!

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Meet Silicon Valley movers and shakers - Internet entrepreneurs, developers, engineers, mobile app coders, attorneys, bloggers, academics, financiers, marketing professionals, community organizers and investors.

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Stay at Startup House in Palo Alto - the heart of Silicon Valley - for as low as $50 a night!

-Network, socialize and connect with entrepreneurs all over the world!
-Enjoy social events and startup and venture capital-related programming!
- Have access to world class amenities, iconic tech companies, top tier venture capital firms, Stanford University, etc. - all within walking or biking distance!

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Reinvent your career, build real leverage, and create 2026 opportunities starting now.

2026 will belong to the professionals and founders who understand how to operate in an AI-native world and not just use AI tools. In this fast-paced, highly actionable session, you’ll learn the strategic frameworks, mental models, and practical steps needed to build long-term leverage in your career or entrepreneurial journey.

This masterclass is led by two operators who’ve built global cloud, security, and AI platforms, led engineering organizations of 900+, hold 20+ patents, shipped enterprise-grade products, secured regulated industries, and delivered $1B+ in transformations across Fortune 500 clients.

Whether you’re job seeking, leveling up, launching something new, or exploring your next chapter, you’ll walk away with clarity on where your unique strengths intersect with the AI era — and how to turn that insight into opportunity.

OVERVIEW

AI is rewriting the rules of value creation. Tools change. Models evolve. But what doesn’t change? The advantage held by people who understand how to think, operate, build, and lead in an AI-native way.

This webinar shows you how to:

Identify your unfair advantage

Map it to AI-native opportunities

Build a long-term, market-proof path forward in your career or in a future company

Expect a rare mix of enterprise-grade insight, emerging founder tactics, and highly practical guidance, distilled to what matters most for 2026. By the end of the session, you’ll know exactly what to do next, whether that’s leveling up in your job, reinventing your career path, or building something real.

WHAT YOU LEARN:

The AI-Native Advantage Framework: How elite operators think about AI (very different from ‘enthusiasts’ and side-hustles)

Your “Career Moat”: How to build long-term defensibility in a world where AI automates everything easily.

The 5 AI-Native Paths to career security, income expansion, or entrepreneurship (only 1 involves building a weekend project)

Why your domain knowledge is a gold mine, and how to translate it into AI-native value that most people can’t replicate

Real examples from cloud, cybersecurity, product, marketing, operations, compliance, consulting, and more

The exact difference between “using AI tools” vs operating like an AI-native founder or executive

A live exercise: Design your AI-Native Advantage Map (you’ll walk away with yours)

What AI still cannot do, and the human skills that will matter more than ever

The fastest path to becoming AI-native in your career, even if you’re not technical

WHAT YOU WALK AWAY WITH:

A personalized AI-Native Advantage Map (completed live)

2–3 high-clarity directions for career reinvention or business creation

A strategic understanding of how AI reshapes value (far beyond the “use ChatGPT to write emails” level)

The confidence and vocabulary to talk about AI intelligently in interviews, consulting pitches, and conversations with executives

A preview of January's 6-week program (for those serious about building something real)

AI won’t take your job — but someone using it strategically will. Join us on December 12th and learn the playbook operators use to stay invaluable, earn more, and build things that last.

Seats will fill fast. Join us and invite someone who needs a real advantage in 2026.

ABOUT SOHAM BANERJEE

Soham is a software engineer, Google Summer of Code contributor (’22 & 23), and partner at RedHold who has built four AI-native products in the last year alone. Formerly at PwC security, he now leads RedHold’s engineering and product innovation — and shows professionals how to “100x themselves” with AI. Connect with him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/soham4abc/.

ABOUT SHAAN MULCHANDANI

Shaan is the Founder of RedHold and a global leader in AI, cloud, and security transformation. He has scaled engineering organizations from 10 to 900, built an AWS/Cloud Security business from $15M to $800M ARR, delivered $1B+ in cloud transformations, and shipped enterprise platforms used across Fortune 100 healthcare, finance, and life sciences. He’s filed 11 patents, spoken at Black Hat and re: Invent, and advised regulators and C-suites worldwide on AI strategy, automation, and platform architecture. Connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaanm/.

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The US economy is constantly evolving, influenced by employment numbers, the rise and fall of inflation, foreign policy, domestic economic agendas, and movement of citizens between different regions. As a job seeker, all of these effects working in tandem can impact the inner workings of a job search.

Join Colin Mo of Albert's List and Dr. Reilly White, Professor of Finance at the University of New Mexico for a monthly webinar where they'll discuss how these factors are impacting your career, particularly for those who work in tech and reside in the San Francisco Bay Area. You'll learn about:

• The most recent month's jobs report, including its biggest takeaways, silver linings, and potential warning signs.
• The most recent month's CPI report and how the rising cost of goods and money are impacting the flow of investments or consumer spending.
• What to expect in the weeks and months ahead as economic conditions evolve.
• How the economic numbers are impacting those in the San Francisco Bay Area and the technology industry!
• How Trump's recent policies are affecting the job market and economy.
• Other notable trends moving the market, including bonds, housing prices, quit rates, and more!
• And much more!

Join us with your questions, comments, and concerns.

ABOUT DR. REILLY S. WHITE, PhD
Dr. White is the Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning and an Associate Professor of Finance with tenure at the University of New Mexico. Dr. White also serves on the board of the CFA Society of New Mexico, advisor for the $4.7 Million student-run UNM Regent’s Portfolio, and leads a series of financial literacy projects in the community. Prior to his career in academia, Dr. White worked as an analyst for a large Boston-based bank, where he learned a great deal about company analysis, funding, and maintaining ethical corporate leadership. He has consulted with investment managers and municipalities on maintaining optimal portfolio strategies, particularly in response to economic challenges. Dr. White was also awarded the 2022 Paul Bartlett Ré Emerging Promotor of Peace Award and serves on the of board Voz Collegiate Preparatory School.

In addition to his PhD from the University of Connecticut, Dr. White graduated summa cum laude from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth with a degree in Finance. Dr. White has published nineteen articles in finance and financial technology in the last few years, including articles in Physica A, Journal of Corporate Finance, IEEE, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and the Journal of Banking and Finance. With his students, he co-authored Financial Literacy for Immigrants and Refugees, a free financial literacy handbook that has been translated into Spanish, Arabic, and Dari. Since 2020, Dr. White has been interviewed over 150 times by local and national media outlets on various economic and finance topics.

Visit his website at https://www.reillywhite.com/.