When TechCrunch is confused in 2025, AI conversations will be deeper than the latest models. In one of the AI stages, Pinecone founder and CEO Edo Liberty offers sessions that challenge one of the most sustainable assumptions in the field. With over 10,000 startups and VC leaders expected in San Francisco on October 27-29, this fireside chat and presentation is one of the essential moments for anyone building AI systems that actually work in the real world.
Intelligence is only half the equation
For AI to be truly useful for businesses, it needs more than language encyclopedia and accuracy of prediction. Knowledge is required. Search for your own data, domain-specific insights, and real-time information – these are task completion, accurate answers, and the occurrence of enterprise value. Freedom breaks down the significant differences between intelligence and knowledge and explains why providing both is the key to unleashing the true impact of AI.
As the founder of Pinecone, Liberty leads one of the most important infrastructure companies in the AI ecosystem. Pinecone's Vector database helps organizations build high-performance AI applications at scale and use reliable search and memory systems that allow for real-time use of large-scale knowledge bases.
From Amazon AI to academia and building infrastructure for the next era
Before launching Pinecone, Liberty served as AWS research director, LED Amazon AI Labs and worked on key services such as Sagemaker and Opensearch. He also ran Yahoo's labs in New York, taught at Princeton and Tel Aviv University, and wrote over 75 papers and patents on machine learning, data mining, and streaming algorithms.
In the 2025 chaos, Liberty brings all of that experience in sessions with technical leaders, AI founders, enterprise builders, and those looking to bridge the gap between the promises and performance of artificial intelligence.
Catch this conversation on one of TechCrunch's two AI stages, sabotaging 2025, and will take place on October 27-29 at Moscone West, San Francisco. Please check frequently to ensure that it is updated frequently as it is the exact timing of the sessions to be published on the Disturbance Agenda Page. Sign up now to join over 10,000 startups and VC leaders, saving up to $675 before prices go up.