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Axios Unveils Speaker Lineup for San Francisco AI Summit on Dec. 3, Featuring OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar and Bill Gates

November 9, 2026 at 18:31 EST

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Axios has released the speaker lineup for its AI Summit in San Francisco on Dec. 3, the third and final installment of its 2026 series, with OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar, Microsoft co-founder and Gates Foundation chair Bill Gates, and Blackstone President Jonathan Gray among the named participants.

Dec. 3 · AI Summit, San Francisco

AI Summit lineup spans finance, philanthropy, investment and autonomous vehicles

The San Francisco event is the third and final stop in the 2026 series. Named participants include OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, Gates Foundation chair Bill Gates and Blackstone President Jonathan Gray.

Installments in the 2026 series, with San Francisco as the final one

Dec. 3

Date of the San Francisco summit

Participants named so far, one of them without a name yet confirmed

Named participants by domain

Each column is one named participant (1 block = 1 speaker)

AI industry finance
Sarah Friar

Philanthropy
Bill Gates

Investment
Jonathan Gray

Autonomous vehicles
Zoox founder and CTO (name not yet shown)

From lineup to summit: what is still pending

Speaker lineup

Released, with more additions possible

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Agenda and session titles

Not yet published

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Dec. 3 summit

Final stop of the 2026 series

What to watch

The event's focus is still open

Whether the summit produces new disclosures on OpenAI's finances or AI infrastructure spending. No such announcements have been made so far.
Whether further speaker additions or a published agenda clarify which topics each speaker will address.
The name of the Zoox founder and CTO, which has not yet appeared in the lineup.

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