AI research has gone mainstream. A once niche discipline is now the highest paid position in tech. Labs are racing with furious vigor to discover the next great architecture. With hundreds of thousands of papers published every year, how do you separate the signal from the noise? Weights Unknown will bring together researchers from across the globe to talk about what's actually interesting. The researcher's research. The off-the-beaten-path work that will form the real foundation for the next decades.

Date
August 14, 2026
Location
Gallery 308
Landmark Building A, 2 Marina Blvd
San Francisco, CA 94123
Format
7 Speakers
AI researchers and practitioners from across domains
Admission
By invitation only

Speaker List

Talks and panels at Weights Unknown will cover frontier research work that's not always in the spotlight.

Jessy Lin

Visiting Researcher, Meta AI

Parth Asawa

CS PhD Student, UC Berkeley

Spencer Poff

Research Engineer, Harvey

Ben Shi

Researcher, Sierra
The next leap in AI systems won’t come from better models alone, but from richer environments where humans and models can work, test, teach, and adapt together. Simulation gives us a way to turn collaboration itself into an interface for learning.

Idan Shenfeld

PhD Student, MIT

Chris Lu

Research, OpenAI

Ilia Shumailov

Research, Meta AI

Schedule

Gallery 308
Landmark Building A, 2 Marina Blvd
San Francisco, CA 94123
12:30-1:00 PM
Arrive & check inGallery 308, Landmark Building A
1:00-1:10 PM
KeynoteSarah Catanzaro
1:10-5:00 PM
Speakers & panel
5:00 PM
Happy hourDrinks by Last Rites