QUO VADIS Frontier AI ? Speed, Sovereignty, Scale: trireme or trilemma

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QUO VADIS Frontier AI ? Speed, Sovereignty, Scale: trireme or trilemma

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The most advanced AI‑native infrastructure can’t be optimized for speed of implementationsovereignty of law, and scale of capability all at once — or can it?
​​⚖️ Central question: a coordination challenge (trireme) or an impossible constraint (trilemma)?
​​Each panelist brings complementary evidence to illuminate the trade‑offs. You, the audience, will weigh the options and help decide which strategic framework Switzerland should pursue.

Speakers:

  • ​​🇺🇸 Prof. John Horton – MIT Sloan, MIT Generative AI Lab, Anthropic Economic Advisory Council. AI social simulations shaping strategy exploration.
  • ​​🖥️ Abhi Ingle – Chief Product & Strategy Officer, SambaNova Systems. Sovereign chip‑to‑model AI in practice.
  • ​​🌍 Dr. Nikolaos Mavridis – MIT PhD, AI & robotics consultant. Educating the world for the era of AI.
  • ​​🇪🇺 Boguslawa (Bogy) Cimoszko Skowronski – MIT & Harvard alumna, Partner at FounderPartners. Europe’s HPC infrastructure and AI investments.
  • ​​🇨🇭 Dr. Andrei Villarroel – EPFL & MIT alumnus, Founder of innoverse.aiModerator framing the trade‑offs: speed, sovereignty, scale.

​​🔥 WHY THIS MATTERS

  • ​​Budgets are tight — yet trillions are being invested globally in AI infrastructure.
  • ​​Energy is finite — yet multi‑gigawatt AI campuses are planned to go live by 2028.
  • ​​Export rules are uncertain — NVIDIA remains the de facto supplier of frontier AI chips.
    ​​The wrong strategy could cost years. The right choice will define Switzerland’s role in AI, shape jobs, industries, and global competitiveness.

​​📌 WHAT TO EXPECT

  • ​​Flash evidence presentations
  • ​​Strategic framework
  • ​​Before & after survey

​​👤 WHO SHOULD JOIN

  • ​​Policy makers • Institutional leaders • CIOs & CTOs • Data‑center & cloud operators • Researchers • Founders in regulated sectors (health, finance, industry) • Journalists covering AI policy & infrastructure.