Wharton Cypher Accelerator Demo and Innovation Day
Friday, April 4, 2025
The Penn Club of New York City
30 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036
9:00 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast
9:45 a.m.
Welcome Remarks
Joao Gomes, Senior Vice Dean of Research, Centers, and Academic Initiatives, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
9:50 a.m.
Roundtable: Advancing The AI Ecosystem: Investment, M&A, Analytics, and Compute
- Jeffrey Amico, Chief Operating Officer, Gensyn
- Jonathan Ashtor, Global Co-Head of Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions and Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
- Victor Gustaf Gao, Operating Partner and Managing Director, Carlyle
- Jared Roscoe, Deputy General Counsel, Softbank
- Moderator: Sarah Hammer, Executive Director at the Wharton School and Chief Executive Officer, Wharton Cypher Accelerator
10:30 a.m.
Startup Demo: Corpus AnalytiX
Catalyzing healthcare breakthroughs through data synergy.
10:50 a.m.
Startup Demo: Cosmos
Debating’s ‘chess.com.’
11:10 a.m.
Special Presentation: Market Dynamics and Risk Factors in Peer-to-Peer Lending
Cypher Tech Team
11:35 a.m.
Wharton Cypher Alumni Recognition
Sarah Hammer, Executive Director at the Wharton School, and Chief Executive Officer, Wharton Cypher Accelerator
11:40 a.m.
Keynote: Innovation and Digitization: Shaping the Future of Finance
Jeremy Schwartz, Global Chief Investment Officer, WisdomTree Asset Management
12:00 p.m.
Buffet Lunch
1:00 p.m.
Fireside Chat: Crypto Beyond Turbulence: Navigating Toward a New Paradigm
- Introduction by David Musto, Ronald O. Perelman Professor in Finance and Director, Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance
- Stuart Alderoty, Chief Legal Officer, Ripple
- J. Christopher Giancarlo, Senior Counsel, Wilkie Farr & Gallagher and Former Chair, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Moderator: Jessica Renier, Managing Director, Digital Finance, Institute of International Finance
1:35 p.m.
Startup Demo: Odynn
Independent awards optimization platform.
2:05 p.m.
Startup Demo: PluggableAI
Fan engagement revolution.
2:25 p.m.
Roundtable: Accelerating the Global Digital Assets Ecosystem
- Introduction by David Musto, Ronald O. Perelman Professor in Finance and Director, Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance
- Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer, Coinbase
- Jai Massari, Co-founder and Chief Legal Officer, Lightspark
- Heath Tarbert, President, Circle
- Moderator: Sahel Assar, Chair, Blockchain and Digital Asset Practice Group at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
3:10 p.m.
Startup Demo: RIZZARR
Connecting brands with vetted content creators.
3:25 p.m.
Keynote: How to Find, Fund, and Scale a Decacorn
Bill Tai, Venture Capitalist
3:45 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Sarah Hammer, Executive Director at the Wharton School, and Chief Executive Officer of the Wharton Cypher Accelerator
3:50 p.m.
Networking Reception
Entertainment by DJ Shiva Menta and Cypher Accelerator team.
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