The Future of Billions of Domain-Expert Agents
Session Overview
AI is entering the Agentic Era, defined not by one general AI but by billions of domain-expert agents that will shape how industries operate and how enterprises compete. Just as billions of websites transformed the internet and billions of apps transformed mobile, the next decade will be transformed by billions of agents — each carrying expertise, connecting to real systems, and delivering consistent, reliable results.
Today’s technology stack was never built for that future. Stitched together from scripts and prompts, it is already stretched to the breaking point. A replacement is inevitable: a foundational agent-native stack that supports reasoning and memory, concurrency by default, workflows that encode expertise, and deterministic outcomes you can trust in production.
In this keynote, Dr. Christopher Nguyen will share what it takes to enable this shift and how you can prepare. You’ll see how Dana, the world’s first Agentic OS, is laying the foundation for the coming Agent Grid of billions of expert agents — and why those who act now will shape the next era of AI.
Speaker
Dr. Christopher Nguyen is CEO and co-founder of Aitomatic, the Silicon Valley leader in Industrial Generative AI, where he works with industry leaders such as Honeywell, IBM, and TEL to develop reliable, consistent expert AI systems using Dana, the world’s first agent-native programming language for transparent, intent-driven AI agents.
As President & CEO of Arimo-Panasonic, he spearheaded Panasonic’s global Industrial AI initiatives. At Google, as its first Engineering Director, he launched Google Apps/Gmail and scaled AI-backed systems for millions worldwide, earning the Google Founders Award.
Dr. Nguyen serves on the AI Alliance’s Steering Committee and co-leads the Foundation Models Focus Area. A strong advocate for open innovation, he created Dana and SemiKong, the first open-source LLM for semiconductors—flagship technologies enabling transparent, domain-specific AI for critical industries.
He co-founded the Computer Engineering Program at HKUST, brought the internet to Vietnam, and connected global leaders in AI and semiconductors as General Co-chair of the International AI Semiconductor Conference (AISC). Dr. Nguyen holds a BS from UC Berkeley and an MS/PhD from Stanford University in high-performance semiconductor devices.