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Curated gatherings of fintech leaders shaping the AI economy.
AI Natives brings CEOs, CTOs and heads of AI and risk from regulated institutions to the same table. Intentionally small groups to talk openly about what’s working and what they’d do differently.
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Leaders from banks, lenders, payments companies, asset managers and fintechs, alongside the AI companies powering them.






















Voices from the stage
Panelists who run AI where the money moves.
San Francisco
October 2026
The Deployment Gap
Dr. Ranjit TinaikarChairman · Praxent

Agents in Production
Tim Hamilton HostFounder & CEO · Praxent
Pahal PatangiaGlobal Head of Business, Payments · NVIDIA
Sophia GoldbergHead of Payments · Rain
Dr. Ranjit TinaikarChairman · Praxent

Engineering an AI-Native Fintech PDLC
Kevin Hurwitz HostManaging Partner · Praxent
Ankur SharmaHead of GTM, Microsoft Cloud and AI · Microsoft
Jaison MosesGlobal Head of Product, Repayments · PayPal
Akshay Kohliex-Head of Financial Products · Super.com

Speed vs. Risk
Paul Tidwell HostVP of Applied AI · Praxent
Vicky HuangHead of Strategy, Regulatory Operations · FINRA
Trey GuinnField CTO · Cloudflare
Kenon ChenEVP, Strategy & Growth · Clear Capital
New York City
June 2026
The Compounding Edge
Dr. Ranjit TinaikarChairman · Praxent

Agents in Production
Tim Hamilton HostFounder & CEO · Praxent
Chandra StevensAgentic AI Adoption Strategy · Microsoft
Adam ZaabelEVP, Head of Credit & Underwriting · NEWITY
Sebastian Builes JineteCo-Founder & CEO · Arcum AI

The AI-Native Software Factory
Kevin Hurwitz HostManaging Partner · Praxent
Paul TidwellVP of Applied AI · Praxent
Colin TerryChief Product Officer · LoanPro
Walter GreaneySVP, Product · Payroc
Sarah OwenFormer Chief Product Officer · One Inc.

The Fintech Frontier
Tim Hamilton HostFounder & CEO · Praxent
Anna BrattonGTM Leadership, UK & Northern Europe · Anthropic
Chris DanelzGM, Global Channel Partner Solutions · Microsoft
Jason WangGlobal Head of AI & Model Risk Management · PayPal
David CodyCo-Founder & Co-CEO · NEWITY























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Hosted by Praxent,
the AI transformation firm for financial services.
AI Natives is a Praxent event. Praxent has spent 25+ years at the intersection of finance and technology, helping financial institutions and enterprise fintechs become AI-native market leaders.
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