Silicon Valley Unplugged

05/26/2026

AI is not just changing software. It is coming for one of the oldest power systems in society: law.

Contracts. Due diligence. Compliance. Legal strategy. Governance. Risk. The work that once required teams of lawyers can now be accelerated, challenged, and reshaped by AI.

So what happens when the legal industry — one of the most powerful gatekeepers of business, capital, and society — collides with artificial intelligence?

Join Sparknify for a special member-only episode of Silicon Valley Unplugged featuring Louis Lehot, partner at Foley & Lardner LLP and one of Silicon Valley’s leading corporate and venture capital attorneys.

From boardrooms to courtrooms, we’ll explore how AI is transforming lawyers, law firms, startups, and the future balance of legal power.

📍 CreaTV San Jose
🗓 May 27, 2026, 6:00 PM
🎙 Filmed inside the SV Unplugged TV studio

Seats are intentionally limited for a more intimate studio conversation and networking experience.

RSVP and membership information in the comment area or go to the official Sparknify website.

05/20/2026

What if aging is no longer something we simply accept — but something we learn to engineer?

In the latest Silicon Valley Unplugged episode, Artem Trotsyuk brings three rare perspectives to the longevity conversation: researcher, investor, and builder of real-world solutions.

Together, we explore how AI, biotech, and venture capital are reshaping longevity — not as a quest for immortality, but as a mission to extend healthspan, dignity, and meaningful years.

Read the new Sparknify article and watch the latest SV Up episode on the Sparknify website. Link in the comments.

04/30/2026

Bryan was on Silicon Valley Unplugged. Now you can see him live with all the instruments playing.

Join us for a live performance by Bryan Day, exhibit developer at the Exploratorium, where everyday objects become instruments and sound is created in real time. This is a rare opportunity to see his unique sound sculptures in person—up close, raw, and completely unlike anything you’ve experienced before.

🎶 May 8 | Friday 6PM
📍 Hyatt Centric Mountain View

Your ticket also gives you access to Taiwan Innovation Spotlight with 25 startups and 300 local investors and tech leaders gathering right after the performance.

Come for the sound. Stay for what’s next.

Get your ticket: https://www.sparknify.com/event-details/bryan-day-live

04/30/2026

Join us for a rare live performance by Bryan Day, exhibit developer at the Exploratorium, where everyday objects become instruments and sound is created in real time. This is a rare opportunity to see his unique sound sculptures in person—up close, raw, and completely unlike anything you’ve experienced before.

🎶 May 8 | 6PM
📍 Hyatt Centric Mountain View

Your ticket also gives you access to Taiwan Innovation Spotlight—25+ startups and 300+ investors and founders gathering right after the performance.

Come for the sound. Stay for what’s next.

Get your ticket: https://www.sparknify.com/event-details/bryan-day-live

04/30/2026

Come find out why Taiwan is so hot and so cool. Meet the startups, supply chains, and leaders driving the future of tech.

A high-energy high-signal Sparknify production that you don't want to miss.

📍 Mountain View
🗓️ May 8 | 6PM
🎟️ Free tickets: https://www.sparknify.com/taiwan-spotlight

03/27/2026

If you’re working in robotics, sensing, or defense technologies, this is one you don’t want to miss.

A curated group of cutting-edge companies is coming to Silicon Valley to showcase some of the latest breakthrough technologies shaping the next generation of hardware and intelligent systems.

Expect to see what’s next in:
• Robotics systems
• Advanced sensing technologies
• Defense & dual-use innovation

This is your chance to get early access to emerging tech, meet the teams behind it, and connect with fellow builders, investors, and innovators shaping the future.

May 8, 2026
6PM
Mountain View

Last time, the line wrapped down the block.
Register now — link in the comments. Don’t wait.

02/24/2026

This is a member only event. Please sign up to become a member today at Sparknify website.

Corporate capital doesn’t just follow the future — it shapes it.

Join us for an exclusive, in-studio recording of Corporate Capital in the Age of AI, where leading corporate venture arms discuss how strategic investment is guiding the next wave of AI, semiconductors, and deep tech.

This is a Sparknify Member-Only gathering — intentionally limited to ensure high-signal conversation and meaningful networking inside our studio.

Not a member yet? Join us to gain access to private events like this and curated introductions across Silicon Valley’s innovation ecosystem. Event link in comment section or go register on Sparknify website.

02/21/2026

They never had to “learn” AI. They grew up with it.

Today’s teens treat generative models as infrastructure — not innovation. They co-write, co-build, and co-think with machines. So what happens when this generation becomes founders?

Faster ex*****on. Bolder experimentation. Human–machine collaboration by default.

The future of entrepreneurship is already taking shape — and most adults are underestimating it.

Read the full article to understand what AI-native teens will build next — and why it matters now. Link to article in comment.

🦈 Applications for The Sharks Garage, youth startup bootcamp program are officially open. If you have a young builder ready to think beyond the classroom, this is where it begins.t

02/10/2026

Most people think AI innovation is happening in the cloud. They’re wrong.

What if the real frontier is AI at the femtosecond scale—where hardware, physics, and intelligence collide?

🎤 In this talk, Sam Fok dives into how FemtoAI is rethinking computation from the ground up, and why the next wave of AI won’t be powered by bigger models—but by radically new ways of processing time, energy, and matter.

👉 Watch the full talk:
https://www.sparknify.com/post/20260113-sam-fok-femtoai-en

This isn’t hype. It’s a glimpse into what comes after today’s AI stack. If you care about where AI is actually going, don’t miss this one.

02/08/2026

When robots start walking like humans, something deeper is happening.

China’s latest humanoid robot doesn’t just compute—it moves, reacts, and feels unsettlingly human. From near-biological gait to eye contact and micro-expressions, this isn’t about looks. It’s about why engineers are copying the human body itself.

Is this about efficiency? Trust? Psychology? Or something evolution already solved millions of years ago?

👉 Read the full analysis:
https://www.sparknify.com/post/robots-move-like-humans-en

We break down the real biological and psychological reasons behind China’s push for human-like robots—and why the uncanny feeling might be the point.