Techne Summit 2026: Full Schedule

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1:00pm PDT

Will AI Replace Founders or Create Better Ones?

Saturday October 3, 2026 1:00pm - 1:45pm PDT

AI can now write code, generate products, automate workflows, and even support strategic decision-making. Does this make founders more powerful, or less necessary? This session explores who will win in an AI-driven startup ecosystem, and how entrepreneurship itself is being redefined.

Speakers

Maged Ghoneima

Cofounder & Managing Partner, M-Empire Angels

Maged Ghoneima is an Angel investor and a technology commercialization expert. Over the past 15 years, Maged has mentored hundreds of technology startups and worked with tens of scientists to commercialize their IPs. He has also created an Angel investment group that has successfully... Read More →

Samhaa Beltagy

Chief Artificial Intelligence Office, Nawy

Samhaa R. El-Beltagy is the Chief AI Officer at Nawy, where she leads the company's AI strategy and innovation agenda, driving advanced AI solutions that transform real estate technology and customer experience. She is also a Professor of Computer Science and the Founding Dean of... Read More →

Abd Elrahman Sleem

CEO, Oligence AI

ikTok Speaker MEA , Favikon partner in KSA & Egypt, ‏CEO Oligence AI, Founder IMFND academy, Instructor @Udemy, 18 years of Experience in Technical Marketing and Growth Hacking.

Mohamed Elmasry

Founder, Tactful.AI

The second act Most founder stories have one arc. Mine has three. The build (2004 – 2022) My first company was Luxor Instruments, founded in 2004 while I was still an engineering student at Minia University. A small operation in Upper Egypt building self-service internet kiosks... Read More →

Saturday October 3, 2026 1:00pm - 1:45pm PDT
(ALX) Stage 01: The Great Hall

Startup Innovation, Panel

1:45pm PDT

From 10 People to 2: How Ultra Lean Startups Are Being Built Today

Saturday October 3, 2026 1:45pm - 2:30pm PDT

(ALX) Stage 01: The Great Hall

AI and automation are allowing startups to build, launch, and scale with extremely small teams. What does this mean for hiring, roles, and the future of company building and can lean teams outperform traditional ones

Speakers

Ahmed Raafat

AI/ML Specialist Solutions Architect Manager, AWS UK & Ireland

Ahmed Raafat is Head of Data & AI Specialist Solutions Architects at AWS UK & Ireland, with over 20 years of experience in technology. He helps leading organisations harness AI, machine learning, cloud, and data to drive innovation and business transformation. A trusted advisor to... Read More →

Mostafa Sakr

Founder & CEO, Nancy AI

Building a Unicorn with a small team + AI agents
3x CTO for Dutch startups and an Antler Alumni.
Work experience between Egypt, India, KSA, USA and the last 9 years in the Netherlands.
First Egyptian Joined Antler.
participated for 2 years in Leading Bugaboo tech migration across 40+ countries to scale it up after acquisition by Bain Capital(180 $ Billion VC) to the next acquisition by Mubadala(302B $ VC)

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Saturday October 3, 2026 1:45pm - 2:30pm PDT
(ALX) Stage 01: The Great Hall