The Sovereign AI House

The Next Generation of Texas Unicorns

webAI's Mike Morin joins the founders shaping the next wave of Texas tech. Moderated by Gauntlet AI founder Austen Allred, this panel brings together leaders from Base Power, Jasper AI, Saronic, Apptronik, and more for a conversation about what it takes to build at scale in the Lone Star State.

The Blueprint: Engineering AI Beyond the Cloud

webAI Co-Founder Tyler Mauer and VP of Engineering Hossein Moghimifam pull back the curtain on the technical vision driving sovereign AI. A session for anyone who wants to understand where AI infrastructure is really going, and how webAI is building the road to get there.

Official SXSW AI Innovation Happy Hour

Kick off SXSW weekend early. webAI hosts the official happy hour right after the day's AI Innovation sessions—200-300 guests, good drinks, and the right crowd to start the week.

Beyond the Cloud: A New Architecture for Intelligence

The AI industry has spent years consolidating intelligence in the cloud. In this keynote, webAI Founder and CEO David Stout makes the case for a fundamentally different path, and introduces the architecture that makes it possible.

Live Product Demo

This is the debut of the next evolution of the webAI platform—a hands-on, live walkthrough of the newest application experience. You won't want to miss this one.

AI in Mission-Critical Environments

What does it take to deploy AI where lives are on the line? Qwake CEO Sam Cossman and webAI CMO Anuneet Kumar sit down for an unscripted conversation on building and deploying AI in the environments where failure isn't an option.

Happy Hour + Networking

Wind down the day with the webAI community. Grab a drink, make a connection, and keep the conversation going.

Ownership in the Age of AI

webAI Founder and CEO David Stout joins investor Abe Burns for a candid conversation on AI ownership, infrastructure, and capital. Together, they'll explore how shifts in control are reshaping who builds intelligence, who benefits from it, and what comes next.

AI and the Future of Manufacturing with Crider Foods

AI isn't just for tech companies. Hear how Crider Foods is rethinking manufacturing in the AI era, and what that means for the future of American industry.

Technical Deep Dive: How a 30-Year-Old Syntax Became the Most Powerful Tool in Your AI Stack

LLMs were trained on structured text, much of it written in markdown. In this technical deep dive, we explore why markdown-native design unlocks more powerful AI systems — with live demos and practical patterns for building at scale.

Happy Hour + Networking

Day two wraps with drinks, conversations, and connections across the webAI partner ecosystem.

SXSW Panel — Building the Next Generation of Trustworthy AI: From Generic Models to Custom Intelligence

AI adoption is growing, but cloud-based one-size-fits-all models are hitting limits like high costs, privacy concerns, environmental damage, & latency issues. This session will explore why the next generation of AI will be specialized, expert, & deeply customized. Panelists will unpack how custom models, trained on proprietary data and tailored to specific domains, can deliver improved performance, privacy, & scalability with a more sustainable infrastructure.