Back from the reception. In addition to chatting with old friends Michael Anissimov, Christine Peterson, Brad Templeton, and Ben Goertzel, I was introduced to (or introduced myself to) a number of really interesting people:
One of them heads up a group devoted to Seasteding, or as Christine put it — “start-up countries.”
One of them is the managing director for technology equities research for a New York-based securities firm, scouting opportunities just a tad outside of the scope of what the typical Wall Street firm is looking for.
And speaking of money, one of them invented a computer immune system that IBM took a shine to and bought from him for $45 million. He is now using that money to fund a little pet project — creating a hardware replica of the human brain.
Lots more to come both on these folks and the actual Summit sessions. Stay tuned.