OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sat down with Stripe Co-founder and President John Collison to share his optimism about the future of AI, including his favorite GPT use cases, how OpenAI operates differently from most startups, why AI’s high stakes make it a collaborative industry, and why he wouldn’t take his own Y Combinator advice today.

Startups are facing a shifting market landscape, increasingly feeling the need to do more with less. In this panel discussion, high-growth founders share their advice for making leadership and people decisions, maximising the resources you have (with the help of AI), and maintaining focus on your product’s core functionality.

It can be difficult for large enterprises to overcome institutional challenges to foster an innovative culture. In this panel discussion, executives from AWS, Wix, ANA Group, and River Island share how they’ve done it – from keeping customer needs at the centre of all decision making to promoting a culture of smart risk-taking.

Vivek Sharma, Stripe’s head of Revenue and Finance Automation, hosts a conversation with finance leaders from Shipt and Kajabi, who share how they’ve streamlined their finance systems to grow revenue and automate manual work. Learn how you can benefit from an integrated revenue and finance automation suite that supports the entire lifecycle of your cash flow – from eliminating manual backend work and optimising pricing, to automating taxes and recovering more revenue.

Businesses are increasingly integrating financial services into their offerings to improve retention, monetisation, and customer acquisition. Hear from fintech experts on how their priorities have evolved to include profitability, embedded services, and rightsizing; how to avoid “compliance debt” in your SaaS platform; and why it’s easier than ever to start a fintech company.

There’s more to platform payments than just routing funds. Hear what Jobber’s SVP of Product, Jeff Sherlock, has learned about building a successful platform, and how Microsoft’s GM of Modern Work, Brenna Robinson, is integrating payments into MS Teams. You’ll also get the latest tips from the Stripe team on how platforms can do more even in a resource-constrained environment.

Payments are more than just a transactional utility. Hear why directly from consumers, see how their expectations are driving change around the world, and get expert advice on how to adapt from our partners at American Express and Capital One. You’ll also learn how you can build a payments experience that increases revenue and drives brand loyalty – with some businesses on Stripe seeing a 10.5% uplift in revenue.

CFOs from Airbnb, Aon, Masterclass, Midjourney, and Step joined us to share their strategies for weathering economic uncertainty – from creating new lines of business to improving access to data. Learn how to automate manual back-office work to both grow your business and cut costs, and find out how CFOs are experimenting with AI capabilities across multiple teams.

Artificial intelligence is fast becoming a generation-defining technological breakthrough. Hear how product leaders from GitHub and ServiceNow are putting AI to use, from encouraging agile technical experimentation to driving real business outcomes. You’ll also learn how to plan your own AI investments by evaluating emerging use cases and shifting organisational culture.