Northbound AI Summit 2026

October 12 – 14, 2026 · Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California

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Elena Petrova

Research Engineering Director · Gradient Commons

Elena directs research engineering at Gradient Commons, where her group evaluates state-space, recurrent, sparse, and hybrid model architectures under matched training budgets. She focuses on evidence that production teams can act on.

Sessions (1)

The Post-Transformer Landscape

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 · 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT · Room 305