Insight Partners Announces Fourth Annual ScaleUp:AI Conference, Convening Global AI Builders and Luminaries in NYC

Conference welcomes The Wharton School's Ethan Mollick as keynote speaker

NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Global software investor Insight Partners today announced the return of its annual industry conference, ScaleUp:AI, on October 7, 2025, in New York City and livestreamed virtually. Now in its fourth year, ScaleUp:AI is one of the first global conferences that brings together many of the brightest minds and foremost thought leaders in AI for networking opportunities and transformative conversations about AI innovation, adoption, and best practices.

Powered by Insight Partners, one of the largest AI investors with 80+ AI and machine learning companies and $5.5 billion deployed across the sector, ScaleUp:AI 2025 will convene the founders, investors, academics, experts, and enterprise leaders across Insight's extensive network. In previous years, the conference has welcomed over 300 VIP in-person attendees and over 2,800 virtual attendees from over 70 countries. ScaleUp:AI 2025 is seeing strong demand from leaders eager to tune in and take part in thought-provoking discussions about the AI landscape, value creation, and how leading businesses and enterprises are harnessing the power of AI.

An Impactful Agenda at the Forefront of Innovation

ScaleUp:AI 2025 is poised to be one of the most timely and influential AI events of the year. With an agenda curated in partnership with AI investors and industry figures, attendees will hear current insights and thinking from a prestigious lineup of speakers, including from Adobe, IBM, Nvidia, New York Stock Exchange, the U.S. Military, and more.

The following speakers have been confirmed, with more to be announced:

• Ethan Mollick, Innovation Expert & Artificial Intelligence Thought Leader; Professor of Entrepreneurship, The Wharton School
• Jeff Horing, Co-founder and Managing Director, Insight Partners
• Lynn Martin, President, NYSE Group, New York Stock Exchange
• Tony Fadell, Principal at Build Collective, iPod inventor, Nest founder 

These industry veterans will share their invaluable expertise on a range of critical topics and priority areas in AI, including:

• Navigating the "Jagged Frontier" of generative AI
• The shift towards AI autonomy
• How agentic AI is rearchitecting enterprise workflows

Supported by Industry Leaders and Builders

This year's conference is proudly presented by Insight Partners and supported by industry leaders including Adobe, Dell Technologies, Google Cloud, Morgan Stanley, New York Stock Exchange, Oracle, Rackspace Technology, Silicon Valley Bank, and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. Together with a comprehensive network of leading AI companies within the Insight Partners portfolio, they cultivate a collaborative ecosystem for attendees.

Participating Portfolio Partners to Date:

• Acceldata
• Copado
• CrewAI
• Exiger
• HoneyHive
• Incident.io
• Kiteworks
• Lightrun
• Marketing Evolution
• Postman
• Precisely
• Promptfoo
• Runware
• Shelf
• Skyflow
• Valence
• Writer

About the ScaleUp Series

The ScaleUp Series, encompassing conferences on AI, healthcare, cybersecurity, and more, empowers leaders and doers across various sectors. Designed and driven by Insight Partners, a trusted ScaleUp partner in the software industry, this series aims to guide and inspire individuals ready to take their businesses to new heights.

Now in its fourth year, ScaleUp:AI is one of the first global conferences that brings together the top AI builders, enterprise executives, luminaries, and investors. Powered by Insight Partners and our extensive network of founders, investors, academics, experts, and enterprise leaders, ScaleUp:AI gathers 300+ VIP in person attendees and thousands of virtual attendees every year in a leading industry event for thought-provoking discussions about AI innovation, adoption, best practices, and more.

For more information and registration details, please visit https://scaleup.events/.

About Insight Partners

Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies that are driving transformative change in their industries. As of December 31, 2024, the firm has over $90B in regulatory assets under management. Insight Partners has invested in more than 800 companies worldwide and has seen over 55 portfolio companies achieve an IPO. Headquartered in New York City, Insight has offices in London, Tel Aviv, and the Bay Area. Insight's mission is to find, fund, and work successfully with visionary executives, providing them with tailored, hands-on software expertise along their growth journey, from their first investment to IPO. For more information on Insight and all its investments, visit insightpartners.com or follow us on X @insightpartners.

SOURCE Insight Partners