Peak XV & Surge Immersion 2026 | Surge

Peak XV & Surge Immersion 2026

Peak XV’s annual deep dive into the playbooks shaping the world's most iconic companies.

Feb 25-27, 2026
San Francisco

Why Attend

Peak XV & Surge Immersion 2026

See how the world’s best companies are built

Go inside the playbooks of founders and CEOs who have built enduring, category-defining companies. From zero-to-one decisions to scaling with discipline, hear unfiltered lessons on what actually works and what doesn’t.


Learn what’s next in AI, software, and company building

Explore how frontier technologies like AI-native products, agentic systems, and new distribution models are reshaping how companies are built and scaled. Sessions are designed to move beyond trends and focus on first-principles thinking and execution.


Pressure-test your thinking with global peers

Spend time with a small, highly curated group of founders building ambitious companies across AI, SaaS, fintech, and consumer. Exchange notes, challenge assumptions, and sharpen your thinking through deep, honest conversations with peers at a similar stage, but with global ambition.

2026 Speaker Line-up

Aaron Katz

⁠Aaron Katz

Co-founder & CEO, ClickHouse

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Alfred-Lin

Alfred Lin

Partner, Sequoia Capital

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Arsalan

Arsalan Tavakoli

Co-founder, Databricks

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Elad

Elad Gil

Investor

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Aliisa

Aliisa Rosenthal

Sales Leader, ex-OpenAI

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Nathan

Nathan Blecharczyk

Co-founder, Airbnb

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Mike

Mike Vernal

Partner, Conviction

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Malte

Malte Ubl

CTO, Vercel

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Cristina

Cristina Cordova

COO, Linear

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Prabhakar

Prabhakar Raghavan

Chief Technologist, Google

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Francis

Francis deSouza

COO, Google Cloud, Former CEO Illumina, Serial Founder

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Christina

Christina Cacioppo

Co-founder & CEO, Vanta

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Seshu

Seshu Ajjarapu

Senior Director, Google DeepMind

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Varun

Varun Mohan

Founder, Windsurf

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Emily

Emily Cohen

Head of Ops, Cognition

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Campus Visit at Google

Inside one of the world’s most enduring tech companies

Peak XV & Surge Immersion 2026

FAQs

Yes, this is an invite-only event curated for Surge & Peak XV founders. Every year, we do invite selective external companies.

Please register by submitting the RSVP form. We’ll be in touch post that!

You can visit surge.peakxv.com. If you’d like to apply, here’s our application form.

Here is the full agenda.