Navigating Software’s "Walls of Worry" & AI’s Future w/ Top VC CTO, Tue (6/16)

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Navigating Software’s "Walls of Worry" & AI’s Future w/ Top VC CTO, Tue (6/16)

USA | Software EquityJuneResearch11, 2026

Navigating Software’s "Walls of Worry" & AI’s

Future w/ Top VC CTO, Tue (6/16)

Please join us next Tuesday (6/16) @11:00 AM ET for a call w/ Ilya

Kirnos, Co-founder & CTO of SignalFire. He will share his perspective on

the "SaaSpocalypse" and his views on AI’s transformative impact on other

industries and dive into how SignalFire leverages data internally through

its Beacon platform. This discussion is very timely & essential for anyone

navigating the next frontier of software & AI. See speaker details below, &

register here.

Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at 11:00 AM ET / 8:00 AM PT

Registration Link: HERE

Speaker:

Ilya Kirnos, CTO and Co-founder of SignalFire•

Host:

Brent Thill, Jefferies Software/Internet Analyst•

Maximilian Joseph, Jefferies Software/AI/Internet Senior Associate•

Speaker Bio:

Ilya Kirnos is the Co-founder and CTO of SignalFire, where he oversees the fund's Beacon AI product

and investments in engineering-led companies. SignalFire, founded in 2013, manages $3B in AUM

and differentiates itself as an AI-native firm built like a tech company to disrupt traditional venture

capital.

Prior to co-founding SignalFire, Ilya was a Software Engineer at Google (2004-2012), where he

held several technical leadership positions. He was a Technical Lead for Gmail Ads and was

responsible for predicting consumer purchase intent and consumer Gmail monetization. Ilya was

also a Technical Lead for AdWords Performance and Scalability where he managed responsiveness

and uptime of the AdWords frontend. Ilya was also the founder and Technical Lead for Google

Prediction Markets, where he led the engineering team from conception to product launch.