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Hear from Ambrosia Energy and Bloom Energy execs on where the AI infrastructure boom is creating opportunity at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
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8:00 AM PDT · October 8, 2026
AI may be built in software, but scaling it is becoming a physical-world problem. Every new model, agent, and AI application needs somewhere to run, and an infrastructure connecting them all.
At
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
, Ben Longmier, CEO of Ambrosia Energy, and Bill Thayer, SVP and Head of Datacenter Solutions at Bloom Energy, come together on the Smart Systems Stage for a conversation on “
Where the AI Infrastructure Boom Is Creating Winners
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This industry stage session will examine which constraints are creating durable business opportunities, where new categories are beginning to emerge, and what founders can build as AI moves further into the physical world.
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The AI race is becoming an infrastructure race
Much of the AI conversation has focused on models, chips, and applications. But none of them operate in isolation. Scaling AI depends on an expanding physical stack: power generation, grid connections, data centers, cooling, electrical equipment, and the systems required to keep everything running.
That creates a different kind of challenge. What happens when demand for compute grows faster than power and infrastructure can be delivered? Which shortages are temporary, and which could reshape the market for years? Where does a constraint stop being a problem and start becoming a category of its own? Those are the questions this session will tackle.
Rather than looking at AI solely through the software layer,
Bill Thayer
and
Ben Longmier
will examine the infrastructure underneath it — and what those pressures could mean for founders, investors, and companies planning for the next phase of AI growth.
Where do the real opportunities sit?
Infrastructure booms create opportunity, but the benefits are rarely distributed evenly. The challenge is identifying which parts of the stack genuinely need new solutions, where spending is likely to persist, and which emerging categories can support durable businesses rather than short-term demand.
Bringing together leaders across energy, data center solutions, and market intelligence gives the discussion a wider view of that question. Expect the conversation to explore where constraints are appearing, how the market is responding, and which areas founders should be watching as more capital flows into AI infrastructure.
For founders, that means looking beyond the obvious AI application. For investors, it means understanding where infrastructure demand could create defensible markets. For tech leaders, it offers a clearer view of the physical systems increasingly shaping where and how AI can scale.
The next AI company may solve a physical-world problem
The next major opportunity created by AI may not look like an AI company at all. It could emerge in energy, data centers, cooling, grid technology, electrical equipment, infrastructure software, or entirely new categories that don’t yet have established names.
The common factor is the same: AI is creating new demands on the physical world, and those demands need solutions. That is what makes this session broader than an infrastructure discussion. It’s about understanding where the next markets could emerge — and who is positioned to build for them.
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