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title: "Closing Remarks"
speakers: "Alex Lieberman (Tenex)"
duration: "1:12"
source: transcript.md
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status: draft
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# Three keynote threads and one rule before heading out: go speak to humans

Wrapping up Day 1 in the Simons Room in just over a minute, Alex Lieberman recapped the afternoon's final three talks and left attendees with two quick instructions for the evening and the 9 a.m. restart.

## World models, agent land, and applied AI in investing

Lieberman opened his sign-off by tying together the three sessions that anchored the closing keynote block: world models translating pixels into actions, Dillon's framework for building agents on owned versus rented land, and Frank's look at applied AI inside investment decision-making (00:00:00).

**Key points**

- The closing block spanned pixels-to-actions world models, owned versus rented agent infrastructure, and applied AI for investing.
- Together, the three talks moved from foundational model capabilities to platform ownership and domain deployment.

> “We had Dillon talking about building agents on owned versus rented land, and then we had Frank talking about how they think about leveraging applied AI as it relates to making decisions around investments.”
> — 00:00:00

**Visual:** diagram "Day 1 closing keynote arc: pixels-to-actions world models, owned vs. rented agent land, and applied AI in investing"

## Housekeeping item one: go speak to humans

After a round of applause for the Day 1 speakers, Lieberman closed with two practical notes (00:00:18). First, he urged everyone in the room to treat the day's technical sessions as shared surface area to go meet and talk with other attendees rather than letting the evening slip past (00:00:18). Second, he reminded the crowd that Day 1 was only half the program, with Day 2 starting right before 9 a.m. the next morning (00:00:18).

**Key points**

- Housekeeping item one: use the day's talks as conversational surface area and go talk directly with other people at the event.
- Housekeeping item two: return right before 9 a.m. the next morning for Day 2.

> “Again, that is surface area for you to be able to connect with others and live in Edge City by having intellectually stimulating conversations.”
> — 00:00:18

**Visual:** diagram "Day 1 wrap-up loop: stage sessions feed evening conversations ahead of the 9 a.m. Day 2 start"