NVIDIA’s Nader Khalil & Sydney Sykes on Building AI Startups Worth Betting On | Disrupt 2026
TechCrunch · Published on October 16, 2026
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AI founders face consequential choices about which models to use, what technology to own, and where to invest their resources. NVIDIA’s Nader Khalil, Director of Developer Tech, and Sydney Sykes, Global Head of VC Partnerships, explore how those decisions shape how startups are built and funded, including the tradeoffs between open and proprietary models and how cost and control influence strategy. #TechCrunchDisrupt2026 Follow us across... https://www.youtube.com/techcrunch https://x.com/techcrunch https://bsky.app/profile/techcrunch.com https://instagram.com/techcrunch https://www.facebook.com/techcrunch/ https://www.tiktok.com/@techcrunch Read more: https://techcrunch.com/
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