About this event
Join ScitiX, i3D.net, and ThinkingAI for a 30-Minute Fireside Chat on June 23, 2026, exploring how to make AI economically viable and operationally efficient. This session will address the most urgent challenges in the industry, focusing on three core areas: navigating the Inference Economics Crisis and controlling escalating token costs, achieving Real-Time AI performance where milliseconds are critical for use cases like gaming, and implementing Sovereign AI architecture to ensure full control over data, performance, and compliance by running inference where your data and users are located.
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External speaker
Stefan Ideler Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer @ i3D.netE
Stefan Ideler is the Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at i3D.net, leading pioneering efforts in global connectivity, infrastructure scaling, and software development for gaming and enterprise solutions. With over 20 years of experience in infrastructure, networking, and game services, he has been at the forefront of the industry’s evolution, from early consumer-hosted game servers to today’s always-online orchestration platforms. After serving as CTO until March 2024, Stefan returned to focus on innovation, developing next-generation technologies, and driving initiatives focused on remote collaboration, performance optimization, and security across distributed teams.
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Team member
Scott Wolk Lead AI Solutions Architect @ ScitiXT
Scott Wolk is the Lead AI Solutions Architect at ScitiX, bringing over two decades of leadership experience in information security, DevOps, and IT infrastructure to the table. Previously, he served as VP of DevOps, QA, IT, and Security at Quid, and worked as a CISO consultant specializing in enterprise compliance—roles that gave him deep expertise in safeguarding data and scaling high-performance tech stacks. At ScitiX, operating under the core mission of "Data in, AI services out," Scott's primary focus is delivering cutting-edge AI services to customers, helping organizations seamlessly deploy, scale, and optimize their AI workloads.
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External speaker
Daniel Usedom GTM @ ThinkingAIE
Daniel Usedom has spent the last decade working across the games and entertainment industry, with stops at Unity, Roblox, and AccelByte before joining ThinkingAI. As GTM at ThinkingAI, his focus is on bringing Agentic AI analytics and LiveOps practices—used by top-grossing mobile studios—to game developers and app teams, helping them move faster with AI-powered growth agents that yield real operational outcomes without added complexity. His background spans enterprise sales, demand generation, and strategic partnerships, providing him with a critical perspective on where teams typically face obstacles in translating data into action.
ScitiX
ScitiXScitiX is a next-generation provider of intelligent computing infrastructure, dedicated to empowering artificial intelligence innovation through high-performance, scalable solutions.
