About the speaker
Christian Byza is a co-founder of OMR and has been living in San Francisco for over 12 years. He is the CEO and co-founder of Learn.xyz, an AI startup that makes corporate learning so engaging that employees forget they’re learning—and start doing it on their own. Previously, Christian held product roles at LinkedIn and Adobe in the heart of Silicon Valley. As the host of the OMR Silicon Valley Update podcast, he’s been reporting from the frontlines of the tech world—essentially OMR’s correspondent in California. Originally from Hamburg, Christian spends his time outside of House of AI (his AI-focused co-working space in SF) either outdoors with his family or shaping wood like a pro in his own workshop.
Christian Byza at OMR
Anthropic has gone from research lab to one of the world's most important AI companies on a simple premise: safety isn't a brake—it's what makes AI truly effective for the enterprise. In conversation with Christian Byza, Roman Howe (Head of DACH & CEE, Anthropic) shares how European companies are putting Claude to work today – from coding agents that accelerate entire dev teams to automating drug discovery and knowledge work. Plus: why "safety first" is becoming a competitive edge in regulated European markets
As ChatGPT continues to expand what mainstream AI can do, and new products like Codex push the frontier of agentic experiences, expectations are shifting fast. On the Conference Stage Nick Turley, Head of ChatGPT at OpenAI, will talk about how AI is becoming more capable, more useful, and more embedded in everyday life, and what that means for users, builders, and businesses as AI moves from conversation to action.
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