{"id":26031,"date":"2026-06-03T01:57:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=26031"},"modified":"2026-06-03T02:02:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T05:02:27","slug":"softswiss-tech-race-summit-announces-former-google-executive-as-first-keynote-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/softswiss-tech-race-summit-announces-former-google-executive-as-first-keynote-speaker","title":{"rendered":"SOFTSWISS:\u00a0Tech Race Summit announces former Google executive as first keynote speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Andrey Doronichev will participate in the inaugural edition of the event organised by SOFTSWISS, where he will give his opinion on the impact of artificial intelligence on business and technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Press release.-\u00a0<strong>Tech Race Summit<\/strong>, organised by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/softswiss-uses-next-valletta-2026-to-spotlight-products-beyond-its-casino-platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SOFTSWISS<\/a>, has announced\u00a0<strong>Andrey Doronichev<\/strong>\u00a0as the first keynote speaker for its debut event in Warsaw on September 10, 2026. The former Google executive and founder of AI startup Optic will join a cross-industry conference focused on how major technology companies are preparing for the next wave of change in AI, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and digital product development, and what these shifts will mean for the future of the IT industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doronichev spent more than a decade at Google, where he helped build products used by billions of people worldwide. He played a key role in the growth of YouTube Mobile and later led virtual reality initiatives, including Google Cardboard and Daydream. Today, he is the founder of&nbsp;<strong>Optic<\/strong>, an AI company focused on drug discovery and the use of large-scale computing in pharmaceutical research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/softswiss-tech-race-summit-opens-final-call-for-speakers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tech Race Summit<\/a>, Doronichev will deliver a keynote session focused on\u00a0<strong>how AI is changing industries and work<\/strong>. His participation reflects the summit\u2019s aim to bring leaders into open discussions about the technical and business decisions influenced by AI adoption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sergey Kastukevich<\/strong>, chief technology officer at SOFTSWISS, comments: \u201cTech Race Summit was created to bring together people solving difficult technology problems and to explore what the future of technology holds. Andrey Doronichev has worked on products used daily by billions of people and has seen several major shifts in consumer technology from inside the industry. His perspective fits the kind of practical and forward-looking conversations we want this event to create.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tech Race Summit is organised by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/softswiss-prediction-markets-for-sportsbooks-what-the-first-operator-found-after-launch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SOFTSWISS<\/a>\u00a0and gathers engineers, technology executives, infrastructure specialists, and product teams to discuss how companies respond to growing technical complexity, cybersecurity challenges, and the rapid adoption of AI across business operations and consumer products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will feature three conference stages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Vision Track\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 keynotes and discussions about AI, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and technology strategy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Solution Track<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 technical sessions and case studies from engineers and architects working on modern digital systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Experiment Track\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 practical demonstrations, emerging tools, and unconventional engineering approaches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The organisers expect around 1,000 attendees from across the technology and business sectors. The programme already includes speakers and contributors from companies such as&nbsp;<strong>AWS, Oracle, Cloudflare, Google, Fastly, Gcore, ScyllaDB and others.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tech Race Summit will take place in Warsaw on&nbsp;<strong>September 10, 2026<\/strong>. Early bird tickets are available now through the event website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrey Doronichev will participate in the inaugural edition of the event organised by SOFTSWISS, where he will give his opinion on the impact of artificial intelligence on business and technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":true,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"SOFTSWISS, a prominent iGaming B2B supplier, is organizing the inaugural Tech Race Summit in Warsaw on September 10, 2026, featuring former Google executive Andrey Doronichev as a keynote speaker. The event will explore the transformative impact of AI, cybersecurity, and advanced infrastructure on various industries, including the iGaming sector. This initiative underscores SOFTSWISS's strategic focus on technological innovation and its implications for business and product development within gaming verticals.","focusai_entities":"SOFTSWISS, Andrey Doronichev, Google, Optic, Sergey Kastukevich, AWS, Oracle, Cloudflare, Fastly, Gcore, ScyllaDB","focusai_location":"Warsaw, Poland","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.75), operator_casino (0.85), product_ux (0.9), tech_data (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (1.0), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"AI's iGaming Impact","query":"How will the insights from the Tech Race Summit, particularly regarding AI and infrastructure, translate into tangible product enhancements and operational efficiencies for SOFTSWISS's iGaming operator clients?"},{"label":"SOFTSWISS Tech Strategy","query":"What specific governance frameworks and investment strategies is SOFTSWISS implementing to integrate advanced AI and cybersecurity solutions across its B2B platform offerings, ensuring regulatory compliance and competitive advantage?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60014,60018],"tags":[2279],"class_list":["post-26031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-central-africa","category-partner-news","tag-softswiss","press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26033,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26031\/revisions\/26033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}