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Sponsorship/Web Summit Lisbon

Current campaign Slot in flight · not confirmed Recognition & access · not equity

Web Summit Lisbon

Backing a bid for the stage — and Summit's first European footprint.

Founder Brian Long is working to take the Summit Cognitive story to the Web Summit stage in Lisbon — November 9–12, 2026, at the MEO/Altice Arena, one of the world's largest tech gatherings at 70,000+ attendees. The speaking slot is being secured — it is in flight, not confirmed. If it lands, Summit aims to use the moment to open its first European office and name founding supporters on an EU founders wall. This page is how a small circle of sponsors and in-kind supporters can back that push.

A campaign of Summit Cognitive, Inc. · Founder, Brian C. Long

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The moment

Web Summit is one of the largest technology gatherings in the world, and Lisbon is its home. It is the right room at the right time: Europe's EU AI Act demand window is opening exactly as Summit's accountability work matures. Here is the moment we're aiming at.

WHEN

November 9–12, 2026

Four days at the heart of Europe's tech calendar.

WHERE

MEO / Altice Arena, Lisbon

Web Summit's home venue, on the Lisbon waterfront.

SCALE

70,000+ attendees

Founders, investors, press, and policymakers in one place.

To be clear about the slot: Summit's place on the Web Summit stage is in flight — being secured, not confirmed or scheduled. This campaign backs the effort to land it and to stand up an EU footprint around it. The dates and venue above describe the event itself, not a confirmed Summit speaking slot. We'll update supporters the moment anything is locked.

The goal

Two outcomes, one push. Securing the stage is the visible half; the lasting half is a first European office and an EU founders wall that names the people who backed it early. Both are plans — not commitments — and the speaking slot remains in flight throughout.

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Secure the stage — in flight

Land the speaking slot

StatusBeing secured — in flight, not confirmed. Sponsorship funds the bid: travel, production, the on-stage story, and the surrounding presence at the event.

Why nowSummit's accountability layer is live in production, which makes a credible stage story possible right as European buyers begin asking the EU AI Act questions Summit was built to answer.

Move deeper into the track

What it unlocksSecuring the slot moves Summit deeper into the incubator track and closer to live EU deal flow, against the backdrop of the EU AI Act demand window.

FramingThis is funded through sponsors and in-kind supporters — not an investment round. It is one option among the many ways to sponsor; it just happens to be the one in motion right now.

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Open a first European office

An EU footprint

The planUse the Lisbon moment to open Summit's first European office — a base for EU-facing pilots and partnerships. A plan, not a commitment.

For whomEU-facing sponsors and partners tied to the EU AI Act demand window who want to be part of Summit's first European footprint.

The EU founders wall

RecognitionFounding supporters are named on an EU founders wall and the launch announcement — a permanent, named acknowledgment of who backed the European push first.

Not a securityA named place is recognition and access — not equity, not a security, and not a promise of financial return. See the wall ↓

Why this is worth backing

Summit Cognitive is building the accountability layer for AI in high-stakes decisions — infrastructure that can prove an autonomous action was authorized, evidence-linked, and policy-compliant before it executed. Every AI-assisted decision can generate a Decision Receipt — a cryptographically signed, tamper-evident, independently verifiable record of the evidence used, the policy enforced at decision time, and a deterministic replay.

The product is live in production at decrec.summitcognitive.ai, with a public key and ledger anyone can verify against. That is what makes a Lisbon stage story credible rather than speculative — and it is exactly the capability European buyers are starting to require. Here is where the work stands today:

3,000+

Signed Decision Receipts (production, stated conservatively)

98.6%

Receipt acceptance rate · deny-by-default

99.9%

Deterministic replay across receipts

Ed25519

Hardware-backed signatures, public-key verifiable

Tiers & in-kind matching

Cash support runs from $100 to $5,000+, with each level building on the one below it. In-kind contributions are matched to the equivalent cash tier — donate lodging, travel, design, video, EU legal or fixer services, or translation, and it counts the same as cash at that level. These tiers anchor the Lisbon campaign. Across all of them, the return is recognition and access — never equity, a security, or a promise of financial return.

TierSupportWhat's included
Lisbon Headliner $5,000+ A support mention tied to the talk, a 1:1 strategy session with Brian, top billing on the EU founders wall and launch announcement — plus everything in the lower tiers.
Lisbon Patron $2,500+ Top logo on the sponsor page and Lisbon recap, Founder's Voice status, a signed first edition, a podcast feature, a warm intro at Web Summit, and a quarterly founder call.
Founder's Circle $1,000 Founder's Voice status, a signed first edition, a podcast shout-out and extras, and name or logo on the sponsor page.
Stage Backer $500 A signed first edition, name on the sponsor page, a podcast shout-out, and bonus content.
EU Founding Supporter $250 A named place on the EU-office founders wall and launch announcement, a signed bookplate, and a recap thank-you.
Lisbon Friend $100 Name on the sponsor page, a digital extra, and a recap thank-you.
In-kind Match value Contribute goods or services — design, video, lodging, travel, EU legal or fixer, translation — matched to the equivalent cash tier and earning the same recognition.

The EU founders wall

Supporters at the EU Founding Supporter level and above earn a named place on the EU founders wall and the European-office launch announcement — a lasting, named acknowledgment of who backed the first European footprint. The wall fills as the campaign runs; recognition is the reward, and it is not equity, not a security, and not a promise of financial return.

EU founders wall · forming

Headliner

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Patron

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Founder's Circle

[[ TK — open ]]

EU Founding Supporter

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In-kind

[[ TK — open ]]

Your name here

[[ TK — confirm with Brian ]]

Names are added once a sponsorship is confirmed and the supporter approves how they appear. Final wall placement and the launch announcement are tied to the European-office plan — a plan, not a commitment — and the speaking slot remains in flight throughout.

What this campaign is — and is not

Please read before sponsoring

Sponsorship is recognition and access — not an investment. Sponsors are not buying equity. Sponsorship, including in-kind support, is not a security and is not a promise of financial return. It is support that earns recognition and access in return.

The Web Summit Lisbon speaking slot is in flight — being secured, not confirmed. The EU founders wall, the European office, the talk, and roadmap milestones described here are forward-looking plans, not commitments. Event dates and venue describe Web Summit itself, not a confirmed Summit speaking slot. Public language is reviewed before sending.

Summit Cognitive, Inc. is a Delaware C-Corporation. Nothing on this page is an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any security. If you are exploring investment rather than sponsorship, that is a separate conversation and a separate process — please reach out and we'll direct you appropriately.