2:20 PM - 2:50 PM
What It Takes to Build a Tech Platform in 2026

Featuring Tyler Denk, Co-founder and CEO, Beehiiv and John Imah, Co-founder and CEO, SpreeAI 

Building a tech platform today means competing with new entrants that are rapidly unseating incumbents, not by simply doing more, but by moving smarter. This session looks at how a new generation of platforms is disrupting legacy players by staying nimble, designing with fewer constraints, and responding faster to how people actually work and live now. We’ll explore how modern platforms earn trust, support real economic opportunity, and grow with intention in an environment that increasingly favors flexibility over size.

Tyler Denk John Imah