Join a select group of family offices, institutions, foundations & endowments, VCs, founders, and AI researchers for an intimate AI x Social Innovation gathering on the evening of April 8 at a private skydeck in San Jose. Hosted by Mozilla Foundation, the Aspen Institute's Policy Academy, and BDX Capital, this is part of the AI for Impact gathering series running since 2023.

The evening will commence promptly at 5:30 pm with beverage, hors d'oeuvres and heavy appetizers, followed by lightning talks and breakout group discussions.

Together, we will explore:

How should foundations, nonprofits, and government think about the opportunities and risks of AI in their work?

Where are the gaps in cross-sector collaboration on AI?

What are the most promising opportunities to build, fund, and scale impact?

*Hot take alert: Who shoud have final say on the use of AI: Frontier Labs? Government? or ?

We aim to emerge with clarity on the concrete problems to solve, and opportunities for deeper collaboration across the innovation ecosystem between public, private and nonprofit sectors.

PLEASE NOTE: This is an invitation-only event. Public applications to join will not be approved.

About the Hosts:

Yiwen Li is the Head of Venture and Strategic investments at BDX Capital. Established in 2015, BDX Capital is a global single-family office with diversified investments. Yiwen was previously an investor with Capital Group, Alumni ventures, and NantWorks, focus on investing in venture and growth equity through funds and direct investments. Yiwen started the "AI for Impact" series in 2023 to gather key stakeholders for cross sector collaboration around AI.

Betsy Cooper leads the Aspen Institute’s Policy Academy, where she equips tech and civic leaders to translate cutting-edge AI expertise into smart, real-world policy that shapes how artificial intelligence is governed. A former senior leader at the Department of Homeland Security and a nationally recognized voice on cybersecurity and emerging technology policy, she brings deep experience at the intersection of national security, technology, and public leadership to advancing responsible AI.

Mehan Jayasuriya is currently a Senior Program Officer at the Mozilla Foundation. He has been with Mozilla since 2016 and has funded dozens of open source projects with an eye toward long-term sustainability. His most recent grantee cohorts have focused on bias, transparency and environmental impact in the AI ecosystem. He previously held roles at NYU, Tumblr, General Assembly and Public Knowledge.

About the Speakers

Deirdre K. Mulligan is a Professor at UC Berkeley’s School of Information, a faculty Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, a co-organizer of the Algorithmic Fairness & Opacity Working Group, and a faculty leader across Berkeley’s AI and tech policy initiatives. She previously served as Principal Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Director of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office, advancing values-driven, equitable AI and technology policy. Mulligan also was founding Director of the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic and a founder, staff counsel and board chair at the Center for Democracy & Technology in Washington, D.C.

Paige Hendrix Buckner is the CEO of All Raise, the national organization advancing the power and influence of women and nonbinary investors in venture capital. Under her leadership, All Raise is building the infrastructure—community, data, and storytelling—needed to shift who is trusted to allocate capital and shape the future of innovation.
Paige previously served as Chief of Staff and Interim CEO of All Raise, helping guide the organization through a period of growth and strategic evolution. Prior to All Raise, she was the COO of Founder Gym, the largest online program helping underrepresented founders raise venture capital. Paige is a recognized voice on the future of venture capital and the business case for diversity. She has been featured in Bloomberg, Forbes, Fortune, TechCrunch, and Entrepreneur, where she shares insights on how expanding who holds power in venture leads to stronger returns, broader innovation, and a more competitive economy.

Johann Boedecker is the founder and CEO of Pentatonic, a fintech infrastructure company enabling AI agents to understand, value, and transact physical products on behalf of consumers. The mission is circular by design: by making it effortless for products to be returned, resold, and re-entered into the economy, Pentatonic makes sustainable consumption the default. A published researcher in materials science with a decade of manufacturing and supply chain experience across Taiwan and China, Johann built Pentatonic from the ground up with a world-class engineering team. A Mastercard Start Path graduate, Pentatonic’s platform today serves 150+ brands and is becoming the governance layer the agentic economy runs on.

Judy Alterado is Chief of Staff, Programs & Policy at Omidyar Network. Omidyar Network is a philanthropic venture whose mission is to bend the arc of the digital revolution toward shared power, prosperity, and possibility. A cross-sector strategist, operator, and communicator, Judy co-leads a multimillion dollar portfolio focused on the economic impacts of technology, especially as it relates to workers and jobs. She also manages the operations and strategic priorities of an integrated grantmaking team. Previously, she helped build the Multicultural communications team at Edelman, built coalitions and advocacy campaigns to support workers and consumers as a public affairs consultant, and held a research fellowship at the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality.

AI X Social Innovation LP Gathering