The Future of AI Infrastructure and AI Reliability | MantisGrid AI Summit Panel Highlights

Highlights from two panels at the MantisGrid AI Hackathon & Summit 2026 in Palo Alto on Sept 17, 2026. Panel: The Future of AI Infrastructure Moderator: Kandan Kathirvel, Founder & CEO, MantisGrid AI Panelists: Boris Scholl (Microsoft), Malhar Thakkar (Intel), Sam Aldrin (NVIDIA), Vijay Vusirikala (Arista Networks) Should we build more AI data centers? Boris Scholl of Microsoft says we still need more because the demand is there. But we also need to better use what we have, from GPUs to network and storage. Panel: AI Reliability Beyond the Model Moderator: Randolph Chung, Co-Founder & CTO, MantisGrid AI Panelists: Jared Quincy Davis (Mithril), Mahesh Ram (Solvvy), Vijay Krishnan (Turing.com) What are the biggest problems enterprises face in adopting AI? Mahesh Ram of Solvvy says the CXOs he meets are tired of hearing about capabilities and want provable outcomes. The systems to turn "a capability mindset to a reliability mindset" are not in place yet.