SYNAPSE

SYNAPSE is back! Two days. One stage. The world’s most provocative minds in science, technology & society. Join some of the sharpest minds on the planet for a riveting weekend of ideas, debate, and discovery. 📍 Le Meridien, Gurgaon | 🗓 21–22 Feb 2026 🎟 Book now: synapseconclave.com/tickets 🔗 Visit synapseconclave.com/india for more details.

Our creations are walking among us. Like Sophia, the world’s first digital citizen. And Desdemona, the world’s first robot rockstar. In this unscripted SYNAPSE session, they spar live on stage – with sass, misfires, “robot ego,” and uncomfortable honesty — with @ShomaChaudhury , Founder of Lucid Lines & Founder-Director, SYNAPSE. And roboticist Sylvia Stocker explains the real shift already underway: humans form emotional attachment not only to humanoid robots, but even to simple machines. Watch snippets to gauge whether the robot revolution is real, unpack how human psychology reacts in real time — and why the ethics of attachment may matter as much as the engineering. #OriginalThinking #SYNAPSE #SYNAPSE2026 #science #tech #society #robots #ai youtu.be/OacdvY5jafo?si…

Trailblazers @kiranshaw and @drsangitareddy are shaping healthcare for a billion-plus people. And redefining India’s role on the global stage. Shaw built India’s first globally respected biopharma company, Biocon. Reddy heads one of the largest healthcare networks in the world, Apollo Hospitals. Watch them in conversation with @ShomaChaudhury, Founder of Lucid Lines & Founder-Director, SYNAPSE, as they unpack the frontiers of medicine – from gene therapies and AI-assisted healthcare to xenotransplantation. Share their guiding principles – from “Biological Intelligence” to “biology, bytes, bandwidth”. And reveal why India is the new locus of the global bioeconomy. #OriginalThinking #SYNAPSE2026 #SYNAPSEConclave #SYNAPSE #science #tech #society #healthcare youtu.be/6nh_zr69Yeo?si…

Is consciousness created by the brain—or beyond it? At @SynapseConclave , Sadhviji joined @andrewnewberg and @ShomaChaudhury to explore the science & spirituality of awakening. Watch: youtu.be/oNT90MdiEgk?si… #Consciousness #Spirituality

AI is mimicking music legends. Like, Sonu Nigam performed a live duet with an AI avatar of long-gone Mohammed Rafi. AI is churning out songs. An entirely AI-generated song — Walk My Walk by the virtual artist Breaking Rust, recently hit #1 on a Billboard chart. But can AI riff in the moment? Feed off energy in a room? Carry emotions that haven't been coded? Watch Shankar Mahadevan in conversation with @ShomaChaudhury at SYNAPSE as he reveals his musicality, what triggered his creative journey, the analytical mind behind the imaginative touch and how collaborating with AI can never replace what’s truly original. #OriginalThinking #SYNAPSE #SYNAPSE2026 #SYNAPSEConclave #science #tech #society #music #ai youtu.be/KVj1xELgJLc?si…

. @ylecun just secured a $1 billion funding bet on a new breed of AI. LeCun is an “AI godfather”. Winner of the Turing Award, the Nobel of computer science. Skeptic in chief who doesn’t believe LLMs will get us to actual intelligence. And a contrarian who is focused on the next AI revolution instead of the present race to scale. Watch him in conversation with @ShomaChaudhury, Founder-Director, SYNAPSE, as he unpacks the hype around LLMs, why there is disagreement on how to get to superintelligence, whether AI is dangerous, why he left Meta – and his solution to making machines smarter than humans. A solution that former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and inventor of World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee have bought into. #SYNAPSE #SYNAPSEConclave #SYNAPSE2026 #science #tech #society #ai youtu.be/MEDkcmhtI90?si…

Is AI really making decisions in warfare today? Hear what "The War Transfer" David Spirk, Senior Operator at Palantir, has to say. Watch him in conversation with @ShomaChaudhury, Founder-Director, #SYNAPSE, on our website, soon. #OriginalThinking #SYNAPSEConclave #ai #war

This moment still lives rent-free in our heads. When Ishaan Khatter took over the #SYNAPSE stage, the room instantly came alive. The energy was so infectious that even Neeraj Ghaywan couldn’t resist shaking a leg. A rare sight. One that could probably only happen at SYNAPSE. Watch him in conversation with @ShomaChaudhury , Founder-Director, SYNAPSE, on our website, soon.

The “Godfather of AI,” @ylecun , on whether AI could lead to humanity’s extinction — at #SYNAPSE2026 Watch him in conversation with @ShomaChaudhury, Founder-Director, SYNAPSE, on our website, soon. #OriginalThinking #SYNAPSE #SYNAPSEConclave #ai

There are certain moments you know will stay with you. Having Shankar Mahadevan bring Breathless to the #SYNAPSE stage was one of them. Decades later, the control. The craft. The command. Still extraordinary. Watch him in conversation with @ShomaChaudhury, Founder-Director, SYNAPSE, on our website, soon.

Thank you very much @paragkhanna It was a pleasure to host you @SynapseConclave Enjoyed your astute insights about geoeconomics & infrastructure interdependency as being a truer lens on the power equations that define the world, rather than traditional binaries of US and China great power competition.

This is the conversation tech needs to have. We pour billions into artificial intelligence and almost nothing into understanding the consciousness experiencing it. When conferences like SYNAPSE bring neuroscience and spirituality into the same room, the real breakthroughs start happening.

Such a pleasure to speak at the Synapse conclave in Gurgaon. An enriching and eclectic gathering of interdisciplinary minds! Deepest thanks to @ShomaChaudhury for masterful curation! @SynapseConclave #SYNAPSE

One of the most invigorating experiences at this edition of Synapse. Excellent speakers, in fact some of the most brilliant minds in the world on one platform. Compliments @ShomaChaudhury and your team.

Where ideas didn’t just speak — they challenged, provoked, inspired, and redefined the future. From science to spirituality, fashion to warfare tech, AI to geopolitics — Synapse 2026 brought together some of the sharpest global minds under one roof. Every voice on this stage carried a perspective that pushed boundaries and sparked new conversations. This wasn’t just an event. It was a convergence of vision, innovation, and bold thinking. Here’s a glimpse of the moments, the minds, and the movement that defined Synapse 2026. #VoicesOfSynapse #Synapse2026

It is a new world and the boundaries are being pushed in fashion which is who we are and what we wear. A fitting conclusion to the two-day event. #Synapse2026

Snapshots from the finale of #Synapse2026. Fashion, new collections and gold bags costing more than €100,000.

Products that generate emotions. #SebastienMeyer talks about the glass bag and the story behind the meteorite bag.

SHOWCASE I Hi-tech Couture PHANTOM THREADS Meet the French designers who spray painted a dress on Bella Hadid - Live on stage. Hear #SebastienMeyer & #ArnaudVaillant talk about pushing fashion boundaries at #Synapse2026.

Meeting interesting people at @SynapseConclave A retired army general @ManojNaravane A super model and actor @poojabeditweets A medical scientist @doctorsoumya And a robot

AI operates within human-set parameters. When collateral damage happens — system limitation or policy choice?