Ram Velaga, Senior Vice President at Broadcom, leads discussions on the future of AI networking. He highlights the battle between copper and optical technologies, emphasizing the need for open standards. Velaga explores Broadcom's Tomahawk 6 and Ultra innovations, focusing on their potential to redefine network infrastructure. He also sheds light on the advantages of Ethernet over proprietary systems like NVLink, advocating for vendor neutrality. The conversation reveals how simplicity, bandwidth, and new deployment strategies will shape the next generation of AI networks.