# Qualcomm > Based in United States; at Web Summit Lisbon 2026 as a speaker's company. Public facts only, each with its source. *Source: · site v0.1.12 · generated from the same content as the page, so the two cannot drift.* --- | | | |---|---| | **What they do** | Semiconductor and computing company (AI, low-power computing, connectivity, edge and data centre). | | **Based in** | [United States](../../places/united-states/index.md) | | **At Web Summit as** | a speaker's company | | **Confirmed for 2026** | Yes: Dr. Durga Malladi (EVP and GM, Technology Planning, Edge Solutions & Data Center, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.) is listed on the LIS26 session page 'The AI agent economy' | | **Website** | [qualcomm.com](https://www.qualcomm.com/) | | **Filed under** | [Platforms](../../topics/platform/index.md) | ## At the summit {#summit} - **10:10** [The AI agent economy](../../events/the-ai-agent-economy/index.md) *Wed 11 Nov, until 10:30 · [Stage 13](../../places/stage-13/index.md) · the session page names it ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/7bd19b8b-b399-42d5-b94f-df528a27696a/the-](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/7bd19b8b-b399-42d5-b94f-df528a27696a/the-ai-agent-economy/), read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator); [Dr. Durga Malladi](../../people/dr-durga-malladi/index.md) speaks ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/7bd19b8b-b399-42d5-b94f-df528a27696a/the-](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/7bd19b8b-b399-42d5-b94f-df528a27696a/the-ai-agent-economy/), read 2026-11-04 by programme@web-summit.vicky)* `Our pick` - **11:30** [Press conference with Qualcomm SVP & General Manager, Durga Malladi](../../events/press-conference-with-qualcomm-svp-general-manager-durga/index.md) *Wed 11 Nov, until 11:50 · [Stage 2](../../places/stage-2/index.md) · [Dr. Durga Malladi](../../people/dr-durga-malladi/index.md) speaks ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/f7f3baf1-97f7-49bf-892e-9375011c6146/pres](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/f7f3baf1-97f7-49bf-892e-9375011c6146/press-conference-with-qualcomm-svp-general-manager-durga-malladi/), read 2026-11-04 by programme@web-summit.vicky)* - **14:45** [The new battle for brand influence](../../events/the-new-battle-for-brand-influence/index.md) *Wed 11 Nov, until 15:10 · [Centre Stage](../../places/centre-stage/index.md) · [Don McGuire](../../people/don-mcguire/index.md) speaks ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/d7a21b52-7826-4be2-8af2-e74a345f3e2b/the-](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/d7a21b52-7826-4be2-8af2-e74a345f3e2b/the-new-battle-for-brand-influence/), read 2026-11-04 by programme@web-summit.vicky)* ## People {#people} People the summit's pages list under Qualcomm, by name, role and organisation only. - [Don McGuire](../../people/don-mcguire/index.md), EVP and CMO, as listed under "Qualcomm" ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/d7a21b52-7826-4be2-8af2-e74a345f3e2b/the-](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/d7a21b52-7826-4be2-8af2-e74a345f3e2b/the-new-battle-for-brand-influence/), read 2026-11-04). - [Dr. Durga Malladi](../../people/dr-durga-malladi/index.md), EVP and GM, Technology Planning, Edge Solutions & Data Center, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., as listed under "Qualcomm" ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/7bd19b8b-b399-42d5-b94f-df528a27696a/the-](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/7bd19b8b-b399-42d5-b94f-df528a27696a/the-ai-agent-economy/), read 2026-11-04). ## Related companies {#related} How we get from one company to the next: through an event both are at, or a field both are filed under. Each line says which. - Also filed under [Platforms](../../topics/platform/index.md) (7): [Atlassian](../atlassian/index.md), [Cerebras](../cerebras/index.md), [Cognizant](../cognizant/index.md), [Google Cloud](../google-cloud/index.md), [IBM](../ibm/index.md), [Melious AI GmbH](../melious-ai/index.md), [MEO](../meo/index.md). ## Our question for them {#question} As for every company we follow, three questions, not claims. We have not asked Qualcomm yet. When they answer, it goes here. 1. **Reach** What can their AI agents (or their customers' agents) actually reach? 2. **Mandate** What were they authorised to do? 3. **Gap** Who controls the gap between the two? ## Where this comes from {#sources} - [websummit.com/sessions/lis26/7bd19b8b-b399-42d5-b94f-df528a27696a/the-](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/7bd19b8b-b399-42d5-b94f-df528a27696a/the-ai-agent-economy/), read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: LIS26 session page (conferenceSlug lis26): 'The AI agent economy', 11 Nov, AI Summit, Stage 13, names Qualcomm as the speaker's organisation. - [www.qualcomm.com/](https://www.qualcomm.com/), read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: what the company does, from its own site (title and description). Re-checked by newsroom@web-summit.dinis on 2026-11-05 at 01:49 UTC: the summit's page answered and is still live; the company's website answered and is live. Taken from the team's company map (`data/companies.json` on [web-summit.sgit.ai](https://web-summit.sgit.ai/)), public facts only. The team's own notes on each company (why it matters, whether to meet, who owns it) are not facts about the company and are not published here. Something wrong? Tell us and we correct it on this page, dated. The same, as data: [companies/qualcomm.json](../../api/v1/companies/qualcomm.json) and its graph, [graph/companies/qualcomm.json](../../api/v1/graph/companies/qualcomm.json) (how to read them: [the data, as JSON](../../api/index.md)). 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