Helius CEO Mert emphasized Solana's program model as offering greater security for AI development compared to the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). Solana enables developers to reuse core operation pipelines without requiring new contracts or extensive security audits, accelerating development. He also noted that AI has mitigated the complexity of Solana’s contract development, forecasting several Solana startups to achieve valuations between $10 billion and $100 billion this year.