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With Jeremiah Owyang (Venture Capital Investor, Blitzscaling Ventures) and demos by Alfa, Chomp, Eloquent AI, Entrapeer, Fluix, Greta, Mainwave, Satlyt, Thread and Thruline.
Nov 05 (Thu) @ 05:00 PM       FREE
Venue, To Be Announced, SF

 
      Register      
 
- Event Founder: Jeremiah Owyang, Blitzscaling Ventures (Linkedin).
- Ten AI Startups on demo floor, networking, food & bev.
- Gov ID required for entry. Must be registered & approved.

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Primary Audience: AI Leaders:
-AI Founders: CEOs of AI Startups (majority)
-Investors who back them: VCs, CVCs
-Corporate AI Decision Makers
-See list below

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Llama Lounge Agenda:
5:00PM:
-Doors open. meet 10 AI startups

6:30pm:
-Conch Call* & Kickoff: Jeremiah Owyang (3 min)
-Welcome Remarks: SAP (5min)
-10 AI startup pitches
-Group photo by Erick Davidson (1 min)
-Return to demo floors, networking


8:30pm:
Event concludes

Meet 10 AI Startups: Pitch & Demo Tables
Startup Pitch Emcee: Chris Yeh, coauthor of Blitzscaling & Founding Partner of Blitzscaling Ventures

AI Startups to Pitch & Demo:

Alfa: AI prospecting that gets you introduced

Chomp: Human judgment data for people & agents

Eloquent AI: Show it once. Automate it forever

Entrapeer: AI strategy intelligence platform

Fluix: Autonomous AI unlocking power for Data Centers

Greta: Digital patient advocate for the exam room

Mainwave: Lorem Ipsum (J2 Ventures)

Satlyt: Control plane for virtual AI orbital datacenters (Antler)

Thread: Forward-deployed agents that get merchants live (500 Global)

Thruline: AI-native ERP platform for heavy manufacturing

OPEN Demo Slot: Apply to demo

Meet the SAP team at their table
Apply to demo at future events


Appeared in Forbes. The Atlantic, AdWeek, Techcrunch, & TED AI.

Startups can apply to be featured on the demo floor, applications will be considered for the multiple future events that are being planned. Minimum of 3/10 demo slots reserved for women founders, last few events were at parity.

About Llama Lounge: The AI Startup Event Series
Since April 2023. We feature lightning talks from leading CEOs, government leaders, & industry thought leaders-alongside 10 AI startup pitches & a demo floor for personal demos & relationship-building with AI founders, investors, & corporate AI leaders. The event has been hosted at: Google, AWS, Microsoft, Zoom, GenLab, Stanford, SAP, Canopy, Capgemini, Hanahaus, & birthed at Sunset Squares.

- Watch 1-min drone video of Llama Lounge
- See photos & posts of prior events.
- Logo by Sightbox
- Mentioned in Forbes. The Atlantic, AdWeek, & Techcrunch
- A signature conch audio call signals event kickoff
- Group photos by ErickD
- No relation to Meta.
#LlamaLounge

VCs & Investors Registered for This Event:
Blitzscaling Ventures

2468 Ventures

Abyro Capital

Agate Hound Fund

Alumni Ventures

Angel Hub Ventures

Astra Ventures

Autotech Ventures

Band of Angels

Blitzscaling Ventures

Bosch Ventures

Converge VC

Cota Capital

ENEOS Innovation Partners

Entrepreneurs First

Esalen Ventures

Exposition Ventures

Five Mounts Capital

Future Energy Ventures

G2C Ventures

Galaxy Ventures

Ganas VC

Grayscale Ventures

Great Filter Ventures

Icon Ventures

Iolar Ventures

IOVC

Jolly VC

Maxitech

MIT Angels

N2N Capital

N47

Navis Capital

NFX

Orange Collective

Outpost Capital

Pitlane VC

PodiumVC

Precursor Ventures

Presidio Ventures

Samsung NEXT Ventures

Sand Hill Angels

Sony Ventures

Starlite VC

SV Venture Group

TechLAB Innovation Center

UpScaleX

Venrock

Year Zero

YZi Labs

Z Venture Capital

More to come



Corporate AI Leaders, who Partner with AI Startups, Registered for This Event:
SAP: Multiple roles & leaders

Adobe: AI TA Lead from Corporate

Amazon: Applied Scientist

Amazon: General Manager

Amazon Web Services (AWS): Engineer

Apple: AI Engineer

Apple: Corporate AI Leader

Apple: Founder, Corporate

Apple: Sr Program Manager

BlackDuck: Principal Enterprise Architect

Booz Allen Hamilton: Generative AI Engineer Lead

ByteDance: Partnerships & Solutions

Coupa: Product Manager

Deloitte: Manager

Denso: Director

Google: AI Leader

Google: Global Leader

Google: Sr Consultant

Google: Sr Engineer

Google: SWE AI

Google: TPM

Google Cloud: Partnerships

HarperCollins: Sr Manager, Solutions

Hyundai Motor Co: Sr Manager

IBM: Product Executive

Intuit: Engineer

Intuit: Principal

Intuit: Product Manager

JLL: Director of AI & Innovation

KDDI: Investor

Koito Manufacturing: Innovation Manager

LinkedIn: Sr. AI Engineer

Maersk: Sr. Manager, Strategic Transformation

Marubeni America Corporation: Assistant General Manager, Silicon Valley Branch

Mazda Motor Corporation: Innovation & New Ventures

Microsoft: Founder

Microsoft: Principal

Microsoft: Software Engineer

Mitsubishi HC Capital America: Vice President

Mitsubishi Research Institute: Senior Manager

NAVER: CVC Leader

Nvidia: AI Analysis & Intelligence Lead Builder

Oracle: Architect

Oracle: Lead Principal Engineer

Oracle: Senior MTS

Oracle: Sr. Principal Engineer

PayPal: Corporate AI Leader

RingCentral: Head of Ventures & M&A

RingCentral: VP of AI Product

SAP: Global VP

SAP: Multiple roles & leaders

SAP: VP, Product Marketing

Samsung: Head of Conversational AI Developer Relations

Samsung: Sr Staff Research

Schaeffler: Head of Open Innovation

ServiceNow: Senior Principal AI Architect

Snowflake: Head of Startups, North America

Tech Mahindra: CTO - TME

Tesla: Sr Manager Software Engineering

Tesla: Sr SWE

Toyota InfoTech Labs: Researcher, AI & Cyber for Autonomous Mobility

Verizon: Director, Edge & AI Innovation Lab

ViaPath Technologies: SVP Tablets & Hardware

Volkswagen: Open Innovation & Product Lead, AI Initiatives

Walmart: Product Manager

Walmart: Sr Data Scientist

Wells Fargo: Product Manager

Zoominfo: Enterprise AI Architect

More to come
 
 
 
 
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