- Event Founder: Jeremiah Owyang, Blitzscaling Ventures (Linkedin).- Ten AI Startups on demo floor, networking, food & bev. - Gov ID required for entry. Must be registered and approved. -------------------------------------
Primary Audience: AI Leaders:
-AI Founders: CEOs of AI Startups (majority)-Investors who back them: VCs, CVCs-Corporate AI Decision Makers-See list below-------------------------------------
Llama Lounge Agenda:
5:00PM: -Doors open. meet 10 AI startups6:30pm: -Conch Call* and Kickoff: Jeremiah Owyang (3 min)-Welcome Remarks: Microsoft-Remarks: Fireworks AI-10 AI startup pitches -Group photo by Erick Davidson (1 min)-Return to demo floors, networking8:30pm: Event concludes
Meet 10 AI Startups: Pitch and Demo Tables
Startup Pitch Emcee: Valerie Bertele, AI & Startups Growth @Microsoft
AI Startups to Pitch and Demo:
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AIX Global: Adaptive execution intelligence for AI & quantum
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Chimeboard: Simulate audience behavior for consumer marketing
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Entrapeer: Strategic decision-making engine for enterprises
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Founding.Dev: Replace expensive SaaS subscriptions with your own tools (Antler)
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Gofer AI: Data infrastructure for humanoid robot manipulation (Breakthrough Ventures)
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Oway: The coordination OS for the physical economy (YC)
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Pageform AI: Agentic data room for diligence & deals
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Sante: AI infrastructure for biological risk intelligence (Breakthrough Ventures)
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Sun: The future of audio content (Blitzscaling Ventures)
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Wrnt: Infrastructure for stock warrants, equity’s third channel
Meet the Microsoft team at their boothApply to demo at future events
Appeared in Forbes. The Atlantic, AdWeek, Techcrunch, and 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, and industry thought leaders, alongside 10 AI startup pitches and a demo floor for personal demos and relationship-building with AI founders, investors, and corporate AI leaders. The event has been hosted at: Google, AWS, Microsoft, Zoom, GenLab, Stanford, SAP, Canopy, Capgemini, Hanahaus, and birthed at Sunset Squares.- Watch 1-min drone video of Llama Lounge- See photos and posts of prior events. - Logo by Sightbox - Mentioned in Forbes. The Atlantic, AdWeek, and Techcrunch- A signature conch audio call signals event kickoff- Group photos by ErickD- No relation to Meta. #LlamaLounge
VCs and Investors Registered for This Event:
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Blitzscaling Ventures
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434 VC
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500 Global
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AB Plus Ventures
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Alchemist Accelerator
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Angel Hub Ventures
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Angel launch
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Alumni Ventures
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Autotech Ventures
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Base Ventures
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Banktech Ventures
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Berkeley Angel Network
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BGV
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Bosch Ventures
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Breakthrough Ventures
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Canastra Ventures
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CCV Capital
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Converge VC
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Cota Capital
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Decasonic
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Dnipro VC
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Earthseed/Wildseed Capital
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EDCAPIT / ITCAPITAL Ventures
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Elevation Capital
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Entrepreneurs First
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Entrepreneur Ventures
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Frontier syndicate
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Future Energy Ventures
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Gaingels
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Galaxy Ventures
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Ganas Ventures
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G2C Ventures
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Halfcourt Ventures
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Han River Partners
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Hat Trick Capital
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Humain VC
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Hustle Fund
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J-Ventures
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JETRO
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Jolly VC
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KDDI
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Icon Ventures
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Inception Studios
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InMotion Ventures | Jaguar Land Rover
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LG Tech Ventures
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Lolar Ventures
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Luminar Ventures
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Luxor Group
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Macquarie Group
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Mazda Ventures
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Mavka Ventures
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Maxitech Ventures
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MIT Angels
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Mitsubishi Research Institute
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N2N capital
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N74
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Navis Capital LLC
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NextStar Venture Partners
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NFX
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Omni Ventures
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Plug and Play
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PodiumVC
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Powerhouse Ventures
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Precursor Ventures
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Presidio Ventures
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Qualcomm Ventures
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Riceberg Ventures
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Ring Central Ventures
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Samsung NEXT Ventures
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Sand Hill Angel
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Shucker VC
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Sony Ventures
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Solaris Venture Partners
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Starlite VC
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SynVesCo Ventures
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TDK Ventures
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Tencent Investments
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Thomvest
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Trois Invest
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UP Partners
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UpscaleX
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TechLAB Innovation Center
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Venrock
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Z Venture Capital
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...more to come
Corporate AI Leaders, who Partner with AI Startups, Registered for This Event:
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Microsoft
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Adobe
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Amazon
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Apple
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Argentina at Silicon Valley
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Acquia
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Audi
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Booz Allen Hamilton
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Broadcom
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C3
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Cepheid
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Chase
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Cisco
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Coupa Software
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Department of Justice
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Denso
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Franchise tax board
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Google
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HarperCollins
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Hanger
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IBM
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Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
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Infineon technologies AG
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Intuit
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INNOVIT-Italian Innovation Hub
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Japan Cabinet Office Project
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John Deere
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JP Morgan
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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Lam Research
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Lucid Motors
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Marubeni
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Mercedes Benz
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Mitsubishi HC Capital America
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Nvidia
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NTT
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Office of the Denmark’s Tech Ambassador
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Oracle
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Palo Alto Networks
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Qualcomm
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Rackspace
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Schaeffler
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Snowflake
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Stanford University
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Swissnex San Francisco
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Tesla
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TikTok
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Toyota
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Verizon
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VW
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Walmart
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Wells Fargo
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ZoomInfo
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...more to come
Above: Llama Lounge attendees by role, Spring 2026.
Above: Llama Lounge 25 at Stanford
Above: Llama Lounge 24 at Google
Above: Llama Lounge 23 Hackathon at Snowflake
Above: Llama Lounge 22 at AWS
Above: Llama Lounge 21 with Capgemini with Techcrunch Disrupt
Above: Llama Lounge 20 with Swisscom
Above Photo: Llama Lounge 19 at SAP Palo Alto
Above Photo: Llama Lounge 18 at Zoom
Above Photo: Llama Lounge 17 at Stanford
Above: Llama Lounge 16 at AWS in SF
Above: Llama Lounge 15 at GenLab with Disrupt in SF
Above: Llama Lounge 14 at SAP in SF
Above: Llama Lounge 13 at Capgemini in SF
Above: Llama Lounge 12 at CANOPY in SF
Above: Llama Lounge 11 at AWS in SF
Above: Llama Lounge 10 at Hanahaus in Palo Alto
Above: Llama Lounge 9 at Capgemini in SF
Above: Llama Lounge 8 at GenLab in SF-------------------------------------You can host an AI event in your city: AI Salon, our sister event series run by my business partner, Jeff Abbott, of Blitzscaling Ventures.
