Llama Lounge 28: The AI Startup Event Series @ Adobe SF
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December
Wednesday
17:00–20:30 2026 · San Francisco time

Llama Lounge 28 The AI Startup Event Series @ Adobe SF

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Llama Lounge: The AI Startup Series
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  • Jeremiah Owyang Speaker
  • Rajiv Ayyangar Speaker
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The format Pitches, then drinks Pitch
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AboutIn the host's words.

  • 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: Adobe (5min)-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: Rajiv Ayyangar. CEO of Product Hunt

AI Startups to Pitch and Demo:

  • Datasaur: Privately-deployed AI for enterprise, frontier performance

  • FlyMyAI: x

  • Heura Lab: Every human is complex. We model them

  • Monid: OpenRouter for agent tool (Untapped VC)

  • TriasBio: Retiming medicine through intelligent RNA design

  • Twin Counsel: x

  • OPEN Demo Slot: Apply to demo

  • OPEN Demo Slot: Apply to demo

  • OPEN Demo Slot: Apply to demo

  • OPEN Demo Slot: Apply to demo

Meet the Adobe team at their tableApply 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

Above: Llama Lounge attendees by role, Spring 2026.

VCs and Investors Registered for This Event:

  • Blitzscaling Ventures

  • More to come

Corporate AI Leaders, who Partner with AI Startups, Registered for This Event:

  • Adobe

  • More to come

Prior events: Group Photos

Above: Llama Lounge 26 at Microsoft

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-------------------------------------

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