Meetup Thursday 10 September 2026 · 17:30 · Vibe Your SaaS // IRL
Vibe Your SaaS: Startup Pitch Competition + VC/Founder Mixer @ Snowflake HQ
The VYS Startup Pitch Competition:
We are the very best early-stage competition in all of Silicon Valley.
At each event, we crown one winner, who will receive a $39.99 Nano Pac-Man as a prize in front of an audience of 150+ elite Bay Area founders and investors. Plus a feature in the VYS newsletter, which goes out to 5,000+ founders, investors, and tech professionals inside startups like Anthropic, OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Runway, Pinecone, Cresta, Walnut, Airtable plus Google, Amazon, Microsoft and more.
We also select 10 startups for demos.
If you want to demo, pitch, or just attend, register above.
Past pitch competition winner
Abrial AI, Enterprise-grade software for airline pricing automation
Cara AI, Vision AI that analyzes home photos for safety
Produce by:
Gregory Kennedy, Founder and GTM Advisor, Vibe Your Saas
Arjun Dev Arora, Advisor to Founders & VCs
Hosted by:
Fireside chats with:
Joanne Chen, General Partner, Foundation Capital
Tripp Jones, General Partner, Uncork Capital
Agenda:
5:30 PM Doors open
5:30 PM to 6:30 PM Networking, food, and demos
6:30 PM to 7:15 PM Fireside chats
7:15 PM to 7:30 PM Pitches
7:30 PM We crown our winning startup of the evening 👑
7:30 PM to 8:30 PM More networking
Pitch Competition:
For this event, we will select 5 startups to pitch to our panel. And one startup will be crowned the winner of the evening based on a 5-point criteria:
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Innovation: Originality of the idea and strength of the AI advantage.
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Market Potential: Size of opportunity and clarity of target customer.
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Product Execution: Quality, usability, and stage of product development.
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Team: Capability, vision, and ability to execute.
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Business Model: Revenue strategy, scalability, and traction potential.
How to apply? Request to join the event and click the checkbox, "I have a startup and want to pitch."
*Space is limited, and all attendees must be approved.
Vibe Your SaaS is the premier global network for startup founders, operators, and investors. Through a weekly newsletter, an online community, and curated IRL meetups, VYS connects the most fascinating and idiosyncratic voices in AI and SaaS. We aim to ensure the next wave of software companies that change the world get built, funded, and scaled.
Photos from our last event:
Companies and brands:
💰 Investors
Angel Hub Ventures
Arc5 Ventures
Arka Venture Labs
Axial
E12 Ventures
Entrepreneurs First
Esalen Ventures
Founder Factor
Gaorong Ventures
Georgian
Hustle Fund
ID3 Ventures
J2 Ventures
Jabroni Capital
Marubeni Power
Matter Bio
Mavka Capital
Mercedes-Benz AG Investments
Morgan Stanley
Mighty Capital
Nomura Strategic Ventures
Noveus Capital
Overlook Ventures
Pacific Community Ventures (PCV)
Precursor Ventures
Progressive Ventures
Rain Capital
Resilient Earth Capital
Rizoma Advisors
Samsung NEXT Ventures
Streamlined Ventures
Sorenson Impact
Synergis Capital
Techstars
TPH Ventures
Vectors Capital
🧑💻 Founders
Asendia AI
Adhera Health
AgentDynamics
AGIGA
Algebras AI
ArcheanX
Azcare AI
Berkeley Compute
Biocompile
BrainBit
Brighthive
Caber Systems
Connectrate AI
Contextual, Inc.
Channl AL
Chord Communities
CouldAI
Cloud Avenue
Compliagence
Credio
CrowdCore
ContinuEM
Daboss AI
Deep Insight Labs
Dhisana AI
The Ensynble
FizzBee
Flexhaul AI
Floatz AL
Fulgor
GENUM
GeoLiquefy
Goharvest AI
Glam AI
GLX Studio
Gracker AI
EquityNav
HeyJarvis AI
Incantio
Leoads AI
Impulse AI
Loud Labs
LucidAct Health
LuminaData
Maestrix AI
Miraii AI
MyTongueAI
NailedIT Labs
Neatly Heath
Nekonomikon Games
Nexacore Solutions
Orby
Paper Planes
Pantheon AI
Peazy Labs
Propensity AI
Philo Homes
ProsGrow AI
ScienceForBrain
SigmaRemote
Skyp AI
Skillprint AI
SmartNurse AI
Space Copy
Super AI Lab
Swytchcode
Syft Data
TakeBridge
Talk2Me
Teamcast AI
Threddle
Trotta
Vibeslist AL
Vidya AI
Visenty
Walnut AI
Wavv
Yektasonics
Ziply AI
🤓 Enterprises
Amazon
Apple
Arm
Figma
Meta
Microsoft
Mitsubishi Research Institute
Roche
SAP
Salesforce
Samsung
Tesla
TikTok
Wells Fargo
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- When
- Thursday 10 September 2026 17:30
- Organizer
- Vibe Your SaaS // IRL
- Price
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- City
- San Francisco us