Llama Lounge 27: The AI Startup Event Series

• 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 startups

6:30pm:

• Conch Call* and 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 and Demo Tables

Startup Pitch Emcee: Chris Yeh, coauthor of Blitzscaling and Founding Partner of Blitzscaling Ventures

AI Startups to Pitch and Demo

1. Alfa: AI prospecting that gets you introduced
2. Chomp: Human judgment data for people and agents
3. Eloquent AI: Show it once. Automate it forever
4. Fluix: Autonomous AI unlocking power for Data Centers
5. Greta: Digital patient advocate for the exam room
6. Hammock: Health insurance for start ups (a16z, Blitzscaling)
7. Mainwave: Build massive outcomes enabled by AI (J2 Ventures)
8. Satlyt: Control plane for virtual AI orbital datacenters (Antler)
9. Scaledrive: Provably safe physical AI for industrial robots
10. Thread: Forward-deployed agents that get merchants live (500 Global)
11. Thruline: AI-native ERP platform for heavy manufacturing
12. Truxt: The control plane for AI-driven engineering
13. 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, 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.

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VCs and Investors Registered for This Event:

1. Blitzscaling Ventures
2. 2468 Ventures
3. 500 Global
4. AB Plus Ventures
5. Agate Hound Fund
6. Alchemist Accelerator
7. Alumni Ventures
8. Angel Hub Ventures
9. Angel Launch
10. Astra Ventures
11. Autotech Ventures
12. Band of Angels
13. Bosch Ventures
14. Converge VC
15. Cota Capital
16. Deep Frontier Ventures
17. Dnipro VC
18. ECVC
19. Elevation
20. ENEOS Innovation Partners
21. Entrepreneurs First
22. Esalen Ventures
23. Exposition Ventures
24. Five Mounts Capital
25. Future Energy Ventures
26. G2C Ventures
27. Galaxy Ventures
28. Ganas VC
29. Grayscale Ventures
30. Great Filter Ventures
31. Hands On Venture
32. Hat-Trick Capital
33. Heinz Ventures
34. Icon Ventures
35. InMotion Ventures (Jaguar Land Rover)
36. Iolar Ventures
37. IOVC
38. JMoon Ventures
39. Jolly VC
40. KFC Ventures
41. Maxitech
42. Mirae Asset
43. MIT Angels
44. Mission Y Partnership
45. MUFG Innovation Partners
46. N2N Capital
47. N47
48. Navis Capital
49. NFX
50. Orange Collective
51. Outpost Capital
52. Pitlane VC
53. Plug and Play
54. PodiumVC
55. Precursor Ventures
56. Presidio Ventures
57. PTTEP ARV
58. Riceberg Ventures
59. Rubicon Technology Partners
60. Samsung NEXT Ventures
61. Sand Hill Angels
62. Shucker VC
63. SK Telecom Ventures
64. Sony Ventures
65. Starlite VC
66. Startup Foundry
67. SV Venture Group
68. Synexis Ventures
69. Tiger Eyes Capital
70. TSV Capital
71. UpScaleX
72. Venrock
73. Year Zero
74. Yushan Ventures
75. YZi Labs
76. Z Venture Capital
77. ZAKA VC
78. More to come

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

1. SAP: Multiple roles and leaders see below
2. Accenture: AI Engineer
3. Acquia: Engineer
4. Adobe: AI TA Lead from Corporate
5. Adobe: GTM Strategy
6. Adobe: Principal, Incubator Product Strategy
7. Adobe: Sr. Director
8. Amazon: Applied Scientist
9. Amazon: General Manager
10. Amazon Web Services (AWS): Engineer
11. Amazon Web Services (AWS): Startup Solutions Architect, Frontier AI
12. Apple: AI Engineer
13. Apple: Corporate AI Leader
14. Apple: Founder, Corporate
15. Apple: Sr. Program Manager
16. Ascension: Product
17. Black Duck: Principal Enterprise Architect
18. Booz Allen Hamilton: Generative AI Engineer Lead
19. Box: Sr. Product Manager, AI Agents
20. ByteDance: Partnerships and Solutions
21. Circle: VP, Product
22. Cisco: Product Manager
23. Clover: CPO
24. Coupa: Product Manager
25. Deloitte: Manager
26. Denso: Director
27. Dolby Laboratories: Engineering Manager
28. Extreme Networks: Director, Content Marketing Strategy
29. First Citizens Innovation Banking (formerly Silicon Valley Bank): Managing Director
30. Fiverr: Head of AI Labs
31. Google: AI Leader
32. Google: Data Scientist
33. Google: Global Leader
34. Google: Software Engineer
35. Google: Sr. Consultant
36. Google: Sr. Engineer
37. Google: Staff FDE
38. Google: SWE AI
39. Google: TPM
40. Google Cloud: Partnerships
41. HarperCollins: Sr. Manager, Solutions
42. Hyundai Motor Co: Sr. Manager
43. IBM: Product Executive
44. Intuit: Engineer
45. Intuit: Principal
46. Intuit: Product
47. Intuit: Product Manager
48. Intuit: Staff Customer Experience
49. JLL: Director of AI & Innovation
50. KDDI: Investor
51. LexisNexis Risk Solutions: Sr. AI Engineer
52. LinkedIn: Sr. AI Engineer
53. Lucid: Sr. Sourcing Manager
54. Maersk: Sr. Manager, Strategic Transformation
55. Marubeni America Corporation: Assistant General Manager, Silicon Valley Branch
56. Mazda Motor Corporation: Innovation & New Ventures
57. Microsoft: Principal
58. Microsoft: Software Engineer
59. Microsoft: VC and Strategic Startup Partnerships, Head of US West
60. Mitsubishi HC Capital America: Vice President
61. Mitsubishi Research Institute: Sr. Manager
62. NAVER: CVC Leader
63. NTT Finance Corporation: Investor
64. Nutanix: Sr. Product Manager
65. NVIDIA: AI Analysis and Intelligence Lead Builder
66. NVIDIA: Startup Partnerships
67. OpenText: Lead Software Engineer
68. Oracle: Architect
69. Oracle: Lead Principal Engineer
70. Oracle: Sr. MTS
71. Oracle: Sr. Principal Engineer
72. Orbbec USA: President of US Operations
73. PayPal: Corporate AI Leader
74. Qualcomm: Sr. Director, Head of CPU Software
75. RealPage: SVP of AI
76. Reddit: Sr. Software Engineer
77. RingCentral: Head of Ventures and M&A
78. RingCentral: VP of AI Product
79. Samsung: Head of Conversational AI Developer Relations
80. Samsung: Sr. Staff Research
81. SAP: AI Engineering Manager
82. SAP: CPO, Product Lead
83. SAP: Data Science and AI Leader
84. SAP: Global VP
85. SAP: GVP Product
86. SAP: Machine Learning Engineer
87. SAP: Principal Software Architect
88. SAP: Sr. Architect
89. SAP: Sr. Director of Engineering, SuccessFactors
90. SAP: Strategic AI & Data Partnerships
91. SAP: VP of Product, Agentic Experience
92. SAP: VP, Product Management
93. SAP: VP, Product Marketing
94. SAP: VP, Strategic AI Partnerships
95. Schaeffler: Head of Open Innovation
96. ServiceNow: Sr. Principal AI Architect
97. Snowflake: Head of Startups, North America
98. Stanford Medicine: AI & Data Engineer
99. Tech Mahindra: CTO, TME
100. Tesla: Sr. Manager, Software Engineering
101. Tesla: Sr. SWE
102. Toyota InfoTech Labs: Principal Researcher, AI and Cybersecurity for Autonomous Mobility
103. Verizon: Director, Edge and AI Innovation Lab
104. ViaPath Technologies: SVP Tablets and Hardware
105. Volkswagen Group of America: Open Innovation and Product Lead, AI Initiatives
106. Walmart: Product Manager
107. Walmart: Sr. Data Scientist
108. Wells Fargo: Product Manager
109. Workato: VP Engineering, Enterprise Search
110. Zenni Optical: Voice of Customer Manager
111. ZoomInfo: Enterprise AI Architect
112. Zuora: Head of AI, Commerce, Experiences
113. More to come