Llama Lounge 26: The AI Startup Event Series @ Microsoft

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- 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: Microsoft -Remarks: Fireworks AI -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: Valerie Bertele, AI & Startups Growth @Microsoft AI Startups to Pitch and Demo: AIX Global: Adaptive execution intelligence for AI & quantum Chimeboard: Simulate audience behavior for consumer marketing Founding.Dev: Replace expensive SaaS subscriptions with your own tools (Antler) Mainwave: The P&L layer for AI work (J2 Ventures) Sante: AI infrastructure for biological risk intelligence (Breakthrough Ventures) Sun: The future of audio content (Blitzscaling Ventures) Wrnt: Infrastructure for stock warrants, equity’s third channel Open Slot: Apply to demo Open Slot: Apply to demo Open Slot: Apply to demo Meet the Microsoft team at their booth 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. #LlamaLounge VCs and Investors, backers of AI Startups: Blitzscaling Venture 500 Global AB Plus Ventures Alchemist Accelerator Angel Hub Ventures Angel launch Alumni Ventures Autotech Ventures Base Ventures Berkeley Angel Network BGV Bosch Ventures Breakthrough Ventures CCV Capital Converge VC Cota Capital Department of Justice Earthseed/Wildseed Capital EDCAPIT / ITCAPITAL Ventures Entrepreneur ventures Frontier syndicate Future Energy Ventures Gaingels Galaxy Ventures Ganas Ventures G2C Ventures Han River Partners Hat Trick Capital JETRO Jolly VC Icon Ventures Inception Studios InMotion Ventures | Jaguar Land Rover LG Tech Ventures Lolar Ventures Luminar Ventures Mazda Ventures Mavka Ventures Maxitech Ventures MIT Angels Mitsubishi Research Institute N74 Navis Capital LLC NextStar Venture Partners NFX PodiumVC Precursor Ventures Presidio Ventures Riceberg Ventures Ring Central Ventures Samsung NEXT Ventures Sand Hill Angels Sony Ventures Solaris Venture Partners TDK Ventures Thomvest UpscaleX TechLAB Innovation Center Z Venture Capital ...more to come Corporate AI Leaders, who partner with AI Startups: Microsoft Adobe Amazon Apple Argentina at Silicon Valley Booz Allen Hamilton Broadcom C3 Cepheid Cisco Coupa Software Denso Franchise tax board Google HarperCollins Intuit INNOVIT-Italian Innovation Hub JP Morgan Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lam Research Lucid Motors Marubeni Mitsubishi HC Capital America Nvidia Office of the Denmark’s Tech Ambassador Oracle Palo Alto Networks Qualcomm Rackspace Schaeffler Snowflake Stanford University Tesla TikTok Verizon VW Wells Fargo ZoomInfo ...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.