About Global AI Pitch Summit Silicon Valley 2025
The Bay Area Founders Club is excited to host the "Global AI Pitch Summit Silicon Valley 2025" on January 12–13, 2025, at Plug and Play Tech Center.
CES 2025 will be held in Las Vegas from January 7-10, attracting over 13,800 attendees and 4,000+ companies. Afterward, many will head to Silicon Valley, ideal for post-CES gatherings.
This event presents an exceptional opportunity to connect with industry leaders, foster new partnerships, and discuss the latest in technology in an intimate, dynamic environment right after CES.
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Meet Our Speakers
Steve Adler
Former Mayor of Austin in Texas
James da Costa
Partner at a16z
Khalil Fuller
Partner at Pear VC
Ameya Jadhav
Investor at General Catalyst
Miko Matsumura
Managing Partner gCC Venture Capital
Gloria Zhang
Investor at DCM Ventures
Lindsey Mignano
Co-Founder & Shareholder at SSM
Chris Bradbury
LifeX Ventures
Stanford GSB
Jenny Xiao
Partner at Leonis Capital
OpenAI Researcher
Shuai Shao
CEO at Beauty Diary
Serial Entrepreneur
Ella Zhang
Ex-googler & ex-Apple working on AirPods Gen1
Nabila Elassar
Founder of Impact Genius
Stanford Entrepreneurs
Rene Caissie
CEO of Medeloop.ai
Xiao Zhang
CEO at Collov AI
Stanford Ph.D.
Rutvik Deepak
LinkedIn Top Venture Capital Voice
Jun Liu
Founder of 7EDU Impact Academy & Leadways School
Reilly Sweetland
Founder at FollowUpThen (YC S17)
Komal Vij
Director of Partnerships @ BFC
CS/AI @ Stanford
Andy Zhu
2015 Warren Buffett Charity Lunch Winner
David Hefter
AI Champion for Investments at BlackRock
Anna Piñol
Partner at NFX
Collin Wallace
General Partner at Lobby Capital
David Gerster
Investment Partner at Fusion Fund
Aurora Feng
Venture Fellow at Pear VC
Christopher Wan
Vice President at Bessemer Venture Partners
Sue Xu
Managing Partner at Amino Capital
Craig Lindquist
Adjunct Professor at Stanford Medicine
Tess Hau
Founder at Tess Ventures
Joseph Pigato
President of Stanford Entrepreneurs
Ahmad Rushdi
Research Manager at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI
Henry Klingenstein
Partner at Artis Ventures
Cynthia Zhang
Founder at Future X Capital
Stanford GSB
Sheng Fu
CEO at Cheetah Mobile
Brando Murphy
DBC, Council Director
Sam Bhagwat
CEO of Mastra (YC W25)
Michael Terpin
Chief Executive Officer
Transform Ventures
Ilya Strebulaev
Stanford GSB Professor
Bestselling Author
Alex Dang
Senior Advisor at McKinsey
Bestselling Author
Brandon Farwell
General Partner at Xfund
Harvard Business School
Peter Walker
Head of Insights at Carta
Niamh O'Donnell
Director of Programs at Unusual Ventures
John Whaley
Founder at Inception Studio
Stanford Lecturer
Ronald Ratcliffe
Managing Director at BlackRock
Iris Sun
Investor at 500 Global
Tim Shi
Co-Founder at Cresta
Raising $125M
Steven Feng
Co-instructor for the Stanford CS25 Transformers
Asror Arabjanov
Co-founder at Silkroad Innovation Hub
Stanford GSB
Omri Amirav-Drory
General Partner at NFX
Sana Wajid
Chief Development Officer Fetch.ai Innovation Lab
Patricia Liu
Startup Advisor
MIT Angel
Eli Al-Shamari
Founder at Global Entrepreneurs Hub
Mariane Bekker
Investor & Managing Partner at Founders Bay
Kyle Corbitt
CEO of OpenPipe
Aishwarya Srinivasan
Senior AI Advisor-MSFT
LinkedIn Top Voice
Meet Our Organizers
Paul Fang
President at Bay Area Founders Club
Alec Walker
Co-President at Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs, Texas Chapter
Sophie Ren
Board Member of Stanford Entrepreneurs & Stanford Alumni WIN, Chatslide.AI Co-founder
Meet Our Hosts
Investor List
Meet Our Sponsors
AWS
AWS offers reliable, scalable, and inexpensive cloud computing services.
Fetch AI
Build, deploy and monetize AI apps and services.
Pale Dot Blue
The Marketplace of AI Cloud.
Andy Zhu
2015 Warren Buffett Charity Lunch Winner
AEHL
Next Generation Infrastructure to Power AI
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GAP Highlight
DAY 1
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1. The Future We Lead:
Harnessing AI for a Better World
Steve Adler
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3. The investment Horizon:
Emerging Trends in AI
James Da Costa & Komal Vij
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5. Bots with Wallets
Miko Matsumura
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7. Fastest Way to eye-catching video Promptlessly on Mobile
Ella Zhang
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9. AI for Good: Startup innovation
Nabila Elsassar & Ahmad Rushdi
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2. Leading the change:
Next FANG
Paul Fang, Alec Walker, Sophie Ren
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4. The Future of AI and Machine Learning: What's the Next Big Investment Opportunity
Niamh O'Donnell, Ronald Ratcliffe,
Gloria Zhang
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6. Fueling Language Intelligence:
Why Data is the Engine of LLM training
Steven Feng
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8. DBC AI Public Chain:
The Trillion-Dollar Infrastructure for Decentralized AI
Terry Roston
DAY 2
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1. Agent Infrastructure:
Empowering the next Generation of Autonomy and Innovation
Sana Wajid
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3. The challenge of Adopting AI in Enterprise'
David Hefter
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5. From Sparks to Limits:
The evolution of ChatGPT and the Bottleneck of LLMs
Jenny Xiao
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7. Traits of international startup ecosystems and AI adoption
Rutvik Deepak
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9. How to Get Involved in the Silicon Valley Startup Ecosystem
Asor Arabjanov, Patricia Liu,
Joseph Pigato, Sophie Ren,
Mariane Bekker, Aishwarya Srinivasan
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11. VC Mindest: Funding Strategies for future AI titans
Ilya Strebulaev & Alex Dang
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2. Why AI taking over web2 and web3
Tess Hay & Micheal Terpin
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4. Demystifying AI Startup Fundraising: Valuation Trends Funding Insights and Founders Ownership
Peter Walker
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6. Identifying and Investing in AI- Native Startups
John Whaley
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8.AI + Education:
Prepare Our kids for an AI world
Jun Liu
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10. The State of Venture Capital 2025: Venture Capital Investment in AI startups
Lindsey S. Migano
Speakers
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What are the key benefits of applying to the Global AI Pitch Summit?1. Showcase Your Brand The logos of 300 selected startups will be prominently displayed on the welcome wall at the summit entrance. 2. Visibility for Finalists Among the 300 startups, 30 finalists will be featured on our website (www.globalpitch.ai) for six months. Finalists will also be highlighted across Bay Area Founders Club’s social media platforms. 3. Live Pitch Opportunity Finalists will pitch live on stage at the Plug and Play Tech Center. Each pitch includes six minutes for the presentation and six minutes for Q&A with the judges. All pitches will be live-streamed globally. 4. Post-Summit Benefits Each Finalist will be featured in a dedicated post after their presentation. Finalists will receive professional video and photo assets from their pitch. Social media posts will highlight Finalists’ participation.
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What is the cost to participate?There are no application fees or equity requirements to apply or participate.
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How is the confidentiality of applications handled?Applications are confidential and reviewed solely by the internal Global AI Pitch Summit committee.
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What is the application process and timeline?1. Applications close on December 15th, 2024. 2. Each application is reviewed at least twice. 3. Selected companies will be notified two weeks prior to the summit.
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Who should apply?1. Target Audience: Early-stage startups with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). 2. Ideal candidates include bootstrapped startups or those in Pre-Seed, Seed, or Series A stages. 3. Startups with minimal press coverage and disruptive innovations are encouraged to apply.
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What are the guidelines for the application video?1. Show your product in action (MVPs welcome). 2. Use real-time demos with simple video setups—no polished animations or voice-overs needed.
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Any tips for a strong application?1. Clearly demonstrate your product's functionality. 2. Highlight your competitive landscape and explain why you will win. 3. Share your founder journey and what makes your story unique.
