
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.
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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.
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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.

100+
VCS
1000+
Attendees
300+
Startups

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
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Andy Zhu
2015 Warren Buffett Charity Lunch Winner

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