Startup Showcase

​Join us in Palo Alto for an evening featuring 10 startups from the Global Market Expansion Program (GMEP), plus a featured talk on go-to-market strategy with Dennis Yao Yu.

​Featured Talk

​From First Customer to Scale: How Go-To-Market Changes as You Grow in the US

​Dennis Yao Yu, Founder & CEO of The Other Group, will share how go-to-market strategies evolve as companies move from landing their first customers to scaling in the US.

​At Shopify, Dennis led the commercial organization serving 800+ enterprise merchants representing $8B+ in GMV. Most recently, he led US go-to-market for Manus AI, which grew from $20M to $100M ARR in nine months.

​Startup Showcase

​Following the talk, 10 GMEP startups will showcase what they’re working on across AI, alternative data, digital assets, physical AI, creator technology, and more.

​Meet the Startups

• ​Glide — Retirement operating system for Korea’s underserved workers.

• ​Mandata — Alternative data platform for global investors.

• ​AM Management — Non-custodial digital asset quant solutions.

• ​Conscience Technology — Reliability AI for enterprise AI systems.

• ​ELBA — AI workspace for content creation.

• ​Field-S — Personalized botanical wellness powered by genetic data.

• ​ICLO — Smartphone-based dental health technology.

• ​TELICA — Electronic shelf labels for independent and specialty stores.

• ​MoveAWheeL — Physical AI for road-surface intelligence.

• ​Darewalk — AI agents for cross-border creator marketing.

​Agenda

​5:30 PM — Doors Open
6:00 PM — Welcome Remarks
6:05 PM — Featured Talk: Dennis Yao Yu
6:35 PM — Startup Showcase
7:35 PM — Networking