Cardinal Ventures: Demo Day 2026

​Stanford’s Cardinal Ventures is pleased to announce its inaugural Demo Day on May 22nd, 4PM - 7PM PST. Demo Day brings together operators, investors, mentors, and alumni in our network, introducing them to and celebrating the companies in our year's cohorts. Our recent cohort of startups features ~20 of the top Stanford student-run companies in AI infra, devtools, healthcare, robotics, and defense.

​Agenda:

​4:00 - 5:00:  Early networking - cohort and investors (private)

​5:00 - 5:45 PM: Keynote Speech Fireside chat (open to public)

​5:45 - 6:30 PM: Demo pitches by CV startups (open to public)

​6:30 - 7:00 PM: Networking (open to public)

​About Cardinal Ventures: Cardinal Ventures is Stanford's official, student-run startup accelerator, annually incubating two cohorts of 12-15 early-stage founders. Over the past decade, we’ve incubated companies that have raised $1B+ and formed Stanford’s strongest homegrown community of campus builders/founders. Recent teams include Alex Shan’s Judgement Labs, Celeste Amadon’s Known Dating, Derek Hsieh’s Gatekeep Labs, Danny Lin’s OrbStack, and more. Historical teams include Mammoth Biosciences, Firefly, Athelas, and Nova Credit.