F2F: Pitch Review

​Founder to Founder (F2F) is a curated gathering for early-stage AI founders preparing to apply to accelerators or raise their first round. The event brings together founders to receive candid, structured feedback from a panel of founders and operators who have recently navigated the same journey—building products, securing early customers, getting into leading accelerator programs, and raising venture capital.

​Grab a coffee, meet fellow builders, and refine your story before presenting it to investors.

​Each founder presentation consists of a 3-minute pitch followed by a 2-minute review from the judging panel. Every presentation is evaluated using a standardized scoring rubric across four dimensions:

• ​Problem & Market Opportunity

• ​Go-to-Market Strategy

• ​Business Traction & Validation

• ​Communication & Storytelling

​Judges will provide numerical ratings, written feedback, and practical recommendations to help founders strengthen their positioning, messaging, and execution.

​Due to the 90-minute event format, only a limited number of companies can be reviewed live. Pitch review slots will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, so founders interested in presenting are encouraged to register early and upload their pitch deck in advance.

​Attendance is limited to 20–30 founders to ensure meaningful discussion, high-quality feedback, and valuable conversations.

​Judges confirmed so far:

​Artin Bodganov (Founder of SUN, an a16z Speedrun 006 company. Serial entrepreneur and former Senior Manager of Intelligent Business Growth at Walmart Labs and designer at Adobe.)

​Lulu Zhang ( Co-founder of upriver.ai, raised pre-seed recently)
Adalia Zhao (founder of BuildTrace in Solo Founders Program)