​A CALL TO BUILD

​Our Burning Questions:

• ​What are the biggest productivity unlocks being seen within Fortune 500 companies?

• ​What are the biggest opportunities short term and long term?

• ​Is there going to be an AI CEO in 10 years?

​Progress:

​"We wanted flying cars but all we got was 140 characters" - Peter Thiel

​Perhaps an overused aphorism but the fact that people who care about tech progress are still discussing this today means we have a long way to go.

​Well, we might just get our flying cars as Joby, Archer and others make progress but that isn't the point. 20 years on from when people like Thiel rang the alarm bells on tech stagnation, how much progress have we made?

​What are the biggest opportunities in the post-LLM and post-ChatGPT world at the frontiers of science, in the real world, to boost productivity in companies? What are the biggest problems and missions the next generation should focus on?

​This is a Call To Build.

​The Event:

​A 2 day summit in Silicon Valley to bring corporate innovation leaders, startup founders, global ecosystem builders, and investors together to discuss these opportunities.

​Is this your call to build?

​What to Expect:

• ​Keynotes & Firesides

• ​Lunch & Socials

• ​Breakout Rooms for Networking
  

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Event Details:

Date: November 6th & 7th, 2025

​Time: Doors open at 10 AM, close at 5 PM

​Location: SF (venue shared upon confirmation)

​Draper Venture Funds: — backing bold founders building at the frontier of innovation. Draper-backed startups have gone on to raise trillions, creating 60+ unicorns, rhinos, and hectocorns.


Our Partners:

MERCURY:

Mercury is the fintech that brings all the ways people and businesses use money into a single product that feels extraordinary to use. With banking*, credit cards**, and software, Mercury helps more than 200K ambitious companies and entrepreneurs make better decisions and build their businesses. To learn more, visit Mercury.com.

​Customers get checking and savings accounts, physical and virtual debit and credit cards**, fee-free domestic and international USD wires, currency exchange, up to $5M in FDIC insurance* through Mercury’s partner banks and their sweep networks, and much more. No minimum balance or monthly fees required.

​*Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Checking and savings accounts are provided through our bank partners Choice Financial Group, Column N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust; Members FDIC. Deposit insurance covers the failure of an insured bank. Checking and savings account deposits may be held by sweep network banks. Certain conditions must be satisfied for pass-through insurance to apply. Learn more here.

​*The Mercury Debit Cards are issued by Choice Financial Group, Column N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC, pursuant to licenses from Mastercard®.The IO Card is issued by Patriot Bank, Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Mastercard®.

SEQUOIA ONE:

Sequoia is the strategic partner helping investor-backed companies of all sizes achieve their business goals through smarter people spend. For over two decades, we’ve guided the most innovative employers to navigate growth and get the most out of their global people investment. With our expert advisory team and integrated platform, we help clients drive business impact through their total comp and benefits, improving executive decision making, controlling costs, protecting the business, and elevating the employee experience. Visit Sequoia.com or follow us on LinkedIn to learn more.

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DEEL:

Deel is the only global-first, all-in-one HR, payroll, and compliance platform that’s built for international workforces. Since Deel’s founding in 2019, they’ve made it their mission to give companies the tools they need to navigate red tape, eliminate hiring borders, and onboard and manage talent anywhere. As the world’s #1 Employer of Record (EOR), Deel has made it possible for companies to seamlessly hire and onboard in over 150 countries. Their global payroll platform makes it possible to pay employees in 130+ countries, 200+ currencies, and all 50 states. Plus, Deel’s robust HR platform allows businesses of all sizes to scale a global team competitively and compliantly.

​MAPPA:

Mappa leverages voice AI to understand the essence of people and companies, crafting connections that actually work.

​Hiring is messy and inefficient—when you order an Uber, you know exactly how you'll get from point A to B. But when you hire someone, there’s no real certainty about how they’ll perform.

​Most HR tech focuses on streamlining the process, but disconsider what happens after the hire. That’s why it remains a low-retention industry, responsible for $8.9T in lost global GDP every year.

​In fact, 75% of the time, employers admit to hiring the wrong person—usually someone who looked great on paper but didn’t work in real life. Mappa bridges that gap by combining curated hard data with deep behavioural insights extracted from voice, enabling a true understanding of how people and organisations operate—turning hiring from a gamble into a repeatable science.

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​Sentry:

Sentry helps developers find and fix software issues before users notice. From app crashes to slow load times, Sentry detects errors, pinpoints their cause, and even suggests fixes through its AI debugging agent, Seer. Over 140,000 organizations — including Disney+, GitHub, Duolingo, and Atlassian — rely on Sentry to make their apps faster and more reliable.