Research meets Revenue: Stanford Edition
Why this evening?
Great research becomes a company when the right researcher meets the right co-founder. Research meets Revenue is a co-founder matching event that brings technical and commercial talent into the same room.
Each edition is a small, curated evening with around 30 guests: half postdocs and PhDs with research worth building on, half company builders looking for their technical co-founder. We keep it small on purpose, so you actually get to know everyone in the room.
The evening opens with a short panel of founders who have already turned research into companies. From there, we move into 1:1 co-founder speed matching, where researchers and builders explore whether they could start a company together.
Agenda
6:00 PM: Doors open & welcome snacks
6:30 PM: Opening remarks & keynote
7:00 PM: Speed dating
7:45 PM: Networking over food & drinks
10:00 PM: Doors close
Our speaker
Pablo Palafox, CEO & co-founder of HappyRobot. After starting his PhD in AI at TUM and a research internship at Meta, he left academia in 2022 to build HappyRobot, an AI agent platform for operations, backed by Y Combinator and a16z. Now he helps some of the largest enterprises put AI to work. HappyRobot recently became a unicorn.
Hosted by
Julian Martin, julian.martin@tum.de
Annemarie Schimkat, a.schimkat@startmunich.de
Nils Bode, President of Stanford German Student Association
FAQ
Q: Do I need to be a Stanford affiliate?
A: No. The event is open to anyone in the Bay Area who fits one of the two sides of the room.
Q: I’m a researcher but not sure my work could become a company. Should I come?
A: Yes. Figuring that out is part of the point. You don’t need a business plan, just research you find promising.
Q: I don’t have a technical background. Can I still join?
A: Yes, that’s the other half of the room. We’re looking for operators with experience building, selling or running companies.