Webinar: Evaluating AI-Native Companies
Hosted by Stifel Venture Bank and IAMBIC (Maeve Wang, Co-founder & CEO)
Today’s AI conversations often start - and stall - at surface level. Investors are flooded with pitches that tout LLM integrations, image generation, or plug-and-play tools layered onto standard products. But in a world where access to core models is increasingly commoditized, the next great challenge is depth – and where that depth can be defensible.
What makes a company truly AI-native – not just AI-enhanced? And what can be possible when AI moves beyond the screen and into the physical world?
On September 9th, IAMBIC and Stifel Bank invite you to a private fireside chat. Join Maeve Wang and Raza Hassan, Co-founders of IAMBIC (a TIME Best Invention of the Year), as they have a candid conversation on what it means to build and back AI-native businesses in 2025. We'll unpack:
The difference between AI-enhanced and AI-native products
How to think about defensibility
The key questions investors should ask
This conversation is designed primarily for investors with founders invited.
About Stifel
Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) is a diversified global wealth management, investment bank, and commercial banking institution with $500B in AUM. Stifel Bank, Member FDIC, provides venture and fund banking solutions to venture capital-backed companies and their investors. Backed by the strength and legacy of Stifel, the Bank delivers tailored banking, treasury management, and lending solutions - working closely with Stifel’s Investment Banking and Wealth Management teams to meet the diverse asset management needs of companies and individuals.
To learn more, visit: https://stifelventurebanking.com/
About IAMBIC: AI-Tailored, Precision-Fit Shoes
IAMBIC, recognized as a TIME Best Invention, is redefining footwear with AI-tailored, precision-fit shoes that deliver bespoke-level comfort at scale—solving fit for the 1 in 4 people failed by traditional sizing. IAMBIC’s patent-pending platform combines computer vision, data-driven manufacturing, and 5 years of NSF-funded R&D. With 12 patents pending and sellout product launches to product debuts at the Miami F1 Grand Prix, IAMBIC is setting a new standard for frontier AI.
To learn more, visit: iambic.co