From Demo to Deployment 2: AI That Actually Ships | GEW SoFlo x Boston Showcase
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Who: South Florida AI founders with working products
What: South Florida x Boston Founder Showcase + Commercialization Exchange
Where: The Hub @ Office Logic, Miami
When: During Global Entrepreneurship Week
Presented by: Startup Grind South Florida x Startup Grind Boston and ecosystem partners
Applications: Open to qualifying South Florida and Boston AI startups
Selection: 4 South Florida companies
This Hybrid event will bring together a curated group of 6 AI companies, primarily from South Florida with selected Boston founders participating as part of a growing cross-market exchange.
Rather than delivering a traditional investor pitch, participating companies will demonstrate working AI products and discuss what they have learned taking those products from prototype toward real-world deployment and commercialization. South Florida founders do not have to travel to Boston to pitch and can join virtually.
We want to understand not only what you built, but what happens when the technology meets the market.
Selected founders should be prepared to answer three questions:
1. What real problem does your product solve?
Show us a specific business, customer, industry, or societal problem rather than AI technology in search of a use case.
2. Can you show us the product working?
We are prioritizing companies that can demonstrate an actual product, platform, workflow, agent, application, or deployed AI system.
3. What have you learned getting customers to actually use and pay for it?
Tell us about pilots, implementations, customer conversations, adoption barriers, pricing, sales, partnerships, deployments, or revenue.
🎯 Expected Outcomes
Selected founders should leave the program with more than event exposure.
🚀 Showcase Your Product in Miami/Boston
🌎 Expand Beyond South Florida
🤝 Develop Customer & Partner Relationships
💰 Build Investor Relationships
🧠 Gain Commercialization Insights
🏢 Explore Enterprise Opportunities
🎓 Connect With the Boston Innovation Ecosystem
📈 Generate Market Intelligence
🔗 Become Part of the Boston × South Florida AI Exchange
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📋 Who Should Apply?
We are looking for South Florida AI companies that have moved beyond the idea stage.
You will need to present in person at The Hub @ Office Logic.
You do not need to be a heavily funded company.
You do not need to have millions in revenue.
You do need something real to show.
Strong applicants will typically have:
A functional AI-powered product
A clearly defined customer problem
A compelling real-world use case
The ability to demonstrate the product
Early users, pilots, customers, partnerships, or deployments
Evidence that people want the solution
A founder capable of communicating both the technology and the business
A clear reason why exposure to Boston could help the company
Companies with revenue are encouraged to apply, but fundraising history and capital raised will not be the primary selection criteria.
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Startup Grind Fort Lauderdale connects founders, investors, innovators, operators, and ecosystem leaders across South Florida with Startup Grind's broader global startup community. Through founder conversations, startup showcases, ecosystem partnerships, educational programming, and cross-market collaborations, the chapter works to create meaningful opportunities for entrepreneurs to build, grow, connect, and scale.
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