​Pitch Day in Sydney — Presented by January Capital, Accel & OpenAI, Venue-Sponsored by Airwallex

​With support from Airwallex, January Capital, Accel and OpenAI are joining forces to host a morning dedicated entirely to founders actively building at the frontier of AI and software.

​Early-stage teams will take the stage in Sydney for 3 minutes each, pitching in front of judges from January Capital, Accel and OpenAI. Anonymous scoring. Real prizes. And a room full of the people who can help you build what comes next.

​👥 Who Should Come

​Founders, investors, operators, and ecosystem builders who want to be in the room where early-stage ideas meet the people and resources to amplify them.

​🏆 The Prizes

• ​🥇1st Place — $100k in OpenAI credits

• ​🥈 2nd Place — $50k in OpenAI credits

• ​🥉 3rd Place — $25k in OpenAI credits

​Every selected team receives $10k in OpenAI credits automatically — because showing up deserves to be rewarded.

​🎤 Interested to pitch?

​Applications are open now. We're looking for early-stage founders building with AI who are ready to challenge the status quo and tackle problems that matter.

​→ Apply here: https://januarycapital.typeform.com/callforstartups

​Applications close 21 April.

​About January Capital

​​At January Capital, we look to invest in technology businesses that will power growth in the Asia-Pacific region over the next decade. We are committed to investing in founders who challenge the status quo. We’re inspired by those individuals who are willing to dedicate themselves to solve some of the region’s biggest challenges. We are unwavering in our geographic focus: we invest in South-East Asia, with a secondary focus in Australia and India. We specialise in providing early-stage venture capital to high growth businesses across a range of geographies. Our portfolio includes Akulaku, Shopback, aCommerce, CoLearn, Cyble, Cialfo and others.

​​About OpenAI

​​OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. Best known for pioneering breakthroughs in generative AI, OpenAI builds cutting-edge models and tools that power applications used by millions globally — from developers to enterprises pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with AI.

​About Accel

​Accel is a global venture capital firm that is the first partner to exceptional teams everywhere, from inception through all phases of private company growth. Atlassian, Bumble, CrowdStrike, Fiverr, Flipkart, Freshworks, Qualtrics, Scale, Segment, Slack, Spotify, Squarespace, Tenable, and UiPath are among the companies Accel has backed over the past 40+ years. We help ambitious entrepreneurs build iconic global businesses. For more, visit www.accel.com or www.twitter.com/accel.

​​About Airwallex

​Airwallex is a global payments and financial platform trusted by over 200,000 businesses worldwide. Founded to remove the friction from cross-border finance, Airwallex gives growing companies a single unified platform to open multi-currency business accounts, accept payments from customers in 180+ countries, manage company spend, and move money internationally — all without the high fees and slow processes of traditional banking.