Llama Lounge 21: The AI Startup Event Series at Capgemini
- Event Founder: Jeremiah Owyang, Blitzscaling Ventures (Linkedin).
- Ten AI Startups on demo floor, networking, food & bev.
- Gov ID required for entry. Must be registered and approved.
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Primary Audience: AI Founders:
-AI Founders: CEOs of AI Startups (majority)
-Investors who back them: VCs, CVCs
-Corporate AI Decision Makers
-See list below
Above Chart: Data crunched on Aug 19th, 2025
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Llama Lounge Agenda:
5:00PM:
-Doors open. meet 10 AI startups
6:30pm:
-Group photo by Erick Davidson (1 min)
-Conch Call* and Kickoff: Jeremiah Owyang (3 min)
-Welcome Remarks: Capgemini
-10 AI startup pitches
-5 Corporate "reverse" pitches
-Return to demo floors, networking
9:00pm:
Event concludes
Meet 10 AI Startups on the Demo Floor:
Demo Pitch Emcee:
14.ai: AI-first customer support platform:
Clyx: AI powered event platform for community & friendship
Maket: Generative design for residential planning
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Startups can apply to be featured on the demo floor, applications will be considered for the multiple future events that are being planned. Minimum of 3/10 demo slots reserved for women founders, last few events were at parity.
About Llama Lounge: The AI Startup Event Series
Since April 2023. We feature lightning talks from leading CEOs, government leaders, and industry thought leaders—alongside 10 AI startup pitches and a demo floor for personal demos and relationship-building with AI founders, investors, and corporate AI leaders. The event has been hosted at: Zoom, AWS, GenLab, Stanford, SAP, Canopy, Capgemini, Hanahaus, and birthed at Sunset Squares.
- Watch 1-min drone video of Llama Lounge
- See photos and posts of prior events.
- Logo by Sightbox
- Mentioned in The Atlantic, AdWeek, and Techcrunch
- A signature conch audio call signals event kickoff
- Group photos by ErickD
- No relation to Meta.
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Corporate AI Leaders, who partner with AI Startups:
Capgemini
VCs and Investors, backers of AI Startups:
Blitzscaling Ventures
Onsen Global
Race Capital
...more to come
Above Photo: Llama Lounge 18 at Zoom
Above Photo: Llama Lounge 17 at Stanford
Above: Llama Lounge 16 at AWS in SF
Above: Llama Lounge 15 at GenLab with Disrupt in SF
Above: Llama Lounge 14 at SAP in SF
Above: Llama Lounge 13 at Capgemini in SF
Above: Llama Lounge 12 at CANOPY in SF
Above: Llama Lounge 11 at AWS in SF
Above: Llama Lounge 10 at Hanahaus in Palo Alto
Above: Llama Lounge 9 at Capgemini in SF
Above: Llama Lounge 8 at GenLab in SF
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The Llama Lounge event is organized and operated solely by Llama Lounge (not TechCrunch Media LLC, nor any of its affiliates or brands, including TechCrunch).
You can host an AI event in your city: AI Salon, our sister event series run by my business partner, Jeff Abbott, of Blitzscaling Ventures.