Llama Lounge 27: The AI Startup Event Series @ SAP
- 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 Leaders:
-AI Founders: CEOs of AI Startups (majority)
-Investors who back them: VCs, CVCs
-Corporate AI Decision Makers
-See list below
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Llama Lounge Agenda:
5:00PM:
-Doors open. meet 10 AI startups
6:30pm:
-Conch Call* and Kickoff: Jeremiah Owyang (3 min)
-Welcome Remarks: SAP (5min)
-10 AI startup pitches
-Group photo by Erick Davidson (1 min)
-Return to demo floors, networking
8:30pm:
Event concludes
Meet 10 AI Startups: Pitch and Demo Tables
Startup Pitch Emcee: Chris Yeh, coauthor of Blitzscaling and Founding Partner of Blitzscaling Ventures
AI Startups to Pitch and Demo:
Alfa Salesmonkey: AI prospecting that gets you introduced
Chomp: Human judgment data for people and agents
Eloquent AI: Show it once. Automate it forever
Fluix: Autonomous AI unlocking power for data centers
Greta: Digital patient advocate for the exam room
Hammock: Health insurance for start ups (a16z, Blitzscaling)
Mainwave: Build massive outcomes enabled by AI (J2 Ventures)
O2 AI: AI workforce for electronics manufacturing
Satlyt: Control plane for virtual AI orbital datacenters (Antler)
Scaledrive: Provably safe physical AI for industrial robots (a16z)
Thread: Forward-deployed agents that get merchants live (500 Global)
Thruline: AI-native ERP platform for heavy manufacturing
Truxt: The control plane for AI-driven engineering
Meet the SAP team at their table
Apply to demo at future events
Appeared in Forbes. The Atlantic, AdWeek, Techcrunch, and TED AI.
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: Google, AWS, Microsoft, Zoom, 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 Forbes. 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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VCs and Investors Registered for This Event:
Blitzscaling Ventures
2468 Ventures
500 Global
AB Plus Ventures
Agate Hound Fund
Alchemist Accelerator
Alumni Ventures
Angel Hub Ventures
Angel Launch
Astra Ventures
Autotech Ventures
Band of Angels
Bosch Ventures
Converge VC
Cota Capital
Deep Frontier Ventures
Dnipro VC
ECVC
Elevation
ENEOS Innovation Partners
Entrepreneurs First
Esalen Ventures
Exposition Ventures
Five Mounts Capital
Future Energy Ventures
G2C Ventures
Galaxy Ventures
Ganas VC
Grayscale Ventures
Great Filter Ventures
Hands On Venture
Hat-Trick Capital
Heinz Ventures
Icon Ventures
InMotion Ventures (Jaguar Land Rover)
Iolar Ventures
IOVC
JMoon Ventures
Jolly VC
KFC Ventures
Maxitech
Mirae Asset
MIT Angels
Mission Y Partnership
MUFG Innovation Partners
N2N Capital
N47
Navis Capital
NFX
Orange Collective
Outpost Capital
Pitlane VC
Plug and Play
PodiumVC
Precursor Ventures
Presidio Ventures
PTTEP ARV
Riceberg Ventures
Rubicon Technology Partners
Samsung NEXT Ventures
Sand Hill Angels
Shucker VC
SK Telecom Ventures
Sony Ventures
Starlite VC
Startup Foundry
SV Venture Group
Synexis Ventures
Tiger Eyes Capital
TSV Capital
UpScaleX
Venrock
Year Zero
Yushan Ventures
YZi Labs
Z Venture Capital
ZAKA VC
More to come
Corporate AI Leaders, who Partner with AI Startups, Registered for This Event:
SAP: Multiple roles and leaders see below
Accenture: AI Engineer
Acquia: Engineer
Adobe: AI TA Lead from Corporate
Adobe: GTM Strategy
Adobe: Principal, Incubator Product Strategy
Adobe: Sr. Director
Amazon: Applied Scientist
Amazon: General Manager
Amazon Web Services (AWS): Engineer
Amazon Web Services (AWS): Startup Solutions Architect, Frontier AI
Apple: AI Engineer
Apple: Corporate AI Leader
Apple: Founder, Corporate
Apple: Sr. Program Manager
Ascension: Product
Black Duck: Principal Enterprise Architect
Booz Allen Hamilton: Generative AI Engineer Lead
Box: Sr. Product Manager, AI Agents
ByteDance: Partnerships and Solutions
Circle: VP, Product
Cisco: Engineering Manager
Cisco: Product Manager
Clover: CPO
Coupa: Product Manager
Deloitte: Manager
Denso: Director
Dolby Laboratories: Engineering Manager
Extreme Networks: Director, Content Marketing Strategy
First Citizens Innovation Banking (formerly Silicon Valley Bank): Managing Director
Fiverr: Head of AI Labs
Freshworks: CMO
Google: AI Leader
Google: Data Scientist
Google: Global Leader
Google: Software Engineer
Google: Sr. Consultant
Google: Sr. Engineer
Google: Staff FDE
Google: SWE AI
Google: TPM
Google Cloud: Partnerships
HarperCollins: Sr. Manager, Solutions
Hyundai Motor Co: Sr. Manager
IBM: Product Executive
Intel: Director, Industrial AI
Intuit: Engineer
Intuit: Principal
Intuit: Product
Intuit: Product Manager
Intuit: Staff AI Scientist/Engineer
Intuit: Staff Customer Experience
JLL: Director of AI & Innovation
KDDI: Investor
LexisNexis Risk Solutions: Sr. AI Engineer
LinkedIn: Sr. AI Engineer
Lucid: Sr. Sourcing Manager
Maersk: Sr. Manager, Strategic Transformation
Marubeni America Corporation: Assistant General Manager, Silicon Valley Branch
Mazda Motor Corporation: Innovation & New Ventures
Microsoft: Principal
Microsoft: Principal Data Scientist (
Microsoft: Software Engineer
Microsoft: VC and Strategic Startup Partnerships, Head of US West
Mitsubishi HC Capital America: Vice President
Mitsubishi Research Institute: Sr. Manager
Moody’s Analytics: Director
NAVER: CVC Leader
NTT Finance Corporation: Investor
Nutanix: Sr. Product Manager
NVIDIA: AI Analysis and Intelligence Lead Builder
NVIDIA: Startup Partnerships
OpenText: Lead Software Engineer
Oracle: Architect
Oracle: Lead Principal Engineer
Oracle: Sr. MTS
Oracle: Sr. Principal Engineer
Orbbec USA: President of US Operations
PayPal: Corporate AI Leader
Qualcomm: Sr. Director, Head of CPU Software
RealPage: SVP of AI
Reddit: Sr. Software Engineer
RingCentral: Head of Ventures and M&A
RingCentral: VP of AI Product
Rivian: Director
Rivian: Sr Manager, ML & AI
Samsung: Head of Conversational AI Developer Relations
Samsung: Sr. Staff Research
SAP: AI Engineering Manager
SAP: BTP Business Service Ops
SAP: CPO, Product Lead
SAP: Data Science and AI Leader
SAP: Data Scientist
SAP: Global VP
SAP: GVP Product
SAP: Machine Learning Engineer
SAP: Principal Software Architect
SAP: Sr. Architect
SAP: Sr. Director of Engineering, SuccessFactors
SAP: Sr. Machine Learning Engineer
SAP: Strategic AI & Data Partnerships
SAP: VP of Product, Agentic Experience
SAP: VP, Product Management
SAP: VP, Product Marketing
SAP: VP, Strategic AI Partnerships
Schaeffler: Head of Open Innovation
ServiceNow: Sr. Principal AI Architect
Snowflake: Head of Startups, North America
Stanford Medicine: AI & Data Engineer
Tech Mahindra: CTO, TME
Tesla: Sr. Manager, Software Engineering
Tesla: Sr. SWE
Toyota InfoTech Labs: Principal Researcher, AI and Cybersecurity for Autonomous Mobility
Verizon: Director, Edge and AI Innovation Lab
ViaPath Technologies: SVP Tablets and Hardware
Volkswagen Group of America: Open Innovation and Product Lead, AI Initiatives
Walmart: Product Manager
Walmart: Sr. Data Scientist
Webflow: Engineering Director
Wells Fargo: Product Manager
Workato: VP Engineering, Enterprise Search
Zenni Optical: Voice of Customer Manager
ZoomInfo: Enterprise AI Architect
Zuora: Head of AI, Commerce, Experiences
More to come
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