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:
Chomp: Human judgment data for people and agents
Coalition Systems: AI coordination software for national security (a16z, Blitzscaling Ventures)
Eloquent AI: Show it once. Automate it forever
Entrapeer: AI strategy intelligence platform
Greta: Digital patient advocate for the exam room
Mainwave: Lorem Ipsum (J2 Ventures)
Satlyt: Control plane for virtual AI orbital datacenters (Antler)
Thread: Forward-deployed agents that get merchants live (500 Global)
Thruline: AI-native ERP platform for heavy manufacturing
OPEN Demo Slot: Apply to demo
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
Abyro Capital
Alumni Ventures
Angel Hub Ventures
Autotech Ventures
Band of Angels
Bosch Ventures
Converge VC
Cota Capital
Entrepreneurs First
Future Energy Ventures
Ganas VC
Icon Ventures
Iolar Ventures
Jolly VC
N47
Navis Capital LLC
NFX
Orange Collective
Precursor Ventures
Presidio Ventures
Samsung NEXT Ventures
Sand Hill Angels
Sony Ventures
Starlite VC
SV Venture Group
TechLAB Innovation Center
Year Zero
Corporate AI Leaders, who Partner with AI Startups, Registered for This Event:
SAP
Adobe: AI TA Lead from Corporate
Amazon Web Services (AWS): Engineer
Apple: Founder, Corporate
BlackDuck: Principal Enterprise Architect
Coupa: Product Manager
Denso: Director
Google: AI Leader
Google: Global Leader
Google: Sr Engineer
Google: TPM
Google Cloud: Partnerships
HarperCollins: Sr Manager, Solutions
IBM: Product Executive
Intuit: Principal
JLL: Director of AI & Innovation
Maersk: Sr. Manager, Strategic Transformation
Marubeni America Corporation: Assistant General Manager, Silicon Valley Branch
Mazda Motor Corporation: Innovation & New Ventures
Microsoft: Founder
Microsoft: Software Engineer
Mitsubishi HC Capital America: Vice President
Mitsubishi Research Institute: Senior Manager
Nvidia: AI Analysis and Intelligence Lead Builder
Oracle: Senior MTS
RingCentral: Head of Ventures and M&A
Schaeffler: Head of Open Innovation
ServiceNow: Senior Principal AI Architect
Snowflake: Head of Startups, North America
Volkswagen Group of America: Open Innovation and Product Lead, AI Initiatives
Walmart: Sr Data Scientist
Wells Fargo: Product Manager
Zoominfo: Enterprise AI Architect
Above: Llama Lounge attendees by role, Spring 2026.
Above: Llama Lounge 26 at Microsoft
Above: Llama Lounge 25 at Stanford
Above: Llama Lounge 24 at Google
Above: Llama Lounge 23 Hackathon at Snowflake
Above: Llama Lounge 22 at AWS
Above: Llama Lounge 21 with Capgemini with Techcrunch Disrupt
Above: Llama Lounge 20 with Swisscom
Above Photo: Llama Lounge 19 at SAP Palo Alto
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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