Llama Lounge 28: The AI Startup Event Series @ Adobe SF
- 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: Adobe (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: Rajiv Ayyangar. CEO of Product Hunt
AI Startups to Pitch and Demo:
Datasaur: Privately-deployed AI for enterprise, frontier performance
FlyMyAI: x
Heura Lab: Every human is complex. We model them
Monid: OpenRouter for agent tool (Untapped VC)
TriasBio: Retiming medicine through intelligent RNA design
Twin Counsel: x
OPEN Demo Slot: Apply to demo
OPEN Demo Slot: Apply to demo
OPEN Demo Slot: Apply to demo
OPEN Demo Slot: Apply to demo
Meet the Adobe 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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Above: Llama Lounge attendees by role, Spring 2026.
VCs and Investors Registered for This Event:
Blitzscaling Ventures
More to come
Corporate AI Leaders, who Partner with AI Startups, Registered for This Event:
Adobe
More to come
Prior events: Group Photos
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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