

Founders & Funders: Ask Me Anything with Augment Ventures
Founders & Funders: Ask Me Anything — Palo Alto, CA
Augment Ventures invites you to the next Founders & Funders: Ask Me Anything, an intimate afternoon for founders, investors and operators building AI for the real economy. Most enterprise AI never makes it past the pilot. Our panel is focused on the hard part: getting AI to reliably run real, multi-step business processes inside the companies that keep the economy moving. Bring your questions on building, selling and scaling AI where the stakes are real.
The Panel
Niloufar (Nilou) Salehi, CEO and Co-Founder, Across AI
Kurt Skifstad, Executive Director and Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Michigan
Moderated by Sonali Vijayavargiya, Founder and Managing Director, Augment Ventures
More speakers to be announced soon.
📅 Thursday, November 12
🕒 3:00 – 5:00 PM PT
📍 Cooley LLP, 3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto
Agenda
3:00 PM Check-in and networking
3:30 PM Fireside conversation: Sonali and Nilou
4:15 PM Ask Me Anything: Q&A with the Audience
4:45 PM Networking
5:00 PM Close
Who should attend? Founders building AI for industry, operations and the enterprise, plus the investors and operators who back them. Space is limited, and registrations are reviewed to keep the room focused.
About Augment Ventures Augment Ventures backs AI-native founders transforming the real economy, from manufacturing and logistics to energy, healthcare, supply chain and climate. We invest early, when conviction matters more than consensus, and bring strategic depth and operational rigor to every partnership. Augment brings together bold builders and visionary funders to create enduring companies at the intersection of industry and AI.
About Cooley Cooley is the go-to advisor for innovators and disruptors, helping turn great ideas into great companies. One of the most active global firms in early- and late-stage financings, IPOs and M&A, Cooley works with startups, boards, leadership teams and investors to support 7,000+ high-growth private companies.
Thank you to Cooley for hosting.