No Sandbox: AI Agents in High-Stakes Industries
Most AI agents live in sandboxes. These don't.
TQ Ventures is bringing together three portfolio founders for a night of no-filter talks for experienced engineers and operators: live demos, real traction, and the hardest unsolved problems they're hiring people to help solve. Come see what they're building and meet the founders directly.
No Sandbox is about building AI agents in industries where actions are irreversible - patient care, money movement, live customer revenue. No rollback, no demo mode. How much autonomy can you actually ship, and where does the human stay in the loop?
Speakers
Daniel Tian - Co-founder & CTO, Zingage: AI agents running scheduling and on-call operations across 300K+ monthly patient visits
Brandon Arvanaghi - Co-founder & CEO, Meow: the fintech platform that crossed $1B in assets - where a mis-sent wire isn't a bug ticket
Charles Li - Co-founder & CEO, Sylvan Labs: autonomous revenue agents acting across every customer account at once - continuously, unsupervised, learning from every run
Agenda
6:00 PM - Doors, drinks, food
6:45 PM - Welcome from TQ Ventures
6:50 PM - Founder talks: live demos, real traction, who's hiring
7:30 PM - Joint Q&A: how much autonomy can you actually ship?
7:45 PM - Open mingling until 9:00
Who this is for
Experienced engineers, product builders, and operators - you don't need to be working on agents today. Bring real curiosity about deploying AI where the stakes are physical, financial, or contractual, and interest in owning hard problems at an early-stage company.
All three companies are actively hiring across engineering, product, deployment, and GTM. Come talk to the founders directly.
About TQ Ventures:
TQ Ventures is a leading early-stage venture firm based in New York and San Francisco, founded in 2018 by Schuster Tanger and Andrew Marks. The firm recently raised its fourth fund ($600M) and is actively deploying capital, bringing total assets under management to approximately $2B+.
TQ invests across pre-seed through Series B, typically committing $2–3M at seed and $7–20M at Series A and B. As generalists, the firm invests broadly across B2B, B2C, and AI, with a focus on backing exceptional founders building enduring businesses. TQ is known for its highly relationship-driven approach and its ability to support portfolio companies through a differentiated network, particularly in customer and strategic introductions.
Space is limited and RSVPs are reviewed.