AI Demo: Alumni Ventures, Startup Grind & AI Collective #SFTechWeek

Wednesday, Oct 7

5:00pm – 8:00pm

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150 total spots

Strictly not a pitch event. Demo only. This is scrappy. Things break. The energy is electric. But you get to show what you're actually building. Judges (confirmed): Bryan Liu & Glenn Borok - Alumni Ventures Ashish Kakran - Seligman Ventures Vikram Venkat - Cota Capital And others: CoreNest Capital Mangusta Capital Leon Precision Capital SV Venture Group Alliance Ventures LY Corporation Valued Ventures Plus Ultra Capital Partners Entelechy Ventures Hike Ventures Want to demo? Apply for Oct 7 at: https://airtable.com/appQk3fM8t3nTh3WW/pag9qNb4n3LITIFn0/form Some tickets are available to purchase a guaranteed demo spot. All others will come from registrants / attendees. Investors will be in the room to judge. Presented by: - Alumni Ventures Founded in 2014, Alumni Ventures (AV) is one of the world's most active venture capital firms and a top 20 venture firm (TIME Magazine '25; CB Insights '24). With more than $1.5 billion in committed capital from approximately 11,000 accredited investors, AV is democratizing venture capital by expanding access to professional, high-quality venture investment opportunities. - Startup Grind is the leading global startup community dedicated to fostering the growth of early-stage companies. From bootstrapped beginnings through Series A rounds, we support our members with access to funding opportunities, expanding market reach, and connection to a robust network of founders, tech leaders, investors and partners spanning 150 countries worldwide. - The AI Collective is a global non-profit building the human layer for the AI age. We unite 200,000+ leaders, builders, and stakeholders across 100+ forums worldwide to democratize the frontier, build trust, and coordinate how society navigates the rapid acceleration of technological progress. https://www.aicollective.com This event is supported by Plain, Braintrust, Carta and Pilot.com. - Plain is the AI support stack built for B2B teams: composable, API-first infrastructure that lets companies build a support motion their way, whether no-code or all-code. At its center is Sidekick, an AI assistant that knows every customer's context, product knowledge, and history, so teams can draft replies, find answers, and resolve issues without ever leaving Plain. Fast-growing companies like Cursor, Vercel, and n8n trust Plain to keep them organized while they scale. - Braintrust is the agent observability platform. By actively applying intelligence to agent traces and automatically surfacing the most critical patterns, Braintrust gives teams the visibility to understand how agents behave in production and the tools to improve them. https://www.braintrust.dev/ - Carta is a platform that helps people manage equity, build businesses and invest in the companies of tomorrow. Our mission is to unlock the power of equity ownership for more people in more places. Carta manages nearly three trillion dollars in equity for over two million people globally. The company is trusted by more than 50,000 companies, over 8,000 investment funds and a million employees for cap table management, venture capital solutions and more. For more information, visit carta.com. - Pilot provides the most reliable accounting, CFO, and tax services for startups and small businesses. We partner with thousands of companies to help them grow sustainably and operate more effectively. https://pilot.com This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com

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