Byte Tank - Dev Tool Founders Night - Community Only
Devtool Founders will pitch their startups to a panel of judges, Sharktank style
Get ready for a high-energy, builder-powered gathering at the Byte Tank : Devtools!
Adam Frankl and the Swytchcode crew, in partnership with Heavybit and Frontier Tower, are bringing together the brightest devtool founders in SF for a Shark Tank-style pitch event.
Witness a handpicked group of devtool founders take the stage and pitch their startups to a panel of judges made up of investors, seasoned founders, and operators who know what it takes to build and scale in the devtools space.
The goal? To help these founders sharpen their stories, connect with the community, and get one step closer to achieving their missions. The organizers are offering no funding, but the real prize is the opportunity to connect with a growing, founder-friendly ecosystem.
Adam Frankl is the author of the #1 Amazon Bestselling book The Developer Facing Startup. He has been the first VP of Marketing at three developer facing unicorns: JFrog, Neo4j, and Sourcegraph.
Swytchcode is building the world's first AI as solutions engineer. Swytchcode helps API publishers in faster developer onboarding, reducing time to first call under 2 mins, testing integrations and boosting developer experience 100x.
Heavybit is the leading early-stage investor in enterprise infrastructure. Since 2013, they've helped launch and scale visionary technical startups—from DevSecOps and feature flagging to AI code generation and beyond.
Our panel of judges brings serious firepower: expect to see investors who have backed some of the most exciting devtool companies, founders who have been in the trenches, and operators who know how to turn a great idea into a real business. They’re here to offer honest, constructive feedback—not to pick winners, but to help every founder in the room get better.
Aniket Kamthe - Nexus Venture Partners
Iddo Gino - Founder RapidAPI(Acquired by Nokia) , Datawizz
TBD
Whether you’re a founder, a builder, or just someone who loves the energy of the SF startup scene, this is your invite to join the party. Come for the pitches, stay for the connections, and leave inspired by the next wave of devtool innovation.
Interested in pitching? - Submit your pitch
This event is hosted at the Frontier Tower:
We are transforming a 16-floor tower in San Francisco into a self-governed vertical village—a hub for frontier technologies and creative arts. Tier-one labs presenting AI, Ethereum, biotech, neuroscience, longevity, robotics, human flourishing, and arts & music. These floors will house innovators and creators pushing the boundaries of human potential in a post-AI-singularity world.
Apply here for founding citizenship: https://frontiertower.io/membership
Why should I become a citizen?
Be part of creating the first self-governed vertical village
Connect with the most creative people in the city
Get access to all floors, free event space & movement floor
Website: https://frontiertower.io/
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