Future of Creativity with Web3 x AI #EmergingLA
Future Frontiers: Creativity x Web3/AI
Come to an LA tech community happy hour, where you will meet founders, investors, and operators excited about emerging technologies that will change the future of modern industry and everyday life.
The co-hosts for the event are Brandon Hoffman (Sunset Ventures) and Timothy Khoury (Lightspeed Faction), and both of are leaders of the Wharton Digital Assets Club.
Speakers for our discussion are leaders at: Xsolla, Hashed, Spaceport, and Republic Crypto.
📆 Agenda
5:30p: Check-ins, eat & drink
7:00p: Panel on "The Future of Creativity"
7:40p: AMA questions from audience
8:00: Last call & resume networking
8:30p: Wrap up to leave
🎤 Discussion
Hear how emerging technologies will shape the future of creativity and the media industry, especially regarding content creation, IP, royalties, and ownership.
Michael Dershewitz (COO/Head of Corp Dev at Xsolla): Xsolla is the gaming business engine to help devs & publishers operate more efficiently. Michael was the former executive at Arca and Amazon Web Services, with roles at Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and McKinsey early in his career.
Jun Park (Sr. Investor at Hashed): Hashed is a team of blockchain experts and investors. Jun is the Head of Gaming and is based in LA, covering the US region for the Korea-based fund. His finance career began at Hanwha & Citi.
Le Zhang (Founder/CEO at Spaceport): Spaceport provides tools for creators to monetize IP in the metaverse. Le is a repeat founder and had an exit with the acquisition of Squadle and holds 4 patents in IoT, ML, and computer vision.
Maria Chak (Head of BD at Republic Crypto): Republic Crypto supports builders with advisory on web3 strategy, tokens, and smart contracts. Maria was Republic's gaming & metaverse lead after years at JPMorgan as an early member of Onyx (JPM's blockchain project).
✅ Ticket Required
No approvals are required. This event is suitable for founders, investors, and operators.
Thank you for your support to help the community. Tickets help us provide a quality event & improves attendance rates.
We will provide free parking (validation), light food bites, and a round of drinks!
👉 Notes to Guests
Check-in: Tickets required and will not be sold at door. Open QR code upon arrival to check in.
Parking: We recommend ride-sharing, ample parking in garage (be sure to get our validation)
Learn more about the hosts:
Emerging LA is an IRL community for Los Angeles events around VC, startups, and tech, focusing on bringing good people together! (Subscribe here for event updates & invites)
Faction is a joint venture that combines Lightspeed's deep Silicon Valley roots with its crypto-only approach and invests in early-stage blockchain projects.
Sunset Ventures is an early-stage LA & SF based venture fund that invests in the new frontier of consumer internet.
Orange DAO is a founder crypto community & fellowship program with 1,300 members built by Y Combinator alumni.
Wharton Digital Assets Club (WDAC) serves alumni in crypto, blockchain, & Web3, as part of Wharton SoCal.
AI LA is a non-profit building an AI community since 2016, with 15k+ AI professionals and innovators based in LA.