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Tech Talent Summit + Startup World Cup 2025 | AZ Regional

May
9
Friday, May 9
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM MST
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Scottsdale, Arizona
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🚀 Tech Talent Summit + Startup World Cup AZ

Future-Proof Your Career | Grow Your Startup
📅 Friday, May 9, 2025 10am-7pm
📍 Arrive @ NextSpace – Scottsdale, AZ


🌟 About the Event

Join us for a high-impact, one-day experience designed to equip emerging talent and startup founders with the tools, community, and insights to thrive in a rapidly changing world.

Co-created by:

  • Daniela Santangelo, Founder of Freeway

  • Chris Fox, Founder of Startup World Cup Arizona

Together, we’re building a new kind of summit—rooted in community, future-minded, and intentionally inclusive.


🔍 Theme: Future-Proofing Your Career + Startup

We’ll explore how to navigate the evolving AI landscape, build sustainable and meaningful careers, and support overlooked founders with capital and clarity.


🧠 What to Expect

Tech Talent Summit

  • 🔑 Keynotes from leading voices in future-of-work & learning

  • 🧩 Panels on AI readiness, inclusive hiring, and career building

  • 💡 Career navigation for students, jobseekers, and professionals

Startup World Cup AZ (Pitch Competition)

  • 🏆 Arizona’s top emerging startups pitch for smart capital

  • 🎯 Categories: defense innovation, gaming, B2B SaaS, healthtech, cleantech

  • 💼 Founders get support with pitch decks, strategy, and exposure


🤝 Who Should Attend?

  • Tech talent navigating career transitions or AI disruption

  • Startup founders seeking traction, capital, and feedback

  • Investors, HR leaders, and hiring managers

  • Educators, community leaders, and ecosystem builders


✨ Get Involved

We’re inviting the community to participate as attendees, judges, speakers, sponsors, and collaborators.

📅 Spots are limited—secure your ticket now and be part of shaping Arizona’s future in tech.

APPLY TO PITCH: https://www.swcaz.io/

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Scottsdale, Arizona
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