Llama Lounge 20: The AI Startup Event Series with Swisscom, SF
- Event Founder: Jeremiah Owyang, Blitzscaling Ventures (Linkedin).
- Ten AI Startups on demo floor, networking, food & bev.
- Gov ID required for entry. Must be registered and approved.
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Primary Audience: AI Founders:
-AI Founders: CEOs of AI Startups (majority)
-Investors who back them: VCs, CVCs
-Corporate AI Decision Makers
-See list below
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Llama Lounge Agenda:
5:00PM:
-Doors open. meet 10 AI startups
6:30pm:
-Group photo by Erick Davidson (1 min)
-Conch Call* and Kickoff: Jeremiah Owyang (3 min)
-Welcome Remarks: Swisscom
-10 AI startup pitches
-Return to demo floors, networking
-Meet the Swisscom innovation team
9:00pm:
Event concludes
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Meet 10 AI Startups on the Demo Floor:
Demo Pitch Emcee: TBD
Algorized: Sensing & perception tech to protect life
Composio: The skill layer of AI
ContextQA: Agentic AI for complete test coverage
DiagnoVET: Quick, accurate AI veterinary imaging reports
EasyMate: Your AI-powered tech team
Open Slot: 7-word descriptor
Open Slot: 7-word descriptor
Open Slot: 7-word descriptor
Open Slot: 7-word descriptor
Open Slot: 7-word descriptor
Startups can apply to be featured on the demo floor. Minimum of 3/10 demo slots reserved for women founders, last few events were at parity.
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About Llama Lounge: The AI Startup Event Series
Since April 2023. We feature lightning talks from leading CEOs, government leaders, and industry thought leaders—alongside 10 AI startup pitches and a demo floor for personal demos and relationship-building with AI founders, investors, and corporate AI leaders. The event has been hosted at: Zoom, AWS, GenLab, Stanford, SAP, Canopy, Capgemini, Hanahaus, and birthed at Sunset Squares.
- Watch 1-min drone video of Llama Lounge
- See photos and posts of prior events.
- Logo by Sightbox
- Mentioned in The Atlantic, AdWeek, and Techcrunch
- A signature conch audio call signals event kickoff
- Group photos by ErickD
- No relation to Meta.
#LlamaLounge
Above Chart: Registered attendee data from Llama Lounge May 2025, this is representative of ecosystem mix
Above Chart: Llama Lounge 19, 11th of Sept, 2025 Palo Alto
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Corporate AI Leaders, who partner with AI Startups:
Swissscom
...more to come
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VCs and Investors, backers of AI Startups:
Blitzscaling Ventures
...more to come
Above Photo: Llama Lounge 18 at Zoom
Above Photo: Llama Lounge 17 at Stanford
Above: Llama Lounge 16 at AWS in SF
Above: Llama Lounge 15 at GenLab with Disrupt in SF
Above: Llama Lounge 14 at SAP in SF
Above: Llama Lounge 13 at Capgemini in SF
Above: Llama Lounge 12 at CANOPY in SF
Above: Llama Lounge 11 at AWS in SF
Above: Llama Lounge 10 at Hanahaus in Palo Alto
Above: Llama Lounge 9 at Capgemini in SF
Above: Llama Lounge 8 at GenLab in SF
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You can host an AI event in your city: AI Salon, our sister event series run by my business partner, Jeff Abbott, of Blitzscaling Ventures.