AI Showdown: Pitch, Compete, Win ✨ Alumni Ventures and The GenAI Collective
🔥 PITCH. COMPETE. WIN. 🔥
San Francisco’s most daring innovators are stepping into the spotlight – are you ready to witness the future? This is the event where founders, builders, and dreamers bring their biggest ideas to life! 👷♂️
The GenAI Collective, for the first time, is teaming up with Alumni Ventures to feature the most curated early stage AI startups – ever. Premium edition. You already know it’s going to be legendary!! 🤩
8 elite pitches. Unfiltered access. Infinite possibilities. This isn’t just a tech event – it’s the pulse of tomorrow beating in real time. Will you be there? 🚀
Previous demo night recaps: February '25, January '25, December '24, August '24, June '24, May '24, March '24 🎞️
On this special evening, we’ll be hand-selecting 8 startups – the best of the best – to show off their products and technology to the world!
If you would like to pitch, please click the button below and fill out the form! Submissions close on Saturday before the event at 11:59pm.
Note: we want attendees to get the exclusive scoop – things that the rest of the industry will only see months down the line! Therefore, we ask that all applicants are pre-series B.
This event offers a groundbreaking interactive experience! With the demo night app in hand, every attendee is engaged and active. Through the app, you can easily discover more about the presenters, join the conversation by asking questions, share valuable feedback, join early-access lists, and more! 🙌
When the night wraps up, the entire community will have a say in selecting the winners. Those champions will earn a permanent place in our SF Hall of Fame! 🏆
6:00pm: Open mingling 🤝
6:30pm: Welcome 👋
6:45pm: Pitches + live feedback 🧑💻
8:00pm: Audience voting + pitch open floor 🗳️
8:10pm: Winner announcements + trophy presentation 🏆
8:20pm: Open mingling 🤝
9:00pm: Doors close 👋
As always, food and drink, engaging conversation, and incredible company will all be provided!
Please be advised: Unfortunately, space is very limited at these community events and we can not always accept everyone we would like to. If you are not accepted to this event, please keep applying! We appreciate your application tremendously and we are looking forward to seeing you at a future event very soon!
We expect our members to treat each other like family, so please click here to read out Code of Conduct, designed to ensure and inclusive and collaborative environment at all GenAI Collective events. If you see someone violating the code of conduct, please speak with your local event organizer or reach out to hello@genaicollective.ai for assistance.
The GenAI Collective is a non-profit, grassroots community of 25,000+ founders, researchers, operators, and investors representing the global forum for AI and technological progress. Through world-class events, workshops, and online forums, members leverage their diverse perspectives and innovative minds to foster meaningful relationships, solve challenging problems, and define the future of AI.
Alumni Ventures (AV) provides individual accredited investors with access to professional-grade venture capital, a key asset class missing from the portfolios of many sophisticated investors. Since 2014, AV has raised $1.3+ billion from 10,000+ investors and backed 1,400+ portfolio companies. The firm offers 40+ VC funds for alumni communities and thematic investing, managed by a team of ~40 full-time venture investors. AV is a top 20 VC firm in North America according to CB Insights and the #1 most active VC firm in the U.S., and #3 most active in the world, according to PitchBook’s 2022 and 2023 rankings. AV has been recognized with industry awards and honors from Inc. Magazine, Fast Company, Benzinga, the US FinTech Awards, and more. AV funds are private, for-profit, and not affiliated with or sanctioned by any school.
Alumni Ventures Facts
Top-Quartile Investment Performance vs. Cambridge Associates VC Benchmarks¹
$1.3+ Billion in Total Capital Raised
750,000+ Community Members
10,000+ Individual Accredited Investors
1,400+ Unique Portfolio Companies
40+ VC Funds for Alumni Communities and Thematic Investing
~40 Full-Time Ventures Investors Across 5 National Offices
All attendees and organizers at GenAI Collective-affiliated events are subject to the GenAI Collective's Code of Conduct.