Seattle AI Adoption Summit: From Infra to Impact
Explore how AI moves from research to real-world AI adoption — and what it takes to build, fund, and scale AI-powered innovation.
Join us for an exclusive afternoon for the Seattle AI Adoption Summit with Startup Expo during #SeattleTechWeek hosted by Foothill Ventures, Nebius, FutureBuilders, and Plug and Play Seattle — an afternoon of insights and real talk on what it takes to build, fund, and scale AI in the enterprise. This event brings together top minds from VCs, frontier research, and corporate innovation to explore how cutting-edge AI moves from academic labs to startup roadmaps — and ultimately into real-world products that drive business value.
Featured Speakers:
Kurtis Heimerl, Associate Professor at University of Washington, Allen School, exited founder
Laurence Moroney, Director of AI at Arm & Fellow at AI Fund (founded by Andrew Ng), former AI Lead at Google
Xuhui Shao, GP at Foothill Ventures (Silicon Valley-based VC investing in AI infra & applications, Deep tech, Neuroscience.)
Rasik Parikh, Investor at Madrona (Seattle's largest investment firm investing from early to Series C)
Momo Nakamura, Manager at Plug and Play SEA (Plug and Play's Startup Accelerator in Seattle)
Jerry Zhou, Cofounder & CEO at Supio (a legal tech with recent $60M series-B close, headquartered in Seattle)
Court Lorenzini, Founder at FounderNexus (A highly curated VC-backed founder community), former Founder & CEO at DocuSign
Andrei Meganov, Head of GTM at Nebius (AI Cloud with powerful full-stack infrastructure)
Agenda:
3:00 PM: Door Opens + Networking
3:30 PM: Opening + Cohost Intros
4:00 PM: Panel #1: From Academia to Application: How AI Research Fuels Industry
5:00 PM: Panel #2: From Model to Market: The Path to AI Adoption
6:00 PM: Startup Spotlight Presentation by Founders (a batch of Startups in AI frontier)
If you're building something for AI innovation, apply to get participate in this session here. We'd love to see you!
7:00 PM: Happy Hour
8:00 PM: Bye bye - venue closes
Who Should Attend
Founders building vertical AI startups, enterprise SaaS tools, or documentation-first platforms
Engineers and product builders exploring AI opportunities in data-rich industries
Investors and operators looking for the next wave of applied AI innovation and infrastructure plays
Event Host:
Foothill Ventures: Foothill Ventures is a $300M fund that bets on highly technical, very early-stage companies in frontier tech. We are based in Los Altos, California. We are investing in seed and series A startups in North America. Learn more at https://www.foothill.ventures/.
FutureBuilders: Future Builders is a non-profit builder community, with our mission to empower underrepresented founders and help them unlock their startup potential. Through mentorship programs, hackathons, pitch competitions, and meetups, we guide builders toward becoming successful startup entrepreneurs. We cultivate founding teams and pave the way for entry into incubators and initial funding rounds. Learn more at https://futurebuilders.dev/.
Nebius: The Nebius AI Cloud brings powerful full-stack infrastructure for AI developers and practitioners across startups, enterprises and science institutes to build and deploy generative AI applications and rapidly deliver scientific breakthroughs by training and running ML models within a secure, high-performance, and cost-optimized cloud environment. Learn more at https://nebius.com/.
Plug and Play SEA: Plug and Play Seattle serves as a launchpad for emerging startups and technologies. We connect local startups with our global ecosystem of investors and corporate partners, building expansive networks that drive collaboration and innovation. With locations at the SNBL Global Gateway (SGG) in Everrett and the University of Washington's CoMotion Labs, Plug and Play Seattle is uniquely positioned to support early-stage companies across the region, from idea inception to market scaling. Learn more at https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/locations/seattle.
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