Round 1629 January 2026
Cambridge
A return to West Hub, with five presenting companies and a founder-led programme of discussion. [Explore Cambridge](/events/round-16).
Explore CambridgeAI Founders Connect
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Explore the founders, investors and business presentations behind our event series. Discover AI Founders Connect editions from the early Bay Area gatherings to university settings in Cambridge, Berkeley, Sydney, London and New York. Our featured edition pages introduce the programme, contributors and founder presentations, with links to available public recaps.
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Featured editions
Round 16
23 April 2026
Cornell Tech
An investor panel and eight startup presentations in New York. Meet the contributors and revisit the original event material. [Explore Cornell Tech](/events/round-18).
Explore Cornell Tech
20 March 2025
Berkeley
A venture-capital panel and AI startup presentations at Stephens Lounge, with the people behind the edition. [Explore Berkeley](/events/round-13).
Explore BerkeleyThe places behind the stories
Our early Silicon Valley series and later university editions trace the development of our founder-and-investor network. Explore the featured editions to discover their people, programmes and public recap sources.
Plug and Play · Silicon Valley The early Bay Area series began here with Round 1 on 10 January 2024. Explore our event history.
Cornell Tech · New York Round 18 brought an investor panel and eight startup presentations together on 23 April 2026. Explore Cornell Tech.
More places in our history: Berkeley · Cambridge / West Hub · University of Sydney · New York University. Each belongs to its own dated edition. These venue labels do not imply institution-wide sponsorship.
The programme in perspective
Our programme register recorded 658 tickets sold across 18 listings, covering four countries, when checked on 26 September 2026. This is a ticket-and-listing measure: it is not a count of unique people, confirmed attendance or eighteen verified delivered events. The individual edition pages provide the fuller story: dates, people, programme and available evidence. Six early Plug and Play listings account for 192 of those ticket records; the two Cambridge listings account for 126. These are parts of the same total, not additional reach.
A financial snapshot of three editions. The Eventbrite records checked on 26 September 2026 show gross ticket sales of £3,833.83 for Cambridge Round 16, US$5,902.00 for Cornell Tech Round 18 and US$2,455.04 for Berkeley Round 13. These are separate edition-level gross sales, before reconciliation of refunds, fees and costs—not net event profit, investment raised or a combined cross-currency total.
Ticket income helps meet the costs of our events and not-for-profit activities; it does not buy pitch selection or investor access.
Explore the full history
Browse the featured editions by year and city, then meet their investors and founders, revisit the programme and follow the available public recap sources. Each page tells the story of one gathering.
15 May 2026
New York
Retrospective record
The May New York edition continued the series at the NYU Wasserman Center. Its original listing and public organiser recap document this distinct New York edition.
Explore Round 1923 April 2026
Cornell Tech
Retrospective record
An investor panel and eight startup presentations in New York. Meet the contributors and revisit the original event material.
Explore Round 18Round 1629 January 2026
Cambridge
Retrospective presenters; advertised investor programme
A return to West Hub, with five presenting companies and a founder-led programme of discussion.
Explore Round 16
23 October 2025
Sydney
Retrospective presenters; advertised investor programme
The Sydney edition brought the AI Founders Connect series to the University of Sydney. The organiser’s recap and presenter accounts document the programme, extending the community’s history beyond the European and US gatherings.
Explore Round 15
29 May 2025
Cambridge
Historical edition; advertised investor programme
AI Founders Connect’s May 2025 Cambridge edition took place at West Hub. The original programme and event records preserve the occasion; the community returned to West Hub for Round 16 in January 2026.
Explore Round 1420 March 2025
Berkeley
Retrospective record
A venture-capital panel and AI startup presentations at Stephens Lounge, with the people behind the edition.
Explore Round 13
12 December 2024
Paris
Historical listing
The December Paris listing records EQLOSIA Coworking as its venue. This historical record preserves the listed date and location; it does not establish confirmed attendance or a delivered contributor roster.
Explore Round 1214 November 2024
Paris
Historical listing
The November Paris listing records Espace 55 as its venue. This historical record preserves the listed date and location; it does not establish confirmed attendance or a delivered contributor roster.
Explore Round 11
19 September 2024
Online
Historical listing
Cerebral Valley’s Attorney — Legal Roundtable for Startups was listed as an online legal-discussion format alongside the founder-event series. This historical listing records the proposed format and date, not a confirmed delivered programme or a claim that participants received individual legal advice.
Explore Legal Roundtable for Startups
27 June 2024
Silicon Valley
Historical listing
The June 2024 listing records a founder-focused programme at Plug and Play Tech Center. This historical listing preserves the event date and location; it does not establish a delivered roster or attendance.
Explore Round 6
23 May 2024
Silicon Valley
Retrospective record
Round 5 forms part of the 2024 Bay Area programme. Participant accounts document the panel discussion and six startup presentations.
Explore Round 5
18 April 2024
Silicon Valley
Historical edition
The April 2024 round continued AI Founders Connect’s early series at Plug and Play in Silicon Valley. The event record preserves this stage of the community’s first year.
Explore Round 4
28 March 2024
Silicon Valley
Historical listing; advertised programme
Round 3 is recorded in the early Silicon Valley series at Plug and Play. This historical listing preserves the advertised programme; it does not establish a delivered roster or attendance.
Explore Round 3
22 February 2024
Silicon Valley
Retrospective record
The second edition returned to Plug and Play in Silicon Valley, continuing the early Bay Area series. Jordan Wahbeh’s post-event account records the contributors and startup presentations.
Explore Round 2
10 January 2024
Silicon Valley
Historical edition; original organiser roster
The opening round of the AI Founders Connect series brought the community to Plug and Play in Silicon Valley. It is the starting point of the Event Library: a Bay Area gathering followed by a continuing series of founder and investor conversations.
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