Historical edition; original organiser roster
AI Founders Connect Round 1
10 January 2024 · Silicon Valley
Recorded venue: Plug and Play.
Organiser: AI Founders Connect. The venue identity is attached to this historical edition; it is not a claim of investment or an ongoing sponsorship.
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.
This first gathering sits at the beginning of the timeline, before the New York not-for-profit corporation was incorporated in 2025.
In photographs
Investors named in our original Round 1 record
The original organiser page lists the following names for Round 1. This preserves that historical record; it is not an independently verified attendance list.
| Name | Affiliation shown in original record |
|---|---|
| Giordano Tovo | Alchemist Accelerator |
| Hugh Geiger | — |
| Sonali Sambhus | Illuminate Ventures |
| Ron Erd | Unlocking Growth |
| Darwin Ling | Good AI Capital |
| Miko Matsumura | — |
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