Past edition

AI Founders Connect — Round 13

20 March 2025 · Berkeley

Venue: Stephens Lounge, MLK, UC Berkeley.
The Berkeley edition brought a venture-capital panel and AI startup presentations to Stephens Lounge. The organiser’s post-event recap names the people who contributed and provides a source for the programme described here.

In photographs

Participants seated around blue-covered tables during a discussion in a wood-panelled room. — Founder discussion at UC Berkeley Stephens Lounge, 20 March 2025.

Attendees talking across a round table beneath a projection screen. — Conversations at UC Berkeley Stephens Lounge, 20 March 2025.

Audience seated at round tables facing a presenter and projection screen. — Presentation at UC Berkeley Stephens Lounge, 20 March 2025.

Investors and contributors

The organiser’s post-event recap identifies the VC panel below. Affiliations are those named for the edition, not a claim of current sponsorship.

Contributor	Role / affiliation at the event	Professional profile
Mehron Sharq	VC panel · 7BC Venture Capital	LinkedIn
Asli Akalin	VC panel · gumi America	LinkedIn
Neel Vora	VC panel	—
Sunmeet Jolly	VC panel	LinkedIn
Dan Lesovodski	VC panel · Sunicon Ventures	—

Host: Muklesur Bharuya.

Founders and companies that pitched

Presenter	Company	Verified public profile
Mike Kalansky	StratGem-AI	—
David Sanker	SankerIP	LinkedIn
Gui Orliac	Accenga	LinkedIn
Satya Bathula	D3E Studio	LinkedIn
Sachin Smotra	Dataworkz	LinkedIn

The shape of the programme

The published record brings together investor perspectives, AI startup presentations and founder–investor discussion. These are the people and companies from the edition—not a Westminster investment portfolio or a promise of funding.

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