Retrospective record

AI Founders Connect Round 5

23 May 2024 · Silicon Valley

Recorded venue: Plug and Play.

Round 5 forms part of the 2024 Bay Area programme. Participant accounts document the panel discussion and six startup presentations.

In photographs

An attendee seated with hands resting on their lap, looking towards the front of the room. — Attendee at Plug and Play Tech Center, Silicon Valley, 23 May 2024.

A presenter holding a microphone beside a display screen, with attendees seated in the audience. — Pitch and audience at Plug and Play Tech Center, Silicon Valley, 23 May 2024.

Investors and programme contributors

A participant’s post-event account identifies the following panel contributors. Affiliations describe the event period; the list does not imply that every organisation was a sponsor or a venture-capital fund.

Contributor	Historical affiliation	Professional profile
Rachna Dayal	Sugati Ventures	LinkedIn
Nikki Sims	Growth Factory	LinkedIn
Jill Sherman	The Founder VC	LinkedIn
Mariane Bekker	Women Founders Bay	LinkedIn
Jeni Chang	Founder Institute	LinkedIn

Founders and companies that pitched

Presenter	Company
Jay Cormier	Eyedaptic
Lisa Laterza	Glam You Up
Domenico Crescenzo	Heero.me
Ranjna Goyal	AllayAI
Masoud Douzan	JIBB
John Forrester	MightyBot

The retrospective highlights discussion of early-stage pitch messaging and women’s entrepreneurship alongside the startup presentations.

Read Aronin Ponnappan’s event recap Read Lisa Laterza’s account of pitching

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