Llama Lounge 27: The AI Startup Event Series @ SAP

- Event Founder: Jeremiah Owyang, Blitzscaling Ventures (Linkedin).
- Ten AI Startups on demo floor, networking, food & bev.
- Gov ID required for entry. Must be registered and approved.

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Primary Audience: AI Leaders:

-AI Founders: CEOs of AI Startups (majority)
-Investors who back them: VCs, CVCs
-Corporate AI Decision Makers
-See list below

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Llama Lounge Agenda:

5:00PM:
-Doors open. meet 10 AI startups

6:30pm:
-Conch Call* and Kickoff: Jeremiah Owyang (3 min)
-Welcome Remarks: SAP (5min)
-10 AI startup pitches
-Group photo by Erick Davidson (1 min)
-Return to demo floors, networking


8:30pm:
Event concludes

Meet 10 AI Startups: Pitch and Demo Tables

Startup Pitch Emcee: Chris Yeh, coauthor of Blitzscaling and Founding Partner of Blitzscaling Ventures

AI Startups to Pitch and Demo:

1. Alfa: AI prospecting that gets you introduced

2. Chomp: Human judgment data for people and agents

3. Eloquent AI: Show it once. Automate it forever

4. Fluix: Autonomous AI unlocking power for Data Centers

5. Greta: Digital patient advocate for the exam room

6. Hammock: Health insurance for start ups (a16z, Blitzscaling)

7. Mainwave: Build massive outcomes enabled by AI (J2 Ventures)

8. Satlyt: Control plane for virtual AI orbital datacenters (Antler)

9. Scaledrive: Provably safe physical AI for industrial robots

10. Thread: Forward-deployed agents that get merchants live (500 Global)

11. Thruline: AI-native ERP platform for heavy manufacturing

12. OPEN Demo Slot: Apply to demo

Meet the SAP team at their table
Apply to demo at future events

Appeared in Forbes. The Atlantic, AdWeek, Techcrunch, and TED AI.

Startups can apply to be featured on the demo floor, applications will be considered for the multiple future events that are being planned. Minimum of 3/10 demo slots reserved for women founders, last few events were at parity.

About Llama Lounge: The AI Startup Event Series

Since April 2023. We feature lightning talks from leading CEOs, government leaders, and industry thought leaders—alongside 10 AI startup pitches and a demo floor for personal demos and relationship-building with AI founders, investors, and corporate AI leaders. The event has been hosted at: Google, AWS, Microsoft, Zoom, GenLab, Stanford, SAP, Canopy, Capgemini, Hanahaus, and birthed at Sunset Squares.

- Watch 1-min drone video of Llama Lounge
- See photos and posts of prior events.
- Logo by Sightbox
- Mentioned in Forbes. The Atlantic, AdWeek, and Techcrunch
- A signature conch audio call signals event kickoff
- Group photos by ErickD
- No relation to Meta.
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VCs and Investors Registered for This Event:

1. Blitzscaling Ventures

2. 2468 Ventures

3. AB Plus Ventures

4. Abyro Capital

5. Agate Hound Fund

6. Alumni Ventures

7. Angel Hub Ventures

8. Astra Ventures

9. Autotech Ventures

10. Band of Angels

11. Bosch Ventures

12. Converge VC

13. Cota Capital

14. Dnipro VC

15. ECVC

16. ENEOS Innovation Partners

17. Entrepreneurs First

18. Esalen Ventures

19. Exposition Ventures

20. Five Mounts Capital

21. Future Energy Ventures

22. G2C Ventures

23. Galaxy Ventures

24. Ganas VC

25. Grayscale Ventures

26. Great Filter Ventures

27. Heinz Ventures

28. Icon Ventures

29. Iolar Ventures

30. IOVC

31. Jolly VC

32. Maxitech

33. MIT Angels

34. N2N Capital

35. N47

36. Navis Capital

37. NFX

38. Orange Collective

39. Outpost Capital

40. Pitlane VC

41. PodiumVC

42. Precursor Ventures

43. Presidio Ventures

44. PTTEP ARV

45. Riceberg Ventures

46. Samsung NEXT Ventures

47. Sand Hill Angels

48. Shucker VC

49. SK Telecom Ventures

50. Sony Ventures

51. Starlite VC

52. SV Venture Group

53. Tiger Eyes Capital

54. UpScaleX

55. Venrock

56. Year Zero

57. Yushan Ventures

58. YZi Labs

59. Z Venture Capital

60. ZAKA VC

Corporate AI Leaders, who Partner with AI Startups, Registered for This Event:

1. SAP: Multiple roles and leaders

2. Acquia: Engineer

3. Adobe: AI TA Lead from Corporate

4. Adobe: GTM Strategy

5. Amazon: Applied Scientist

6. Amazon: General Manager

7. Amazon Web Services (AWS): Engineer

8. Amazon Web Services (AWS): Startup Solutions Architect, Frontier AI

9. Apple: AI Engineer

10. Apple: Corporate AI Leader

11. Apple: Founder, Corporate

12. Apple: Sr. Program Manager

13. Ascension: Product

14. Black Duck: Principal Enterprise Architect

15. Booz Allen Hamilton: Generative AI Engineer Lead

16. ByteDance: Partnerships and Solutions

17. Cisco: Product Manager

18. Coupa: Product Manager

19. Deloitte: Manager

20. Denso: Director

21. Extreme Networks: Director, Content Marketing Strategy

22. First Citizens Innovation Banking (formerly Silicon Valley Bank): Managing Director

23. Google: AI Leader

24. Google: Global Leader

25. Google: Software Engineer

26. Google: Sr. Consultant

27. Google: Sr. Engineer

28. Google: SWE AI

29. Google: TPM

30. Google Cloud: Partnerships

31. HarperCollins: Sr. Manager, Solutions

32. Hyundai Motor Co: Sr. Manager

33. IBM: Product Executive

34. Intuit: Engineer

35. Intuit: Principal

36. Intuit: Product Manager

37. Intuit: Staff Customer Experience

38. JLL: Director of AI & Innovation

39. KDDI: Investor

40. LexisNexis Risk Solutions: Sr. AI Engineer

41. LinkedIn: Sr. AI Engineer

42. Lucid: Sr. Sourcing Manager

43. Maersk: Sr. Manager, Strategic Transformation

44. Marubeni America Corporation: Assistant General Manager, Silicon Valley Branch

45. Mazda Motor Corporation: Innovation & New Ventures

46. Microsoft: Principal

47. Microsoft: Software Engineer

48. Microsoft: VC and Strategic Startup Partnerships, Head of US West

49. Mitsubishi HC Capital America: Vice President

50. Mitsubishi Research Institute: Sr. Manager

51. NAVER: CVC Leader

52. NTT Finance Corporation: Investor

53. Nutanix: Sr. Product Manager

54. NVIDIA: AI Analysis and Intelligence Lead Builder

55. NVIDIA: Startup Partnerships

56. Oracle: Architect

57. Oracle: Lead Principal Engineer

58. Oracle: Sr. MTS

59. Oracle: Sr. Principal Engineer

60. PayPal: Corporate AI Leader

61. Reddit: Sr. Software Engineer

62. RingCentral: Head of Ventures and M&A

63. RingCentral: VP of AI Product

64. Samsung: Head of Conversational AI Developer Relations

65. Samsung: Sr. Staff Research

66. SAP: Global VP

67. SAP: VP, Product Marketing

68. Schaeffler: Head of Open Innovation

69. ServiceNow: Sr. Principal AI Architect

70. Snowflake: Head of Startups, North America

71. Stanford Medicine: AI & Data Engineer

72. Tech Mahindra: CTO, TME

73. Tesla: Sr. Manager, Software Engineering

74. Tesla: Sr. SWE

75. Toyota InfoTech Labs: Principal Researcher, AI and Cybersecurity for Autonomous Mobility

76. Verizon: Director, Edge and AI Innovation Lab

77. ViaPath Technologies: SVP Tablets and Hardware

78. Volkswagen Group of America: Open Innovation and Product Lead, AI Initiatives

79. Walmart: Product Manager

80. Walmart: Sr. Data Scientist

81. Wells Fargo: Product Manager

82. Workato: VP Engineering, Enterprise Search

83. ZoomInfo: Enterprise AI Architect

84. Zuora: Head of AI, Commerce, Experiences

85. More to come

Above: Llama Lounge attendees by role, Spring 2026.

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