Vertical Intelligence: Founder & Funder Summit

The Future of Sector Innovation Starts Here: VERTICAL AI, data, and documentation in the age of Generative AI. Join us for an exclusive evening for the VERTICAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDER & FUNDER SUMMIT, hosted by Foothill Ventures, Plug and Play and Nebius. We’re bringing together leading FOUNDERS, top investors, and enterprise experts to explore how GenAI is powering the rise of VERTICAL AI — and transforming how industries operate, document, and scale. Featured Speaker: Marc Boroditsky, Chief Revenue Officer at Nebius Sobhan Khani, Partner at Plug and Play Tech Center Jinlin Wang, Managing Partner at Foothill Ventures Ram Bala, Author of The AI-Centered Enterprise, Professor at SCU, Chief Scientist at Samvid.ai Greg Sands, FOUNDER & Managing Partner at Costanoa Ventures (Investing in applied AI, data and developer infrastructure,  fintech, cyber and national security) Xuhui Shao, Managing Partner at Foothill Ventures Gloria Zhang, Vice President at DCM Ventures Jennifer Hoskins, Startups Global Head of Cloud & Partnerships at NVIDIA Jerry Zhou, Cofounder & CEO at Supio (trusted AI platform purpose-built for law firms) Tasso Roumeliotis, FOUNDER & CEO at Numa (AI Agent for Dealership communication in Oakland CA) Omar Issa, Cofounder & CEO at ResiQuant (AI Agent for Structural Engineering) Theresa Dai, Investor at Foothill Ventures Agenda: 5:00 PM: Check-in and Networking 5:25 PM: Opening Remarks 5:30 PM: Fireside Chat — Scaling VERTICAL AI 6:00 PM: VC Panel — Investing in VERTICAL AI 6:45 PM: Startup Spotlight — How NVIDIA Powers the Future of VERTICAL AI 6:55 PM: Startup Panel — Building the VERTICAL AI ACROSS INDUSTRIES 7:40 PM: Mingling and Networking 9:00 PM: Event Ends (venue closes) Who Should Attend? FOUNDERS BUILDING VERTICAL AI, enterprise SaaS, or documentation-first platforms Engineers and product builders exploring data-rich sector opportunities Investors and operators focused on the next wave of applied AI innovation Event Host: Plug and Play Tech Center: Plug and Play is the ultimate innovation platform. Our mission is to build the world’s leading innovation platform and make innovation open to anyone, anywhere. We do this by connecting entrepreneurs, corporations, and investors worldwide. Over the past 15 years, we have brought together 35,000+ startups, 500+ world-leading corporations, and hundreds of venture capital firms, universities, and government agencies across 20+ industries. Learn more at https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/ [https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/]. Foothill Ventures: Foothill Ventures is a $300M fund that bets on highly technical, very early-stage companies in frontier tech. We are based in Los Altos, California. We are investing in seed and series A startups in North America. Learn more at https://www.foothill.ventures/ [https://www.foothill.ventures/]. NVIDIA Inception: NVIDIA Inception is a program designed to help startups accelerate technical innovation and business growth at all stages. Inception is free and supports members of its global community with valuable benefits from NVIDIA and partners. Learn more at https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/startups/ [https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/startups/]. Nebius: The Nebius AI Cloud brings powerful full-stack infrastructure for AI developers and practitioners across startups, enterprises and science institutes to build and deploy generative AI applications and rapidly deliver scientific breakthroughs by training and running ML models within a secure, high-performance, and cost-optimized cloud environment. Learn more at https://nebius.com/ [https://nebius.com/]. Event Disclaimer: By registering for this event, you agree to the organizers' privacy policy. You agree your contact info may be shared with other event partners for follow-up communications. By attending this event, you consent to being photographed and/or filmed. These photographs and/or videos may be used for promotional purposes, including but not limited to social media, marketing materials, and our website. Organizers use the information you provide to contact you about their relevant content, products, and services. Organizers will share the information you provide with Nebius, who will use your information for similar purposes. You can unsubscribe from Nebius' communications at any time. See Nebius’ Privacy Policy for more information at: https://docs.nebius.com/legal/privacy [https://docs.nebius.com/legal/privacy] Check out some of our past gatherings hosted by Foothill Ventures: