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Under Pebblebed’s warm ambient lighting and sleek industrial backdrop, the room buzzed with quiet anticipation as founders took the stage to pitch their startups. Event sponsors, investors, and curious attendees filled the space, eager to see the culmination of weeks of hard work. Each presentation was dynamic and engaging, blending sharp storytelling with lighthearted moments that drew laughter from the crowd. Beyond the decks and demos, what resonated most was the founders’ genuine passion for their fields, from agentic AI systems to medicine-patient matching, a shared drive that defined the spirit of the evening.
It was a fitting stage for founders who have already turned bold ideas into venture-backed realities, including:
Precognition Labs
Presented by founder Suhas Manangi, Precognition Labs is building AI Agentic Systems that create abundant review and investigation capacity, enabling organizations to reimagine how they address abuse, fraud, safety, and compliance challenges at scale. Their core values include expanding human potential, human-centered AI, privacy and security by design, transparency & trust, and continuous learning.
Hyperscale Systems
Created to scale physical operations with AI agents, Hyperscale systems was founded by Oliver Song and Bo DellaMaria. They provide solutions including Smart IVR for Carriers and Automated Outbound for Brokers. They audit your system, calls, and custom requirements - including full-text analysis + report card, launch with your existing phone numbers and systems - no disruption to current operations, monitor performance with real-time analytics and continuously improve outcomes, and allow expansion across departments, locations, and use cases with proven workflows.
Akify
Akify is purpose-built to surface organizational context and drive more efficient, coordinated collaboration. With a mission to transform enterprise collaboration by providing immediate access to critical contextual information, enabling faster decision-making and better team alignment, Akify uses advanced AI and machine learning algorithms designed to understand organizational context and surface relevant information proactively. It is built by enterprise collaboration AI PhD experts from MIT, Columbia and Amazon, Soya Park and Lydia Chilton, with deep understanding of organizational dynamics and the challenges of modern workplace productivity.
Node Bio
Node Bio is a biotech-focused startup founded by Bryan Downie and Bruce Adams, which aims to help pharmaceutical companies make decisions on the drugs they will deliver to patients as a particular drug can be efficacious in treating more than one disease. The founders have had a background of inventing and building multiple cell and genomics platform technologies for early to mid-stage biopharma and biotech companies, which are used to query patient tissues to better understand disease and options for therapeutic development.
AIx2
Founded by Mohammad Rasouli, AIx2 empowers alternative investment funds with advanced generative and predictive AI to generate higher alpha and ROI through boosted due diligence, direct opportunity discovery, and sharp market insights. It is a unified platform of three end-to-end workflows, including a fundraising, investment and deal exit workflow.
ContextKey
ContextKey was founded by Jan Carbonell and Adam Hillel, which is a personal assistant in mobile phones that can take context from existing information available to help organize optimal plans.
