AIVN - Artificial Intelligence Venture Network

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Knowing who/what/where/why is essential to understanding an emerging ecosystem! That's why I am posting here the complete RSVP chart of over two hundred AI/ML-centered founders, builders, developers, investors, entrepreneurs and budding power users who made plans to attend the AIVN - Artificial Intelligence Venture Network AI Founder Mixer last Thursday at Industrious Biltmore, sponsored by Brad Kotansky and AZ-VC. Follow the link to peruse 200+ names, companies, interests, LinkedIn and GitHub links of which over 100 attended the event. Link below and in first comment https://lnkd.in/g7CeEM6N

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So proud to share with you the first promotional video created for AIVN - Artificial Intelligence Venture Network Here at AIVN we are eating the dog food as they say. This first AI-centric video was a collaborative effort between Bill Swartz Matt Burkett and Andrew Crittenden. It started with an audio podcast or "Deep Dive", which serves as the primary soundtrack, created by Bill using Google's Notebook LLM product. Meanwhile Andrew Crittenden of 5K Media | formerly Conklin Media was creating a cool AI-enhanced artist's take on AIVN's logo, which ends up serving as the first couple minutes of the video stream. These components were then combined with AI generated music and video clips, and overlaid with the logos of supporters and contributors by Matt Burkett of Neurio AI, to arrive at the end product here. Please watch, subscribe to our YouTube and give us your feedback in the comments. https://lnkd.in/g5hbr4ct

Headline reads "AIVN - Artificial Intelligence Venture Network hosts best Phoenix founder networking event of 2024" An exceptionally diverse crowd of 100+ AI/ML-focused founders, builders, investors, researchers, professors, CS/AI students and power users gathered for the 6th AIVN event hosted by our wonderful venue partner Industrious and made possible by the generous sponsorship of Brad Kotansky AZ-VC Venture Partner. Thank you to the founders who participated in our AI StartUp Showcase! Events folks should note the value of fixed company stations which creates a mini trade show and gives attendees a way to easily walk up to chat without fear. Now listen carefully... I have the secret to an AMAZING crowd vibe. Two words: Robot Room. (As an aside Arizona needs a robotics industry association.... lets get that done). Thank you to Drew Watson of Swarmbotics AI and Collin Taylor of Revolute Robotics for being OUR Robot Room. SO great! Alas I failed to find a human Tarot card reader using AI for this event so that hunt continues, but will be successfully completed in time for our Celebration of Arizona Women in AI and Machine Learning event on December 5. Mark your calendars. Thnx also go to the founders of Daily Dose Systems Inc. ProPlaintiff.ai Brainiest.ai AI Box Truthkeep Solisa AI Lumina Spes Group SkipCourse HemmaSense and AI Film 3 for your participation and all the time you took. Another takeaway... 14 Grimaldi's pizzas could easily have been 28. A case and a half of wine should have been 2+ cases. And the sound was somewhere near jet engines at takeoff at times. Apologies for that :) Shout out to Emily Gold for being an unbelievable resource in reaching out to us and helping making the Robot Room a thing. Forever grateful. Thank you's to the folks who worked hard to make AIVN look so good: Quiana Ordonez we appreciate you so much Matt Burkett our behind the scenes AI whisperer and AV dept. Adam Hassan for all the assistance. Armando Viteri our patron saint. Ken De Blassie for covering registration. Cory Miller for all the support. Aryan Bisht and Kartik Aggarwal. Andrew Crittenden for his talented work helping create the new AIVN video. Speaking of which we ran our new video without sound in the Robot Room please check it out here and subscribe to AIVN - Artificial Intelligence Venture Networks new YouTube Channel Thnx to Matt Burkett who toiled for weeks (in AI time) to create this masterpiece. Link in the first comment. Please mark your calendars for our next event on November 21 which will be a founder-only fireside chat moderated by Mike Randall of Monsoon Venture Fund on the subject of Finding Product Market Fit, featuring two amazing panelists to be announced soon. Watch for an event link shortly you will not want to miss it. Much love and thank you for making AIVN - Artificial Intelligence Venture Network the most important landmark on Arizona's AI startup and innovation landscape.

The AIVN - Artificial Intelligence Venture Network AI Founder Mixer this Thursday Oct 17 is gonna be lit! Now close to 200 RSVPs! Add yourself to the wait list in case there are some cancellations - link in the first comment. Many thanks to our event sponsor AZ-VC! Much appreciation Brad Kotansky for your support. Come for the people, stay for the Robot Room. That’s right. The Robot Room. Collin Taylor of Revolute Robotics and Drew Watson and Kelli Christine Quan of Swarmbotics AI will each have one of their robots to show off! The AI StartUp Showcase will feature AI founders arrayed around the perimeter of the room, with signage so they are easy to find. Jason Turnquist 🔥 at ProPlaintiff.ai, Jaeden Schafer at AI Box, Will Xander at Truthkeep, Kelvin T. at Solisa AI, Lindiwe Mutungamiri at eighty-nine, Alan Steinberg Brainiest.ai, Jeffrey P Boysen at Lumina Spes Group, Karl Ernsberger at SkipCourse, PJ W. at AI Film 3 We will also have Nathan Friedman down from Flagstaff in the corner conference room showing off information about his new company HemmaSense. And Chris Spinella and Richard Spinella in Conference Room F, down a quiet hallway, where you can have a conversation with “Mike”, the new AI-based sobriety coaching app from Daily Dose Systems, using tech licensed from the The Luminosity Lab spin out Axio AI, led by Mark Naufel The pizza last month was such a hit we are doing it again with numerous pies from Grimaldis, ranging from regular cheese to some white pizzas and pesto pizzas. Red and white wine, sodas, dessert and coffee. After-party at AC Hotel across the driveway from our amazing venue partner Industrious (thank you Heather Lindstrom and Quiana Ordonez). Special thanks to Founding Sponsor Armando Viteri for making AIVN - Artificial Intelligence Venture Network possible. And to Stephen Boatwright. Thank you Matt Burkett of Neurio AI for all your ops support and great work on the AIVN AI event video trailer and to Andrew Crittenden of 5K Media | formerly Conklin Media for the super cool creative work he did in fashioning a couple of minutes of video footage with the AIVN logo interpreted artistically in a wonderful montage. And Ken De Blassie of GTN Technical Staffing and Consulting for handling registration/badges. https://lu.ma/d5ozgqxs

If networking is net worth, then people are the profit! And what a collection of people will be attending the AIVN - Artificial Intelligence Venture Network Oct 17 #AI Founder Mixer at Industrious Biltmore! Over 140 RSVPs so far and there is still room for you if you are a #Founder, #Developer, #Investor, Academic, Student, Enterprise or Community member with a passion for AI innovation and entrepreneurship. I know what you are thinking. "Yea, sure, but 140 of what?" 60 AI related founders, 15 angel and VC investors, 20 AI related profs, PhDs and ASU students, along with dozens of developers and AI-curious executives in the pre-Founder category. We appreciate participation from VU Venture Partners Brookstone Partners 2468 Ventures Monsoon Venture Fund AZ-VC PHX Ventures Great Hill Partners and AZDisruptors.com AIVN events are exceptional forums for connection which should be approached with a long term strategic mindset. I strongly discourage using AIVN to sell or promote, unless it is a Founder seeking capital, people, customers, etc. Though this event has no formal program - the people are the program - we do have an informal (without pitches) AI StartUp Showcase featuring numerous Founders, from pre-company to revenue level, at fixed desktop stations with signage, interested in talking about and/or demo'ing their products. Chris Spinella and Richard Spinella of Daily Dose Systems Inc. will give attendees an opportunity to speak with "Mike", an AI-based individual Sobriety Sponsor, the first of its kind, based on technology developed at Arizona State University in the The Luminosity Lab overseen by Mark Naufel Brainiest.ai will be there rep'ed by Founder Alan Steinberg. If you haven't checked out Brainiest.ai cancel the ads you are running for marketing staff and speak with Alan. You're welcome. Awaiting confirmation from Swarmbotics AI and Revolute Robotics. These two alone are reason enough to attend. AZ AI startup royalty. Rep'ed by (fingers crossed) Kelli Christine Quan and Drew Watson, and Collin Taylor, respectively. Jaeden Schafer from AI Box Will Xander from Truthkeep Lindiwe Mutungamiri of Eighty-Nine Kelvin T. of Solisa AI Jason Turnquist of ProPlaintiff.ai Karl Ernsberger with SkipCourse and more to come with confirmations! Thank you Heather Lindstrom and Quiana Ordonez of Industrious and thanks as well to Brad Kotansky and AZ-VC or event sponsor. And now for a treat if you read this far. I will post a link to the chart of RSVPed attendees in the first comment so you can see what you might be missing. Please RSVP now and plan to join us! https://lu.ma/d5ozgqxs

The October 17 AI Startup/Founder mixer from AIVN - Artificial Intelligence Venture Network, sponsored by AZ-VC, courtesy of Brad Kotansky, AZ-VC Venture Partner, is shaping up to be a vibrant Who's Who of #Arizona AI/ML founders, builders, developers, enterprise innovators, professors, students and investors with close to 90 reservations so far! When you register to attend, you will receive a weekly link to an updated chart of guest RSVPs, complete with everyone's LinkedIn links, and other info. Networking starts with research and planning! Event registration link in first comment. Here are just some of the people registered to attend on Th Oct 17: Aaron Eden Brain Bridge AI Amy Edelen Phoenix Business Journal Sami Mian, Ph.D. Alan Steinberg Brainiest.ai Ana Tomboulian DecisionTree.ai Amy Wang Parable Blake W. Thin Air Nav Clint Lotz TrackStar.ai Elizabeth Taylor PHX Ventures Enrike NUR Whelp Hamid Shojaee SavvyTrader Isha Narula Intel Lucas Petty AI Daddy Isaiah Lopez OZO Development Jaeden Schafer AI Box Josh Otero Elanah.AI Larry Lytle The Ark Project Lindiwe Mutungamiri eighty-nine Lubna Alyousfi Gallagher & Kennedy Mat Sherman Seedscout Mignon Gould, MFA Phoenix Business Journal Michelle Tinsley Sciata Noor Nusrum PHX Ventures Sean Lindy Monsoon Venture Fund Suman D. USE VOX Tom Spengler Great Hill Partners Trevor Richardson OAM Quant Will Xander Truthkeep 'YZ' Yezhou Yang' ARGOS Vision Thank you to our team at venue sponsor Industrious, Heather Lindstrom and Quiana Ordonez, and founding sponsors Armando Viteri, of Neubloc, and Stephen Boatwright of Gallagher & Kennedy. https://lu.ma/d5ozgqxs

The October 17 AI Startup/Founder mixer from AIVN - Artificial Intelligence Venture Network, sponsored by AZ-VC, courtesy of Brad Kotansky, AZ-VC Venture Partner, is shaping up to be a vibrant Who's Who of #Arizona #AI and #ML founders, builders, developers, enterprise innovators, professors, students and investors with close to 90 reservations so far! When you register to attend, you will receive a weekly link to an updated chart of guest RSVPs, complete with everyone's LinkedIn links, and other info. Networking starts with research and planning! Event registration link in first comment. Representatives of the following companies are on the 'Yes' list: 20/20 Digital Analytics AI Box AI Daddy Ai6 Corporation Arcadian Cybernetics ARGOS Vision Brain Bridge AI CARBONIS INC. JPMorganChase CodeBook AI Advisors Coruscate Decision Tree AI EarthEn Energy eighty-nine Elanah.AI Flipp.ED Ventures Focus Labs Gallagher & Kennedy Great Hill Partners Greater Phoenix Economic Council Intel Corporation International Research Center Kidder Mathews Koko Ni Lane B LearnHaus Lelander Mab sales group Milestone Technologies, Inc. Monsoon Venture Fund Neurio AI OAM Quant Parable People First Phoenix Business Journal PHX Ventures Popwave Media Posterboard Project Vara QuantexSolutions Riverbed Technology Inc SavvyTrader Sciata Seedscout The Ark Project Thin Air Nav Thunderbird School of Global Management TrackStar AI Transmosis (eSure.AI) Truthkeep University of Advancing Technology USE VOX VAgents VensureHR Staffing Alliance WalletChat Labs, Inc. Whelp X-Silicon Inc Xponential AI Thank you to our team at venue sponsor Industrious, Heather Lindstrom and Quiana Ordonez, and founding sponsors Armando Viteri, of Neubloc, and Stephen Boatwright of Gallagher & Kennedy. https://lu.ma/d5ozgqxs

Please consider joining us for AI Venture Network's sixth event, Thursday October 17, at Industrious Biltmore. You can find all the event details in the registration link at the bottom of this post. Brad Kotansky, Venture Partner with AZ-VC, the Arizona fund established by Jack Selby, has stepped up to support AIVN as Event Sponsor for this event. Brad is a genuine and approachable human being, as well as a representative of a valuable capital resource. When you meet Brad please thank him for his support. AIVN has rapidly become THE go-to gathering for like-minded AI builders, founders, funders and enthusiasts! Come for an elevated networking experience where the people are the program. *Pro photographer, projected AI imagery, AI Tarot Card Reader, and more! *RSVP to get weekly emails with who is coming, bios and LinkedIn profile links *Color coded badges with name and company - thank you Ken De Blassie for running that *A live electronic keyboard player will set the vibe *Curated food, wine, desserts and coffee service overseen by Cory Miller *Engage a showcase of ten AI startup founders at stations around the room coordinated by Sivanee Naghichetty Prem Kumar, which will include Will Xander of Truthkeep, Kelvin T. of Solisa AI, Aryan Bisht of Atya Labs, Alan Steinberg of Brainiest.ai, Lindiwe Mutungamiri, and Jaeden Schafer of AI Box. Four slots left. I just posted the registration page today and RSVPs are in from Albert Stanton of Greater Phoenix Economic Council, Mignon Gould, MFA and Amy Edelen of the Phoenix Business Journal, Amy Wang of Parable, Marc Soto, Michelle Tinsley of Sciata, Kunal Patel, MPH, RDN, Justin Mitchell of Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute at Arizona State University, Sami Mian, Ph.D., Russell S. Fink of Popwave Media, Rick Randall of APIVOC LLC, Will Preble of Ascendance, Isaiah Lopez of Ozo Development, James Bates of AdviNOW Medical, with more coming in as I write this. Thank you again to Event Sponsor Brad Kotansky, AZ-VC Venture Partner, to Venue Partner Industrious, and to Founding Sponsors Armando Viteri and Stephen Boatwright We look forward to seeing you on October 17 at AIVN - Artificial Intelligence Venture Network’s next AI Startup/Founder mixer. Best, Bill Swartz https://lu.ma/d5ozgqxs