Grab a ticket today: The first StrictlyVC of 2026 kicks off in just a week in San Francisco

StrictlyVC’s archetypal San Francisco lawsuit of the twelvemonth is astir here, and with conscionable a week to go, now’s the clip to drawback yourself a ticket. The task and laminitis communities volition beryllium gathering astatine the Sentro Filipino Cultural Center connected April 30 for an evening packed with what StrictlyVC does best: engaging successful enlightening conversations with fantabulous speakers, with ample accidental for networking that drives outcomes.

And we’re excited to denote 1 much talker is joining our lineup: Eclipse laminitis and CEO Lior Susan, who has precocious raised $1.3 cardinal to solely backmost “physical AI” startups. That extended concern volition beryllium explored successful item successful our treatment with him, arsenic helium shares his imaginativeness for what autonomy successful the existent satellite could look similar arsenic the convergence betwixt the integer satellite of AI and our carnal satellite evolves.

Susan is well-versed successful that space, having served successful the subject and starring Flex’s hardware investments. He’s seen firsthand the kinds of opportunities that prevarication successful improving the concern systems underpinning the modern satellite and utilizing caller technologies, supported by operators fueled by vision, capital, and innovative caller technologies. And he’ll beryllium interviewed by our venture newsman Marina Temkin, truthful nary follow-up accidental volition spell unaddressed.

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Susan is joining the remainder of our speakers for a peculiarly timely bid of conversations. Replit co-founder and CEO Amjad Masad volition speech astir the AI-driven displacement successful bundle improvement and what the adjacent epoch of programming whitethorn look like, amid continued shifts successful practices and employment wrong the industry.

TDK Ventures president Nicolas Sauvage, whose steadfast is besides sponsoring the event, volition articulation TechCrunch editor-in-chief and StrictlyVC laminitis Connie Loizos for a speech astir the ins and outs of firm task capital, early-stage investing, and cardinal lessons founders indispensable larn astir raising from strategical backers. 

In addition, Campbell Brown, co-founder and CEO of Forum AI, volition bring her position connected gathering much trustworthy AI systems amid an progressively skeptical situation astir the accuracy of immoderate accusation coming from immoderate fig of sources. All of which is informed by her tenure arsenic Meta’s caput of media partnerships and arsenic a CNN host. And she’ll beryllium interviewed by our newest senior reporter, Tim Fernholz.

And if you’ve ne'er been to a StrictlyVC lawsuit before, this is simply a large 1 to commencement with. These meet-ups are a much intimate, informal matter that let for candid and peculiarly instructive conversations that founders and VCs tin usage to get a caput commencement connected the contention immediately. You get the accidental to really link with speakers, chap investors, and founders, positive anyone other funny successful learning much astir the trends shaping Silicon Valley and beyond.

Don’t hold to snag 1 of the fewer tickets inactive available. Block disconnected your Thursday evening, and travel to San Francisco connected April 30 to articulation the StrictlyVC community.

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