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The Next Consumer Breakouts: Founder × Investor Speed Dating

Hosted by PowerYou AI

When
3:00 – 5:00 PM
Where
FiDi
Format
Matchmaking and Networking
The Next Consumer Breakouts: Founder × Investor Speed Dating artwork

/ About this event

The most iconic tech companies are those that change how we communicate, create, travel, shop, learn, and live, becoming part of the fabric of everyday life.

And yet, in recent years, consumer investing has become noticeably more cautious. Consumer is hard, they say.

We’re a group of founders and investors who believe AI is about to change that equation.

The cost of building is falling. Products can become dramatically more personal. New interfaces and distribution channels are emerging. And entirely new consumer behaviors are still waiting to be created.

For SF Tech Week, we’re bringing together ambitious founders building across consumer AI, social, media, commerce, entertainment, education, wellness, marketplaces, and other emerging categories, alongside investors looking for the next generation of breakout consumer companies.

The format is simple: a curated series of fast, candid founder-investor conversations designed to help the right people find each other.

This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com

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