Llama Lounge 21

Another sold-out Llama Lounge #21 — we turned away more than 900 applicants due to fire code capacity.

This edition was hosted at Capgemini’s Applied Innovation Exchange in San Francisco, in partnership with my close friend Josh Baillon. The evening brought together a curated mix of AI founders, VCs, and corporate AI leaders, representing the intersection where innovation meets enterprise demand.

Ten cutting-edge startups were selected to demo their work, while two global corporations — Airbus and Altria — joined as “reverse-pitch” participants, sharing their AI challenges and collaboration needs directly with the startup community.

The night was expertly emceed by Samuel J. Cummings III from Gen AI, who guided the fast-paced lineup of founders and pitches. Photo by Erick Davidson

Demo Startups

1. 14.ai: AI-first customer support platform

2. All in One: All-in-one AI platform for restaurants

3. Clyx: AI powered event platform for community & friendship

4. Enkrypt AI: Agentic trust, security & compliance

5. Incantor: Proprietary AI powering ethical tools for creatives

6. Maket: Generative design for residential planning

7. Mill Pond Research: The governance layer for agentic AI

8. Parallax Worlds: Virtual worlds to stress-test robots

9. Prompt Driven: AI Coding for large/complex codebases 

10. Warmstart: AI-powered warm outreach for builders

Each startup embodied the spirit of the Llama Lounge community: lean, fast, and focused on building the next generation of AI-native companies.

Above: The ten demo startups pre-event preparing.

Above: Line to access Llama Lounge 21 at Capgemini, welcome everyone! Glad to have you.