Demo Day - A showcase of exceptional founders and builders from AI Valley
Hosted on LumaFetched about 1 month ago
Saturday, January 31, 2026
to Saturday, January 31, 2026
Artificial IntelligenceInnovationNetworkingCommunitySocial Impact
Student only
This hackathons is only open to students. Double check the event page for more information as this may mean only those from a particular university/country are eligible.
Event Type
in person
168
Participants
15
Est. Projects
Organizers
AI Valley Demo Day (remote & in-person w/ Food + Drink) Get direct feedback and visibility from Bay Area VCs and operators — demo spots are limited to 5 teams. Open registration, with only the top 5 teams selected to present. Learn more about AI Valley Demo Day (Vol. 1), including format, audience, and presenter selection, at https://www.aivalley.io/demo-days/vol1 Format: Hybrid · Duration: 1–2 hours + networking session Audience: Builders, founders, top operators, venture capitalists, ecosystem partners Overview AI Valley Demo Day is a hybrid showcase of early-stage AI teams and individual builders who are actively shipping. Selected teams demo to experienced founders, senior operators, and Bay Area VCs actively building and investing in AI, with direct visibility and curated referrals opportunities to early-stage investors including Afore (Pre-Seed $500K–$2M, FIR / FIRU $100K) and select top Bay Area funds for teams showing strong execution and signal. This is not a pitch competition. You do not need traction or to be fundraising. Learn more: Afore Residence https://www.afore.vc/residence · Afore Students https://www.afore.vc/students Schedule 5:30 – 6:30 PM — Curated demos & live Q&A 6:30 – 7:30 PM — Open networking (in-person + optional Zoom) What to Expect Short, focused product demos (5–7 minutes each) Live feedback and guidance from venture capitalists, founders, and senior operators Execution-focused Q&A on product, architecture, and go-to-market Curated audience of VCs and top operators across the Bay Area Open registration. Demos selected to ensure thoughtful feedback. Logistics Platform: Zoom (or equivalent) Recording: Optional, shared selectively Food & drinks: Provided for in-person attendees 🍽️ Follow-ups: Curated intros, feedback notes, and demo links post-event. OUR HOSTS Agora | Publicly traded on NASDAQ (API), Agora powers 80 billion+ minutes of real-time audio, video, and conversational AI every month with ultra-low latency across 200+ countries; its SDKs are running on 3 billion+ devices globally. Beta University｜#1 pre-accelerator in Silicon Valley, helping early-stage founders build VC-fundable startups. Ready to build with us? Apply here. Not a founder? You can also learn more about how to get involved — as a mentor, partner, or supporter of the next generation of startups. AI Valley is a high-signal community for exceptional builders, founders, and creators—rooted in exceptional first-generation talent worldwide and open to anyone serious about building real things. We curate environments where ambitious people meet collaborators, mentors, and opportunities through hackathons, competitive builds, workshops, and intimate gatherings across AI, tech, and the arts. If you care about who you build with as much as what you build, this is your place. 🌐 Website: https://aivalley.io 📅 Events: https://lu.ma/aivalley 👥 Community (Discord): https://discord.gg/QESCnSUPC9 📰 Newsletter: https://aivalleyio.substack.com 🔗 All links: https://aivalley.io/links