Startup Grind Silicon Valley

​What You'll Experience
​🎙️ Keynotes & Panels

​Hear from the technology providers who powered the AI products at massive scale, covering voice agents, generative media, and the emerging agent stack. No pitch decks. Real talk and practical insights from the teams driving AI innovation.

​🕹️ Four Hands-On Demo Stations

​Communication AI — Build your own voice agent live across the full stack: RTC, ASR, TTS, LLM, and open ecosystem integrations - 130+ languages, less than 300ms latency. Come with your use case and leave with a blueprint.
​Media & Creator AI — AI-native multimedia capabilities that power the full content workflow, from generative creation to intelligent editing, media enhancement, processing, and distribution. Built for live streaming, AI filming, short-form content, e-commerce, online education, and creative production teams.
​Web App & Agent AI — Deploy full-stack web apps and AI agents globally in minutes, powered by Tencent Cloud's EdgeOne Makers — the edge platform that hit #1 on Product Hunt for both Product of the Day (June 24, 2026) and Product of the Week. Serverless and zero-DevOps, with AI-assisted development via MCP. Designed for lean startup teams who need to validate fast and scale instantly.
​TokenHub — Explore Tencent Cloud's unified LLM gateway for accessing leading foundation models through a single API. Featuring industry-standard protocol compatibility, automatic fallback, and cost-aware routing with built-in TPM governance. Simplifies model management and reduces inference costs while building AI applications at scale.

​🎟️ Free Trial Credits

​Walk away with hands-on trial access to every product showcased. No credit card required.

​🤝 Curated Networking

​Structured networking hours with food & drinks. The room will be 150–200 hand-picked AI founders, engineers, media builders, researchers, and AI-focused VCs. 

​Who Should Attend

​AI startup founders and engineers building voice, media, or agent products
​Media and entertainment teams working on streaming, content creation, or asset management
​Engineering leads managing inference costs and token economics at scale
​Early-stage builders looking for zero-overhead deployment platforms
​AI-focused VCs and researchers looking for the full-stack view
​This is an approval-only event. Registrations are reviewed to ensure a high-signal room. Apply below.

Agenda

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Hosted By

James Gee, Global Partnerships Manager

I recently relocated from the UK to Silicon Valley to expand Startup Grind's sales and partnership program, collaborating closely with Derek bringing fresh ideas and forge new connections that will fuel future growth.
I'm also an entrepreneur at heart, launching my own startup in 2015, experiencing the thrilling highs and challenging lows of being a founder firsthand. This unique perspective fuels my excitement for connecting with founders and partners at the 2024 Global Conference. Beyond the world of startups, I am an avid sports fan, whether it's playing or watching a game. If you're in the Bay Area, don't hesitate to reach out - as I’d be thrilled to join you for a game!

Derek Andersen, Chapter Organizer

For the past 15 years Derek has been building communities. He is the co-founder/CEO of Bevy, a SaaS product that helps companies like Salesforce, Atlassian, Google, Snowflake, and Adobe build virtual and in-person communities. Bevy has raised $60M from Accel, Upfront Ventures, and others. He co-founded Startup Grind, a community of 600 Chapters in 125 countries educating, inspiring, and connecting startup people. Since 2012 Startup Grind has hosted 20,000 events. In 2010 he co-founded Commonred which was acquired by Income.com. Derek also previously worked as a product manager at Electronic Arts. He currently lives in Palo Alto CA with his wife and four children.

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Global Partner

Carta (http://www.carta.com/launch?utm_campaign=20240423-nam-general-smb-startup_grind_partnership&utm_medium=social&utm_source=startup_grind)
Carta helps people manage equity, build businesses, and invest in the companies of tomorrow. Carta Launch is the only free cap table product, helping new founders get started. The company is trusted by more than 40,000 companies, over 7,000 funds and SPVs, and over two million equity holders to manage cap tables, compensation, valuations, liquidity, and more. For more information, visit carta.com.

Startup Grind is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. We host monthly events in more than 600 cities and 125+ countries featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share personal stories and lessons learned on the road to building great companies. Our monthly fireside chat interviews, startup mixers and annual conferences provide ample opportunities to connect with amazing startups and the people behind them, tap into a strong support network, form meaningful connections and gain inspiration for the startup journey ahead. For more information visit StartupGrind.com or follow us on twitter @StartupGrind.

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