Food Innovation Circle

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San Francisco, CA, US

About us

The food, beverage and restaurants landscape is being reshaped profoundly recently. Food Innovation Circle hopes to connect the "foodies + techies" in the community who believes in the power of innovation in redefining the food ecosystem. We also want to explore the innovation at the intersection of food, technology, design, behavior, culture, and business models.
Our mission:
• Foster meaningful connections among food innovation enthusiasts

• Support food start-ups by offering insightful events led by leading thought leaders and food innovators

The topics may include but not limited to:

• The Innovation within food companies: How the food companies are transforming their portfolio to adapt to the changing consumer preferences?
• Restaurant technology: What new technologies are helping restaurants better manage the day-to-day operation?
• Food entrepreneurship and investing: What are the key areas and trends of food investment?
• Food sustainability: How are food companies, governments and NGOs working to reduce the food waste and make our planet cleaner?
Feel free to contribute and share your ideas on events and guest speaker. Let's build a community for food innovation enthusiasts together!

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AI Unleashed Summit!
Thu, Aug 27 · 9:00 AM PDT
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In this transformative webinar, you'll discover:

How to embrace the AI revolution to reshape your business, launch new ideas to the market and create immense wealth.

Strategies for selecting the perfect AI solutions tailored to your unique business needs and goals.

The secret to unlocking time freedom and endless opportunities for you and your family.

An inside look at how their private clients are transforming their businesses daily with AI automated workflows

How to become an AI Assisted Entrepreneur™

And more!

The speaker will present about how to use AI to get more high quality leads and appointments booked on your calendar using bots, how to increase your conversion, launch products faster than ever to the marketplace, immediately internationalize your company with new mind blowing AI tools (that handle live language and video translation), how to automate mundane tasks and much, much more!

Register for this mind expanding web-class where he shows you incredible demos of things they are doing to rapidly launch grow and scale their clients companies and projects, and what tools they are using daily to exponentially scale up the revenue of more than 60K entrepreneurs, business owners , agencies, experts and professional service companies that have participated in this course already this year!

Remember, opportunities like these are rare. Massive wealth is changing hands right now due to this transforming technology! Register now and secure your spot on this life-changing webinar!

Here's a list of ways AI can allow you to become more efficient and productive!
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2. Enhance personalized marketing with AI-driven customer segmentation
3. Optimize pricing strategies through AI-based dynamic pricing
4. Improve sales forecasting with AI-powered predictive analytics
5. Streamline inventory management using AI for demand forecasting
6. Enhance content creation with AI-generated copy and visuals
7. Implement AI-driven A/B testing for marketing campaigns
8. Improve lead scoring and qualification with AI algorithms
9. Enhance SEO with AI-powered keyword analysis and optimization
10. Automate email marketing campaigns using AI-driven personalization
11. Use AI to identify and target high-value customers
12. Implement AI-driven customer churn prediction and prevention
13. Enhance ad targeting and bidding strategies with AI
14. Automate social media management using AI-powered tools
15. Improve product recommendations with AI-driven algorithms
16. Implement AI-powered sentiment analysis for brand monitoring
17. Enhance user experience with AI-driven website optimization
18. Improve fraud detection and prevention with AI-based systems
19. Streamline supply chain management with AI-driven logistics
20. Use AI to optimize employee recruitment and retention
21. Automate repetitive tasks with AI-powered Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
1 attendee
Investor Panel: Investor Overview + Elevator Pitches #6
Thu, Aug 27 · 6:00 PM PDT
5 Palo Alto Square, 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA, US
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Investor Panel: Investor Overview + Elevator Pitches #6 Tickets, Thursday, August 27 • 6 PM - 9 PM | Eventbrite

Take advantage of early responder pricing!

Hurry! Slots are limited!

Venue:

Snell and Wilmer
5 Palo Alto Square
(Ground Floor Event Center)
3000 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306

A panel of investors will discuss the latest trends in startup funding and outline what they invest in and what they are looking for in a startup.

Pre-selected entrepreneurs will then pitch to the panel, followed by questions and feedback from the panel.

The pitch format is:
Two minutes, no slides, followed by four minutes of Q & A / feedback from the panel.

Audience members (even those who are not pitching) will benefit from the insights offered by the investor panelists and will learn more about the Silicon Valley startup investment ecosystem.

All attendees will have an opportunity to interact with investor panelists during the networking portions of the event before and after the program.

Agenda
6:00 PM to 7:00 pm Check In, Food, Networking
7:00 pm to 8:40 pm Program
8:40 pm to 9:00 pm Networking
After Party

Panelists:
(More panelists TBA.)

### Carlos Vadillo- Rodriguez, MIT Angels

### Priya Balachandran. Angel Investor

### Piyush Malik, Founder and Managing Partner, Piyush Ventures

### Shawn Trabanino, Venture Partner, Berkeley Ventures

### Toby Levy, Investor, Alumni Ventures

### Ben Haskell, Senior Investment Director, Lam Capital

Moderator:
Roger Rappoport, Partner, Snell and Wilmer

If you would like to pitch to the investor panel in the official pitch line up, send an email message to:

pitchanddemo@gmail.com

Put this in the subject header:

Th 8/27/26 Elevator Pitches - Pitch Applicant

Additionally, there will be startup demo tables and tables for startup service providers.

If you would like space on a startup demo table, or if you are a startup service provider and would like a sponsor table, please send an email message to:

siliconvalleysponsor@gmail.com

Put this in the subject header:

Th 8/27/26 Pitch Event - Tabler
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How to Break into an AI Career in 10 Weeks
Thu, Sep 3 · 5:00 PM PDT
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Online
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Discover how you can quickly transition into an AI-focused career.
Curious about breaking into AI but don’t know where to start? This live webinar will walk you through how beginners can build practical, job-ready AI skills in just 10 weeks—even without a technical background.

Hosted by LIT (Launch Institute of Technology), this session covers the current AI job market, in-demand skills, and a clear pathway to transition into high-growth tech roles.

### What You’ll Learn
- How AI is transforming jobs and creating new career opportunities
- The most in-demand AI skills employers are hiring for
- A step-by-step roadmap to go from beginner to job-ready
- Real-world applications of AI in business and industry
- How LIT’s 10-week program is structured for hands-on learning
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AI Unleashed Summit!
Thu, Sep 10 · 9:00 AM PDT
·
Online
Online
To get the login link, visit:

AI Unleashed Summit
or

https://events.aiunleashedglobalsummit.com/aias-registration-aff?am_id=IPOGLOBALWORLDNOW

( Copy and paste into your browser if necessary.)

This event is being promoted by many groups.

This is an online event.

Participants can be located anywhere in the world!

This event is FREE to attend!

Hurry! Slots are limited!

In this transformative webinar, you'll discover:

How to embrace the AI revolution to reshape your business, launch new ideas to the market and create immense wealth.

Strategies for selecting the perfect AI solutions tailored to your unique business needs and goals.

The secret to unlocking time freedom and endless opportunities for you and your family.

An inside look at how their private clients are transforming their businesses daily with AI automated workflows

How to become an AI Assisted Entrepreneur™

And more!

The speaker will present about how to use AI to get more high quality leads and appointments booked on your calendar using bots, how to increase your conversion, launch products faster than ever to the marketplace, immediately internationalize your company with new mind blowing AI tools (that handle live language and video translation), how to automate mundane tasks and much, much more!

Register for this mind expanding web-class where he shows you incredible demos of things they are doing to rapidly launch grow and scale their clients companies and projects, and what tools they are using daily to exponentially scale up the revenue of more than 60K entrepreneurs, business owners , agencies, experts and professional service companies that have participated in this course already this year!

Remember, opportunities like these are rare. Massive wealth is changing hands right now due to this transforming technology! Register now and secure your spot on this life-changing webinar!

Here's a list of ways AI can allow you to become more efficient and productive!
1. Automate customer service with AI-powered chatbots
2. Enhance personalized marketing with AI-driven customer segmentation
3. Optimize pricing strategies through AI-based dynamic pricing
4. Improve sales forecasting with AI-powered predictive analytics
5. Streamline inventory management using AI for demand forecasting
6. Enhance content creation with AI-generated copy and visuals
7. Implement AI-driven A/B testing for marketing campaigns
8. Improve lead scoring and qualification with AI algorithms
9. Enhance SEO with AI-powered keyword analysis and optimization
10. Automate email marketing campaigns using AI-driven personalization
11. Use AI to identify and target high-value customers
12. Implement AI-driven customer churn prediction and prevention
13. Enhance ad targeting and bidding strategies with AI
14. Automate social media management using AI-powered tools
15. Improve product recommendations with AI-driven algorithms
16. Implement AI-powered sentiment analysis for brand monitoring
17. Enhance user experience with AI-driven website optimization
18. Improve fraud detection and prevention with AI-based systems
19. Streamline supply chain management with AI-driven logistics
20. Use AI to optimize employee recruitment and retention
21. Automate repetitive tasks with AI-powered Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
1 attendee