Llama Lounge 26 at Microsoft for Startups in Mountain View Sept 2026

Llama Lounge is an AI startup event series featuring 10 AI startups delivering lightning pitches. Hosted by top tech leaders including Microsoft, Google, AWS, Zoom, SAP, Atlassian, Adobe, and Stanford, the series was founded by Jeremiah Owyang in spring 2023. Today's agenda features opening remarks from Jeremiah Owyang (including the traditional conch call and a lightning talk on "How to Win When Code Is Free"), an introduction by host Valerie Bertele, and a featured panel with Microsoft leaders Zain Gulamali (VC & Startup Biz Dev, Microsoft for Startups), Patrick Cook (Sr. Director, Scaling AI Americas, Microsoft), and Shaloo Garg (Managing Director, AI Startup Ecosystem & Enterprise High Tech Pursuits, Microsoft). Startups ​AIX Global: Adaptive execution intelligence for AI & quantum ​Chimeboard: Simulate audience behavior for consumer marketing ​Entrapeer: Strategic decision-making engine for enterprises ​Founding.Dev: Replace expensive SaaS subscriptions with your own tools (Antler) ​Gofer AI: Data infrastructure for humanoid robot manipulation (Breakthrough Ventures) ​Orbitax: Agentic AI for international tax compliance ​Oway: The coordination OS for the physical economy (YC) ​Pageform AI: Agentic data room for diligence & deals ​Sante: AI infrastructure for biological risk intelligence (Breakthrough Ventures) ​Sun: The future of audio content (Blitzscaling Ventures) ​Wrnt: Infrastructure for stock warrants, equity’s third channel