Innovation was in full swing at the Wells Fargo Innovation Center in Menlo.
In partnership with Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI),”Start-Up Day” brought together over 100 attendees from across the tech, venture capital, and start-up ecosystems. This event was all about responsible Al, collaboration, and exploring how emerging technologies are reshaping industries.
Highlights included:
✅ Keynote by Ge Wang, Associate Professor at Stanford CCRMA, on "What do we really want from Al?"
✅ A dynamic panel moderated by Rahul Baig featuring leaders like Chintan Mehta, Ernestine Fu Mak, Shreya Rajpal, and Matt Kraning, discussing "Beyond Algorithms - How Al is Rewriting the DNA of Business."
✅ Lightning talks from innovative start-ups driving the next wave of Al solutions like Virtue AI, Reflection AI, SPINS Photonics, Galileo, Spot AI, Cartesia, Mechanical Orchard, and Inception.
✅ Networking Reception with technical demos from Logical Health, FINE IS, Flair Labs (YC F24), FetchyFox AI, Montara, and Decagon sparked meaningful conversations and future partnerships.
A huge thank you to our partners at Stanford HAI especially David Levi, our speakers, and everyone who joined us to make this event a success.
MUCH APPRECIATION to the incredible Wells Fargo team I had the privilege to collaborate with to help make this event a success: Cindy Vu Garcia, Manpreet Bagga, Armello Rodriguez, Manisha Singh, Rahul Baig, Henry Li, Pankaj Parekh, Melinda Gamil, and the Innovation Center Concierge team.
Together, we're building bridges between academia, industry, and start-ups to shape the future of Al responsibly.
