Our Speakers | Startup Grind Conference

Meet the Speakers

Nikhil Choudhary

Nikhil Choudhary

Ben Stein

Ben Stein

Alicia Castillo Holley

Alicia Castillo Holley

Keshia Theobald-van Gent

Keshia Theobald-van Gent

Lotti Siniscalco

Lotti Siniscalco

Harrison Lieberfarb

Harrison Lieberfarb

Dr. Steve Fu

Dr. Steve Fu

Ari Wright

Ari Wright

Andy Triedman

Andy Triedman

Rio Hodges

Rio Hodges

Kleida Martiro

Kleida Martiro

Kevin Jiang

Kevin Jiang

Vuk Lau

Vuk Lau

Niamh O'Donnell

Niamh O'Donnell

Ryan Falvey

Ryan Falvey

Stephanie Sher

Stephanie Sher

Ryan Taylor

Ryan Taylor

Darshan Shah

Darshan Shah

Harshita Mira Venkatesh

Harshita Mira Venkatesh

Rainy Guo

Rainy Guo

Jonathan Wallace

Jonathan Wallace

Dmitry Golomidov

Dmitry Golomidov

Nina Leskovec

Nina Leskovec

Startup Ticket

$499

$399

Built for pre seed and seed founders who need real investor access, honest feedback and warm connections to move the next round forward.

Ecosystem Ticket

$599

$499

For people who support startups and want direct access to founders, investors and builders to shape better programs, products and deal flow.

Team Bundle (x3)

$1399

$1099

For startups that want more than inspiration and aim to leave with aligned strategies, shared contacts and clear ownership of next steps.

All tickets give you access to

All sessions and stages
Q&A's, Workshops and VC AMAs
Entry to the Networking Tent
Curated meetups across founders, investors and builders
Night Pub Crawl and Closing Night Party
Exclusive Partner Perks

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Familiar faces from recent years

True pioneers of their craft and some of the most influential minds in the world.

Dylan Field

Dylan Field

The Future of Digital Design and Collaboration

Garry Tan

Garry Tan

Shaping the Future of Innovation, Technology, and the Economy

Emily Chang

Emily Chang

Ten Years of Unicorns: What's Next?

Sam Altman

How to Get Funded by Y Combinator

Dr. Fei-Fei Li

Dr. Fei-Fei Li

How AI Startups Must Compete with Google

Marc Andreessen

Marc Andreessen

Silicon Valley and the State of Disruption

Ivan Zhao

Ivan Zhao

How Notion Augments Human Intellect with AI

Andrew NG

Andrew NG

AI Is the New Electricity

Stacey Abrams

Stacey Abrams

Life as an Entrepreneur

Lorraine Twohill

Lorraine Twohill

How to Build a Brand like Google

Doug Leone

Doug Leone

Building for the Long Term

Stewart Butterfield

Stewart Butterfield

Building a Truly Human Enterprise

Jan Koum

Jan Koum

WhatsApp's Road to 1 Billion Users & $19 Billion Exit

Eric Schmidt

Eric Schmidt

Advice for Entrepreneurs Raising Money

Joe Gebbia

Joe Gebbia

Innovate with Intention

Eric Yuan

Eric Yuan

How to Break a Monopoly

2026 speaker applications are open

If you, or someone you know deserves to be on stage at The Startup Grind Conference in 2026, we want to hear about it.

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