
AI & Big Data Expo Europe 2026
Why it fits
200+ speakers, European enterprise AI buyers, co-located with seven TechEx events

Why it fits
200+ speakers, European enterprise AI buyers, co-located with seven TechEx events

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Practical enterprise AI delivery, travel reimbursement

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Strategy and execution AI forum, multi-agent and enterprise AI workshops

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Agentic AI, copilots, and MCP

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Risk, AML, fraud, and compliance audience; speaker registration waived

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Builder and enterprise summit, RWA/TradFi

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Community AWS conference, Build track for AI and GenAI, friendly to first-time speakers

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Vendor-neutral community conference, targets an APAC audience

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Major digital-assets stage, covers AI, agentic commerce, and finance

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Focused on women and gender minorities, includes full pass, hotel, and video

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One of the largest developer conferences, startup and AI DevWorld track

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Major developer conference with strong alignment for agentic AI topics

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Marketing audience, best for GTM and growth founders

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Demo stage for 1,000+ senior bankers and VCs

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Seven-minute demo in front of 2,000+ decision-makers, includes 475+ financial institutions, startup launchpad

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UK fintech expo with 5,000+ attendees, tier-one banks, FCA, payments, digital assets, and embedded finance tracks

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Mini-accelerator style program, unpaid stage access, strong investor network

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6,000+ fintech decision-makers; founders can self-nominate or submit full session proposals

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Best for risk, compliance, or regtech founders; panel audience includes CCOs and risk leaders

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Top B2B GTM and ABM conference for CMO and RevOps audiences

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Covers lending, payments, embedded finance, and open finance; speaker pass and VIP access included

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India launch edition in a major unicorn and deep-tech VC market

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Large technology and startup expo for MENA access

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Free global virtual AI conference with startup demo and enterprise strategy tracks

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Senior GTM operators and founders

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Leading Eastern Europe startup conference with 250+ investors

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8,000+ attendees, C-level and industrial buyers; strong for hardware, IoT, and edge founders

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Netherlands' largest Java conference, with Data & AI and architecture tracks

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Asia flagship crypto gathering for founders, exchanges, and funds

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Institutional digital-assets, stablecoin, and tokenization audience; gateway to Latin America

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Linux Foundation, MCP co-creators involved, strong fit for AI-agent founders

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Leading European merchant payments conference, 1,600+ attendees, stablecoin and agentic commerce topics

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Global product community stage that welcomes first-time speakers

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Major developer conference with AI agents and data science tracks

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Agentic CodingCon track, direct fit for AI-agent founders, 400+ talks

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East Coast data-science and AI audience with a real open call

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Top AI-builder stage with 20,000+ practitioners; speaker pass included

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Flagship VP-level GTM conference for B2B operators and executives

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Looking for Copilot, agentic AI, autonomous workflow, and enterprise case studies; speakers get one hotel night

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Major product-management conference co-located with DeveloperWeek

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PyTorch Foundation flagship, poster track is an accessible entry point

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Asia-stage Web Summit room; useful for cross-border founder stories

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Canada's largest SaaS and AI conference

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Founder-led playbooks for scaling from $1M to $100M+ ARR

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Expansion-stage B2B software founders and operators

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10,000+ founders, executives, and VCs

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European SaaStr AI flagship with 600+ VCs and 1:1 Meet-a-VC

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Middle East payments, fintech, and ecommerce event with 25,000 attendees; good for MENA-facing payments and B2B founders

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Saudi Vision 2030 payments market with strong growth tailwinds

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One of the world's largest fintech festivals, 60,000+ attendees, direct access to regulators, banks, and investors

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13,000+ founders and VCs; curated senior stage with lower odds but worth self-nominating

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Top U.S. payments conference with tracks on stablecoins, instant payments, and AI fraud prevention

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One of the world's largest founder communities

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Top lakehouse and agentic AI room, strong fit for data and AI-infrastructure founders

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Top innovation conference, self-serve panel submissions, community and jury review, founders from any industry can apply

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Top Nordic startup summit with 190+ speakers and investor matching

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Practical innovation and investment stage with a lower barrier; good for building a speaking track record

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120+ speakers, 5 tracks (AGI/LLM/agentic/infra/applied), open call

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Informa business-AI flagship satellite event with senior enterprise audience

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Commercial AI conference with multiple tracks; encourages new and diverse speakers, strong for applied-AI founders

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Commercial AI conference with multiple tracks; encourages new and diverse speakers, strong for applied-AI founders

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15,000+ attendees from 160+ countries; MENA gateway for crypto and Web3

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Global crypto conference with 25,000+ attendees and 300+ speakers

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AI-native software engineering track covering agentic AI, MCP, and RAG; speaker stipend and hotel support

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Tracks for Applied AI, AI agents, MLOps, and product, 2,000+ engineers in a high-growth market

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Global flagship with 70,000+ attendees; broad fit for founders across industries, with Startup Programme access

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30,000+ attendees, Web Summit's Middle East flagship, dense regional capital access

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Formerly Collision; Web Summit's North America flagship with CEOs, founders, and public-sector leaders; broad fit across industries

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Canada's largest data and AI conference, 1,000+ attendees

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Largest crypto event in the Americas, PitchFest accepts Web3 and AI startups

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One of the world's largest startup shows; SUPERNOVA is open to startups across stages

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Authoritative U.S. fintech gathering, pitch stage for 11,000+ banks, fintechs, and investors

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High-caliber Web3 summit, pitch competition for Web3 founders

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Global AI startup competition, EUR 10M+ prize pool, for pre-seed, seed, and Series A startups under EUR 10M

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Founder-stage pitch, EUR 1M equity investment prize from GC and Cherry, top European early-stage stage

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Industry-agnostic and free to enter, includes pitch training, fundraising training, and 1:1 investor matching

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Top innovation conference, self-serve panel submissions, community and jury review, founders from any industry can apply

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AI-only stage; winners pitch to a VC panel on the main stage

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European flagship with awards that can feed into about EUR 350M in funding pipelines and Fortune 500 pilots

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Global technology conference; ALPHA includes booth, PITCH competition, and investor meetings

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Web Summit's Middle East startup programme with dense regional capital access

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Latin America's largest technology event; ALPHA includes PITCH, mentor hours, and investor meetings

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Formerly Collision; Web Summit's North America flagship with CEOs, founders, and public-sector leaders; broad fit across industries

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Decentralized format, founders can host their own themed session, low barrier

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Hundreds of crypto side events on official Luma

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No fit note in source sheet.

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Ecosystem projects, meetup/workshop, can apply for up to a $1k grant

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Can host in BUIDL City or citywide, Walkin guest list

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150+ fringe events

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Fintech mixers, panels, and dinners around the main event

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Unlimited events per organization, runs on Luma

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For-profit hosts need donation registration, curated

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Community-run unofficial side-event calendar, not the official SXSW calendar

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Anyone can host, TOA Hubs venue support, 1,000+ past participants

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500+ crypto side events, official submission form

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Community-led, early proposal window, host hub

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Top SF AI hackathon and residency community, draws AI builders and VCs

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Open nonprofit AI-builder community with 5,000+ members, demo floors, lightning talks, and multi-city access

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Monthly New York AI-engineering demo night

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Strong demo culture, accessible for emerging builders

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200,000+ developer community with local groups in 50+ cities; SF, global, and online reach

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Bay Area community, many startups and VCs, frequent pitch nights

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NYC AI accelerator, ends with investor Demo Day, free

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Global AI-builder community started in Australia, practical builder focus

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SF AI community hub, runs summits and events

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New York fintech startup community, focused on emerging fintech demos

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Pre-seed accelerator with recurring founder pitch showcases

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Bay Area network of 10,000+ founders and VCs, with frequent themed pitch nights

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SF Fort Mason serious builder space and community

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Global 99-second pitch community, winners advance to Prime Time global finals

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SF founder organization, runs recurring AI pitch and demo nights

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Global GenAI practitioner community, runs demo nights and roundtables

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Private network for high-growth founders, runs dinners and member events

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Chicago manufacturing and innovation summit; hardtech skew, lower fit

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Practitioner-led ML/AI community, runs meetups and demo nights globally

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New Museum art, design, and technology incubator with NYC member showcases

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Established New York monthly demo night founded in 2004; 60,000+ members; audience includes founders, engineers, and investors

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NYC B2B SaaS and enterprise AI community with 15,000+ founders, operators, and VCs

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New York open-source AI demo night, hosted at Betaworks

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Well-known founder fellowship and community, dense network and resources

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Demo day without an accelerator; pre-seed to Series A founders, VC introductions, Europe and online

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GTM and revenue-leader community with chapter events and flagship conference

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B2B revenue community with weekly webinars and monthly Demo Days

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Early-founder community, relationship-driven

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Global founder chapter network with monthly talks and pitch stages

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Weekly AI-agent hack community, fast path to demo

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Global 54-hour build weekend with live pitch and demo

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Global AI community with 250,000+ members, chapters run demo nights and dinners

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Startup community event, multi-city

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Through the show site or X; high bar

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Official guest submission; actively seeking payments, fintech, and startup guests; hosted by Allen Kopelman

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Official Podcast Guest Form or info@catchinguptofi.com; best with a consumer-finance angle

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Through Front Lines Media guest




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Email hibt@id.wondery.com

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Email james@mckinven.co or DM on X; 15-minute format for bootstrapped and indie founders

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DM swyx (@swyx) on X or latent.space contact; needs a specific AI-engineering or agent technical angle

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Through lennysnewsletter; specific product or growth experiments with numbers

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YC-hosted show; through the YC network

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Apply through the official guest form; hosted by Mark Evans, B2B SaaS narrative

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Submit through the show site or X; best for strong business ideas and stories

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Reach through Conviction or the show site; high bar, best for founders with clear traction

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Email editors@changelog.com or open a GitHub issue; best for hands-on practitioners

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Contact through saasinsiders.io; actively seeking guests

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DM Nathan Latka on X or use getlatka.com; ARR context required

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Email greatness@floodgate.com

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Official site "Podcast Guest Submission" (Jotform)

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Use startupsfortherestofus.com or X to contact Rob Walling

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DM Nathan Labenz (@labenz) on X; accepts AI builders and founders, specific angle required

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Email bookings@stevenbartlett.com

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Official "Be on the show" guest form; hosted by Shameer Sachdev

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Official guest form; hosted by Kristian Marquez; prefers $1M+ ARR or active investors

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Use saastr.com/podcast-guest-submission or marketing@saastrinc.com

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Free five-minute application at thepitch.show/apply; must be fundraising

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SaaS Club "Suggest a Guest" form

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Official site guest/contact form; leans research and applied AI

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Contact hosts through site or X

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X/LinkedIn DM Jason Calacanis; no public form

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Official guest form or LinkedIn/X DM; 350+ episodes, explicitly welcomes founders

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Official contact form for guest nominations; student-run, 350+ fintech executive interviews

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25-45 minute agent-architecture talks and workshops; real open call

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Production-AI builder audience; technical sharing with a friendly bar

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Flagship content marketing conference; speaker pass included

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Dublin Tech Week flagship, useful for AI, fintech, founder, and investor audiences

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Spring U.S. flagship demo stage for 1,200+ senior fintech and banking attendees

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Legacy startup pitch stage associated with Dropbox and Cloudflare; 10,000+ attendees, top VCs, $100k equity-free prize
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