Mark your calendars and dust off your public-speaking skills.
This year, theres an exciting new opportunity at TC Sessions: Robotics + AI, which returns to UC Berkeley on March 3, 2020.
Weve added a pitch-off specifically for early-stage startups focused on AI or robotics.You heard right.
In addition to a full day packed with speakers, breakout sessions and Q-As featuring the top names, leading minds and creative makers in robotics and AI, were upping the ante.
Well choose 10 startups to pitch at a private event the night before the show opens.
Heres how it works.The first step: Apply to the pitch-offby February 1.TechCrunch editors will review all applications and select 10 startups to participate.
Well notify the founders by February 15 youll have plenty of time to hone your pitch.Youll deliver your pitch at a private event, and your audience will consist of TechCrunch editors, main-stage speakers and industry experts.
Our panel of VC judges will choose five teams as finalists, and they will pitch the next day on the main stage at TC Sessions: Robotics + AI.Talk about an unprecedented opportunity.
Place your startup in front of the influential movers and shakers of these two world-changing industries and get video coverage on TechCrunch, too.
We expect attendance to meet or exceed last years, when 1,500 people attended the show and tens of thousands followed along online.Oh, and heres one more pitch-off perk.
Each of the 10 startup team finalists will receive two free tickets to attend TC Sessions: Robotics + AI 2020 the next day.TC Sessions: Robotics + AI 2020 takes place on March 3.
Apply to the pitch-off here by February 1.
Dont want to pitch? Thats fine but dont miss this epic day-long event dedicated to exploring the latest technology, trends and investment strategies in robotics and AI.
Get your early-bird ticket here and save $100.
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