This Week in Startups

Here they are, your Founder Fridays #Sweet16! These are the companies facing off for a chance to pitch live ??? COMMUNITY COMPANIES Osprey (Houston) vs Trova (Boston) Wispr Inc. (Austin) vs Enlightenment (Quincy) SELF-IMPROVEMENT COMPANIES Lifestack by DeMind Inc. (New York) vs Burble Inc (Philadelphia) Snipd (Zurich) vs MEDsimple (Florianópolis) AI FOR BUSINESS COMPANIES Pitchfire (Portsmouth) vs CREATANT, Inc (San Francisco) TACTUN (Yerevan) vs Arcana Ad (Los Angeles) WILD CARD COMPANIES Bravado Whiskey (Denver) vs MomSub (Chicago) Vidala Labs (Arlington) vs kippy.ai - AI Language Tutor

?? Brand marketing leans heavily on mass outreach which lacks personalization. ???InviteJet helps #eCommerce brands engage customers where it matters—their #calendars. Instead of lost emails, brands send personalized, branded calendar invites for promotions, sales, and events. Cofounders Brian Watson & Paul Davis tested InviteJet on Paul’s e-commerce brand (Mosi Tea) and saw 400% YoY growth in 2023. Since joining the LAUNCH Accelerator’s 33rd cohort, they’ve helped 60+ brands send 8M+ invites—driving real revenue? Read more ?? ?https://lnkd.in/gMinF4u4 Request an introduction to the founders ?? https://lnkd.in/gdPdJXZM

If you are in Austin for SXSW, you don't want to miss this!?Jason Calacanis will be doing a LIVE Q&A TODAY from 4 to 6pm @ Speakeasy?(412 Congress Ave. D, Austin, TX 78701). Would love to see you there! https://lnkd.in/gmYd7jWN

FOUNDER FRIDAYS PITCH MADNESS HAS BEGUN Remember to get your city's pitch to us by this Friday!!! Any early final four predictions???

Happy Monday, TWiST listeners! We are live at 12:00 CT with a fascinating guest: Roy Lee (Columbia Sophomore) hacked Big Tech’s interview process—He built an AI tool and used it to land offers at Amazon, Meta, and TikTok. Now, he’s facing a disciplinary hearing at Columbia... Did he cheat or just prove the whole system is becoming obsolete? Join us live: https://lnkd.in/gHHSFCCU

Great conversation with Jason Calacanis and Bill Gurley at SXSW. Covering everything from Jason’s origin story growing up in Brooklyn to investing in Calm and Thumbtack and some great ALL IN Bestie stories

We are going live in about an hour (12:00 CT!) with some BIG topics today: ??Inside Coreweave’s IPO filing ??Digg is back! ??AVRide Uber Hyundai ??AI Comes To Government: Scale AI edition ??The AI voice demo that is blowing minds ??and more! Join live: https://lnkd.in/ghSkbBpH

Hey everyone—we’re going live in about an hour. - NEWS: Skype shutting down, MicroStrategy tanks, The SEC defines memecoins... and more! - Brandon Brown, founder of GRIN, joining to talk creator economy and startups - Tesla and Waymo push self-driving forward—how close are we? - AND some founder hacks worth knowing ?? LIVE @12 CT: https://lnkd.in/geU-fHXV

Huge show today! We’ve got two amazing founders joining us—Vlad Tenev from Robinhood and Rahul Vohra from Superhuman. It's going to be a fun one!!! Come hang with us live @ 12:00 CT: https://lnkd.in/gqAPXQJa Check out today's docket for the show: https://lnkd.in/gr7Y6u3e

Come hang out with us LIVE today at 12:00 CT. We have a TON to cover today... Here are some of the top stories: ? Apple's historic spending pledge ? Meta's AI training using copyrighted materials ? Apple is integrating Gemini into Apple Intelligence ? Toyota's "Woven City" testing ground ???Watch Live: https://lnkd.in/dZz5GS4V