TechCrunch opens voting for Founder Summit audience choice sessions
Eleven finalists are competing for four slots at the November event in Boston, with submissions closing on 4 September.
TechCrunch has launched the voting process for the Audience Choice sessions at its upcoming Founder Summit, scheduled to take place in Boston on 4 November. The publication, which regularly receives a high volume of applications for speaking slots, has narrowed the field to 11 finalists who are vying for four available positions in the event agenda.
The sessions are designed to offer practical insights from founders and industry experts who have built and iterated within the startup ecosystem. Topics covered by the finalists include strategic event planning, domestic hardware manufacturing, AI data engineering, enterprise sales, open source scaling, lean AI teams, and healthcare AI.
Among the named finalists are Alexandra Ames of Blueprint Lab, Hannan Happi of Exowatt, Shishir Tewar of Procore Technologies, Merve Kitapci of ADIN.AI, Linden Tibbets of IFTTT, Jeff Mahler of Ambi Robotics, Greg Kurtzer, Vikram Chaudhery of Genoa Ventures, and George Bandarian of Untapped Ventures. Each candidate presents a distinct perspective, ranging from the economics of US-based hardware production to the operational challenges of deploying AI in clinical workflows.
The voting period for the Audience Choice sessions closes on 4 September. TechCrunch notes that the event is positioned as an intimate and exclusive gathering, allowing attendees to learn directly from experts in a setting that aims to provide a competitive advantage in the current innovation landscape.
Ticket discounts of up to US$100 are currently available for the summit. The event forms part of TechCrunch’s broader annual programming for founders and investors, continuing its tradition of curating content that reflects the immediate concerns of the startup community.
While the source material identifies nine specific individuals, the total number of finalists stands at 11, with the identities of the remaining two candidates not explicitly detailed in the initial announcement. The final selection will determine which sessions make the cut for the November agenda.
