2x Proptech Founder. Currently Founder and CEO of Albatroz.AI, an AI SDR for real estate inbound leads. Previous Co-Founder of JobCall, Voice AI Assistant for Maintenance Calls.

Banc of California is one of the nation's premier relationship-focused business banks.

Alan Blakeborough "Blake" as his friends and colleagues refer to him, is a serial entrepreneur. One of the crazy ones. He has an accounting degree and calls himself a recovering accountant. He is also a military mustang (enlisted converted to officer). He has served as both an infantry officer and a tank officer. He created the Olympic fencing school model in the USA in 1994, Knights of Siena, after he left the military and has opened over 60 fencing academies over the past 25 years. After winning a gold medal with his teammates at the 1994 Olympic Festival in St. Louis, he began a plan to disrupt the sport of fencing. He launched the first and only attempt at a Professional Fencing League in the world in 1998 in Saratoga Springs, NY, the event was on ABC for four glorious months. Unfortunately, it could generate enough sponsorship funds to continue. Best $500k he ever lost. He has opened coffee shops and gaming stores through the Carolinas that have served the gaming community and created the gaming café concept in 2000. He created an online platform for micro-tutoring called Teach Me Morpheus, that never got enough traction. Blake also has help create housing for homeless veterans through the conversion of shipping containers into tiny homes. Tax Titan's is his latest and last big, very big project. One that he feels will be his legacy. Tax Titans is a veteran owned business that provides a platform for small businesses to receive bids/quotes from qualified and vetted tax professionals. This revolutionary platform will provide the tax professionals the ability to market their services to 32 million small businesses across the USA without a referral fee! This last project has led Blake on a journey across the USA. He has attended dozen of tax and accounting practices. Set up and talked with hundreds of small businesses and is ready to transform the accounting profession.

Nicole Pletka found her passion for tech by using GIS to answer archaeological hypotheses in her Master’s research. She is an expert at Program and Portfolio Management, Project Management Office Implementation, and Iterative Software Development Lifecycles. Nicole has found success in industries including software, hardware, consulting, and the public sector. Among several professional affiliations, Nicole is the President of Austin Women in Technology where she oversees all aspects of the organization from member recruitment, community engagement, marketing, budgeting, operations, and event programming for all 500+ members. She and a colleague founded Wispr because of the firm belief in tech for good and fostering helpful, supportive communities. With Wispr, you can search for any business, and send them direct, private, feedback. As easy as texting a friend. No awkward conversations. No public shaming. No silly forms. For businesses, Wispr’s AI turns private feedback, public reviews, and industry trends into actionable intelligence. A business consultant without costly fees or complex analytics.

I'm Lana Ashby Rowder, founder of lookingGLASS, a next-gen personal styling platform that blends AI with real stylists to help people get dressed effortlessly. My background is in healthcare, but after experiencing firsthand the frustration of getting dressed post-motherhood, I saw a massive gap in the market for an accessible, confidence-boosting styling solution. lookingGLASS was born from the belief that people should feel great in what they already own—without the constant pressure to buy more. We provide instant outfit recommendations and real-time styling advice, making fashion stress-free and sustainable. Our tech-enabled platform is scaling rapidly, and I'm excited to share our vision at this event.

If cauliflower can become pizza, you can do anything! I turned my love for travel into a business, running a digital (dare I say, AI-powered) concierge company for hotels (Tongo). When I’m not helping hotels boost revenue and guest experience, I’m usually at one of several gyms—lifting, boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, or rolling in BJJ. Retired MMA fighter, 3rd-degree Hawaiian Kempo black belt under the legend John Hackleman, and still ready to throw down… in business, of course. Work hard, train hard, travel often, and don't let anyone take your lunch money!

Co-founder & CEO of Snipd, the AI-powered podcast app for people who listen to podcasts to learn something new every day.

Tax, bankruptcy, crypto, corporate attorney; Fmr IRS Office of Chief Counsel; 82nd ABN vet; tech entrepreneur

immigrant driven roots into the beauty space🚀

A serial entrepreneur and experienced founder with a passion for motorcycles & style. At 21, he sold his startup to T-Mobile. In 2019, he was named Entrepreneur Of The Year by the European Business Awards. In 2023, Nino was recognized on Bloomberg’s Top 50 Most Influential People List in the Adria region.

3x Founder, innovator, futurista & dog lover

Austin based Founder & AI enthusiast