Alex Zhigarev

MindsDB is a California-based AI company that helps enterprise organizations build AI solutions seamlessly integrated with their data. Its revolutionary system, called Minds, provides a private, turnkey, easy-to-use AI development platform for companies even without deep AI or machine learning expertise.

MindsDB is a California-based AI company that helps enterprise organizations build AI solutions seamlessly integrated with their data. Its revolutionary system, called Minds, provides a private, turnkey, easy-to-use AI development platform for companies even without deep AI or machine learning expertise.

Avatao is a hands-on secure coding learning platform used by developers, security champions, pentesters, security analysts, and DevOps teams around the world to improve their IT security knowledge, and to speed up secure product development. The Avatao platform offers more than 600 real-life tutorials and challenges in the most popular programming languages, covering the most crucial security topics, from secure DevOps via API security to cryptography. Whether you need to teach your developers the fundamentals in a security awareness training, provide them a continuous training based on career tracks or build a security champions program, Avatao is the right tool for you.

Havens unique technology allows users to buy car warranties directly from renowned plan administrators, cutting out annoying marketers and cold callers. Haven grants access to the best-priced plans available, whether you’re on the road or on the couch.

Entrepreneurs First invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch. We bring together talented outliers to develop their most ambitious ideas and raise money from the world’s best investors. Since pioneering Talent Investing in 2015, we’ve learned to recognize individuals with extraordinary futures before anyone else, embedding them in a community of ambitious peers and giving them the tools they need to succeed, fast. We back them before they have a company, a team, even before they have an idea, based purely on talent. EF’s portfolio is now collectively valued at over $16B, and includes companies such as Aztec, Cleo, Magdrive, Neptune, Omnea, Opply, PolyAI, Tractable, and many more. EF is backed by some of the worlds leading founders and investors, including Founders Fund, Greylock, John Collison (founder – Stripe), Patrick Collison (founder – Stripe), Reid Hoffman (founder – LinkedIn), Eric Schmidt (former CEO - Google), Demis Hassabis (founder – Google DeepMind ), Taavet Hinrikus (founder – Wise), Matt Mullenweg (founder – WordPress), Charlie Songhurst (Board member – Meta), Christa Davies (Board member – Stripe), Lachy Groom (founder – Physical Intelligence), Aidan Gomez (founder – Cohere), Mati Staniszewski (founder – ElevenLabs), Danny Rimer (Partner - Index Ventures), Matt Cohler (former General Partner - Benchmark). We exist to make great companies happen that otherwise wouldn’t. For more information about Entrepreneurs First, visit www.joinef.com Were hiring! Join our global team and experience firsthand the workings of a globally unique talent investor working with cutting edge entrepreneurs on world changing technologies: https://www.joinef.com/about/careers

Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)

MindsDB is a California-based AI company that helps enterprise organizations build AI solutions seamlessly integrated with their data. Its revolutionary system, called Minds, provides a private, turnkey, easy-to-use AI development platform for companies even without deep AI or machine learning expertise.

MindsDB is a California-based AI company that helps enterprise organizations build AI solutions seamlessly integrated with their data. Its revolutionary system, called Minds, provides a private, turnkey, easy-to-use AI development platform for companies even without deep AI or machine learning expertise.