# Jeremiah Owyang

> Jeremiah Owyang is a General Partner at Blitzscaling Ventures, where he leads early-stage AI startup investments and co-manages the Blitzscaling AI Fund. A two-decade Silicon Valley veteran who has tracked five major technology waves from Web 2.0 to the current AI era, he is also the founder of Llama Lounge, the Bay Area's most prominent AI startup event series, which has hosted 24+ gatherings since April 2023 and turned away 900+ applicants at a single event. Previously co-founder of Altimeter Group and Kaleido Insights, Owyang combines rigorous tech analysis with hands-on community building, and is known for working from a 22-foot Airstream trailer parked 29 steps from his back door.

- **Role:** General Partner at Blitzscaling Ventures
- **Organizations:** Blitzscaling Ventures, Llama Lounge, Altimeter Group, Kaleido Insights, Crowd Companies, Catalyst Companies
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor's in Marketing, San Francisco State University, Continuing Education, Stanford Continuing Studies
- **Known for:** Predicted and shaped five major technology waves: Web 2.0 through the current AI era, Founded Llama Lounge, which grew from 0 to 24 events in under 3 years, turning away 900+ applicants at a single event, Co-founded Altimeter Group, later acquired by global consultancy Prophet

## Career timeline

- **Early 2000s** — UX professional at Exodus Communications
- **Early 2000s** — Intranet Architect at World Savings Bank (now Wells Fargo)
- **2003-2006** — Manager of Global Web Marketing at Hitachi Data Systems
- **2007-2009** — Senior Analyst, Social Computing at Forrester Research
- **2009** — Co-founded Altimeter Group with Charlene Li (later acquired by Prophet)
- **2013** — Founded Crowd Companies, an industry association bridging tech startups and Fortune 500 corporations
- **2017** — Began angel investing
- **2017** — Founded Catalyst Companies, an innovation council for Fortune 500 corporations
- **2017-2022** — Founding Partner at Kaleido Insights (with Jaimy Szymanski, Jessica Groopman, and Rebecca Lieb)
- **2023 (April)** — Founded Llama Lounge AI startup event series in the SF Bay Area
- **2023 (May)** — Joined Blitzscaling Ventures as General Partner, leading the Blitzscaling AI Fund
- **2025** — Closing keynote speaker at TED AI San Francisco 2025 - 'The Human Secret Behind the AI Boom'
- **2026** — Llama Lounge reaches event #24 at Google DeepMind; celebrated 3 years at Blitzscaling Ventures

## Achievements

- Predicted and shaped five major technology waves: Web 2.0 through the current AI era
- Founded Llama Lounge, which grew from 0 to 24 events in under 3 years, turning away 900+ applicants at a single event
- Co-founded Altimeter Group, later acquired by global consultancy Prophet
- Built 250,000+ follower audience on Twitter/X as a leading technology voice
- Closing keynote speaker at TED AI San Francisco 2025
- Portfolio of ~19 AI startups including CrewAI, Composio, Skyfire AI, and Manas AI
- Edelman-rated 'Web Strategy' blog as top Analyst Blog since 2008
- Completed Spartan Trifecta and a dozen obstacle course races
- Quoted in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, Wired, and TechCrunch

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Celebrated three-year anniversary at Blitzscaling Ventures as General Partner
- **2026-03** — Hosted Llama Lounge #24 at Google DeepMind HQ and ran the first Llama Lounge Agentic Hackathon with 150+ developers and ~25 teams
- **2026-01** — Hosted Llama Lounge #22 at AWS San Francisco with hundreds of AI founders and dozens of VCs
- **2026-01** — Spoke at the Silicon Valley Economic Forum 2026
- **2025-11** — Llama Lounge #21 turned away 900+ applicants due to fire code capacity limits
- **2025-10** — Published YouTube talk: 'Robots Will Be Everywhere in 10 Years'
- **2025-04** — Delivered closing keynote at TED AI San Francisco 2025: 'The Human Secret Behind the AI Boom'
- **2024-12** — Featured on Nutanix The Forecast Podcast discussing AI agents and the AI-first mindset
- **2024-11** — Spoke at Speak About AI conference at Microsoft
- **2024-11** — Published: 'AI Agents: The Next Digital Workforce' on YouTube

## Links

- Website: https://web-strategist.com/blog/
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jowyang
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/jowyang
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jowyang
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jowyang/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JeremiahOwyangVerified/

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Last updated: 2026-05-18