Chris Merrick is the Co-Founder and CTO of Omni, a $1.5B-valued AI analytics platform that raised $120M in Series C funding in April 2026. A Princeton physics graduate and longtime Philadelphia resident, Merrick shaped the modern data stack long before Omni existed - he wrote the first lines of code for dbt, co-created the Singer open-source ETL standard at RJMetrics, and led engineering through Stitch's acquisition by Talend. At Omni, he reunited with college friends Colin Zima and Jamie Davidson to build a BI platform that combines governed semantic modeling with the flexibility of ad-hoc SQL analysis, serving customers like BambooHR, Perplexity, and BuzzFeed.
Coram AI is a Sunnyvale-based AI video security platform that transforms existing IP camera infrastructure into an intelligent security operation. Founded in 2022 by two PhD-holding ex-Lyft autonomous driving engineers, Coram replaces outdated, hardware-locked surveillance systems with a cloud-native platform featuring natural language video search, real-time AI threat detection, access control integration, and emergency management — all without requiring customers to rip out their existing cameras. The company serves industries from healthcare and education to manufacturing and warehousing, and in January 2025 raised a $13.8M Series A led by Battery Ventures.
Sunil Kaul is the CEO of Airlinq, a Silicon Valley-based enterprise IoT platform company serving automakers, mobile network operators, and enterprises with a secure, scalable, AI-powered platform for connected vehicle and IoT ecosystem management. With over 20 years in telecommunications, Kaul has grown Airlinq into a globally recognized leader in IoT connectivity management, earning top rankings from Kaleido Intelligence, Counterpoint Research, and Frost & Sullivan, while forging partnerships with major names like Volvo, Verizon, NTT DOCOMO, Jio, and Tata.