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BlockSurvey
Most survey companies can read your answers. BlockSurvey built one that can't - end-to-end encrypted forms with an AI agent on top, run by two ex-fintech engineers who won a hackathon and never went back.
DrumWave Inc.
DrumWave Inc. is a Mountain View, California technology company building the financial rails for a new data economy - one where personal and corporate data is treated as an owned, savable, tradable asset. Its flagship dWallet platform and Data Savings Account let individuals and companies store certified data, exchange it with consent, and earn income from it, much like a bank account for the information people generate every day. Founded in 2015 and led by Brazilian-American entrepreneur Andre Vellozo, DrumWave gained attention for launching its Data Savings Account at Money20/20 USA in 2024 and for partnering with Brazil's state tech firm Dataprev on what is billed as the world's first national data monetization program.
Touchpoint Restaurant Solutions
Touchpoint Restaurant Solutions (touchpoint.io) is a Palo Alto-based restaurant technology company that bundles point of sale, kitchen display, drive-thru line-busting, online ordering, loyalty, and AI-driven marketing into one unified platform branded OmniFusion and OmniLoyalty. Founded by Stanford-trained entrepreneurs led by CEO Israel L'Heureux, the company targets enterprise quick-service and pizza chains that want to consolidate a sprawling tech stack, own their guest data, and run loyalty programs that actually get used - it claims chain-wide participation rates of 80-90% versus a single-digit industry norm.