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Erik Kuld
Erik Kuld is the co-founder and CEO of Inventive, a San Francisco startup that embeds a conversational AI analyst directly inside enterprise software so customers can ask for custom reports and insights in plain language. A Harvard molecular biology graduate who pivoted into product marketing at Box, Google, and Looker, Kuld launched Inventive out of stealth in June 2024 with a $6.5M seed round led by Wing VC. He pitches a simple promise to product teams: ship smarter customer-facing analytics in weeks, not quarters.
Colin Zima
Colin Zima is the Co-Founder and CEO of Omni, a San Francisco-based AI-powered business intelligence platform that reached a $1.5 billion valuation in April 2026 after raising $120 million in Series C funding. Previously Chief Analytics Officer and VP of Product at Looker (acquired by Google for $2.6B), Zima co-founded Omni in 2022 with fellow Looker veterans Jamie Davidson and Chris Merrick, building a governed semantic layer and self-service analytics platform that achieved profitability while growing ARR 4x year-over-year.
Bill Trenchard
Bill Trenchard is a Partner at First Round Capital, a top-tier seed-stage venture capital firm. A serial entrepreneur turned VC, he sold his first company (Jump Networks) to Microsoft at 23, scaled LiveOps to $100M in sales, and made early-stage bets on category-defining companies including Uber, Looker (acquired by Google for $2.6B), Flexport, Notion, Verkada, and Superhuman. Known for creating First Round's Pitch Assist program, he's a fundraising savant who teaches founders his process-driven approach to raising capital. He was named to Forbes Midas List in 2017 (#41) and 2020 (#17), and BusinessWeek's Best Young Technology Entrepreneurs in 2006.