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Laz Fuentes
Laz Fuentes is the founder and CEO of SQOR.ai, a New York-based AI-native decision intelligence platform that turns scattered SaaS data into real-time KPI signals for executives. A former US Army infantry officer with the 10th Mountain Division and a five-year Salomon Brothers investment banker, he has spent the last two decades building, advising, and turning around technology and media companies, including roles at Warner Bros., YouGov, and Synup. He launched SQOR in 2022 to give operators the kind of single-pane intelligence he wished he had as an executive.
Luis Alvarez
Luis Alvarez is the founder and CEO of Theradaptive, a Frederick, Maryland biotech engineering proteins that latch onto implants and surgical materials to trigger the body to regrow bone, cartilage, and other tissue exactly where it is needed. A retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and MIT-trained biological engineer, he traced the idea back to a combat tour in Iraq, where soldiers under his command lost limbs to delayed amputations. Theradaptive has since won multiple FDA Breakthrough Device Designations, raised more than $43 million, and moved its lead protein, AMP2, into human clinical trials.
Artis
Artis, LLC (Advanced Real-Time Information Systems) is a Herndon, Virginia defense and technology developer that builds systems for problems measured in microseconds. Founded in 1999 by Keith Brendley, the company is best known for active protection systems for military vehicles - Iron Curtain and its third-generation successor, Sentinel - that detect and defeat incoming rockets, missiles and drone-borne threats in fractions of a second. Beyond defense, Artis applies its high-speed sensing and parallel-processing work to highway worker safety, 3D imaging and pedestrian monitoring.
Patrick Bet-David
Patrick Bet-David is an Iranian-American entrepreneur, author, and media personality who fled Iran as a child refugee, served in the 101st Airborne Division, and built PHP Agency into a 40,000-agent life insurance firm before selling it for roughly $250 million. He founded Valuetainment, one of the most-watched business YouTube channels in the world, and hosts the PBD Podcast - a long-form show spanning politics, culture, and business with millions of listeners. A Wall Street Journal bestselling author of 'Your Next Five Moves' and 'Choose Your Enemies Wisely,' Bet-David is known for blunt straight talk, a relentless work ethic forged in a German refugee camp, and a genuine belief that every refugee or immigrant story can have a second act.
Rob Ness
Rob Ness is the General Partner of Asymmetry Ventures, a seed-stage VC firm backing companies that push humanity forward. After a career spanning consulting giants like Booz Allen Hamilton, Grant Thornton, and Capgemini, Ness built one of AngelList's largest syndicates — over 2,700 LPs, 200+ deals, and a 40%+ IRR over seven years as syndicate lead. His early bets on unicorns BillionToOne and Foresight Mental Health, and his leadership of Orbit Fab's $10M round, mark him as one of the seed-stage investors to watch. A US Army veteran and Harvard/Georgetown/UC Berkeley-educated economist, Ness is drawn to deep tech with a 'sci-fi flavor' — biotech, space infrastructure, quantum, and AI — that could change civilization.