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US Mission · Closed online event

Where capital meetsfrontier technology.

Non-obvious insights from 30 days in the field in the US.

30
days in the field
25+
closed-door events
50+
pitches delivered
70+
pitches attended
  1. GRUDeparture

    Guarulhos

    São Paulo, Brazil

    Departures hall at Guarulhos International Airport
  2. LAXLanding

    Los Angeles

    California

    Downtown Los Angeles at night
  3. SFOBy air

    San Francisco

    SF Tech Week

    The Golden Gate Bridge seen from above
  4. LAXBack south

    Los Angeles

    LA Tech Week

    Downtown Los Angeles with the mountains behind it
  5. PAOBy train

    Silicon Valley

    Palo Alto · Stanford · Googleplex

    Hoover Tower and the Main Quad at Stanford University at sunset
  6. BAYFrom the air

    The heart of technology

    San Francisco · Palo Alto · Sunnyvale

    Moffett Field, Sunnyvale and the south end of San Francisco Bay from an airplane
  7. MIAEast

    Miami

    BR Nation · Compound | The Cross-Border Capital

    Downtown Miami from the air at night
  8. NYCNorth

    New York

    New York

    Lower Manhattan at dusk, seen across the Hudson
  9. BOSNorth

    Boston

    Massachusetts

    Downtown Boston across the Charles River
  10. MITWhere the route ends

    MIT

    Cambridge, Massachusetts

    The Great Dome at MIT
  • Entering

    We are entering the heart of the world's technology.

  • Key question

    Where is capital meeting technology?

  • Key question

    What are the VCs investing in?

  • Field log

    30 days

    of field immersion in the United States.

  • Field log

    AWS · NVIDIA

    Events at AWS and with the NVIDIA team.

  • Key question

    What is the Valley market really betting on?

  • Field log

    25+

    closed-door events with family offices and global venture capital firms.

  • Field log

    50+ / 70+

    pitches delivered, and pitches attended.

  • Key question

    Which frontier technologies is capital prepared to back now?

  • Key question

    What separates the market narrative from where the money is actually moving?

  • Key question

    Who is building real advantage at the frontier of technology and research?

  • Who is the real competition?
  • What are the leading companies building?
  • Which startups are emerging next?
  • Who is really writing the checks?
  • Where is the real demand, beyond the demos?
  • Which AI promises are not surviving due diligence?
  • What is no longer getting funded?
  • What is already obsolete?
  • Which bets are already priced in?

MITWhere the route ends

The route ends here. The conversation starts online.

Wednesday, November 11 · 8 PM to 9 PM, Brasília time

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The questions on the table

Beyond the narrative.

  1. 01

    What is the thesis behind the biggest checks in Silicon Valley today?

  2. 02

    What return do the owners of capital now demand from AI?

  3. 03

    For a smaller venture investor, where does the real edge lie today?

Where the answers come from

Thirty days, in these rooms.

30
days in the field
25+
closed-door events
50+
pitches delivered
70+
pitches attended
  • MIT
  • Stanford
  • ETH Zürich
  • NVIDIA
  • Google
  • Apple
  • Tesla
  • AWS
  • Andreessen Horowitz
  • HSBC
  • J.P. Morgan
  • BR Nation
  • Plus family offices and global venture capital firms.

Institutions and companies we had contact with during the mission. Names and logos belong to their owners and do not imply partnership or endorsement.

The event

Wednesday, November 118 PM to 9 PM, Brasília time

What we saw in those rooms, shared online with a closed group. No keynote recap and no public stage: non-obvious insights on where global capital is meeting frontier technology.

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You leave understanding

  1. 01

    The real competitive map

  2. 02

    What the leaders are building

  3. 03

    The next wave of startups

  4. 04

    Where the Valley's bets are

  5. 05

    What has become obsolete

For people who decide.

It is for

  • Business executives
  • Venture investors
  • Venture capital firms
  • Those truly building the frontier of technology and research

It is not for

  • Programmers
  • Analysts

This is a conversation about capital and frontier technology, not a technical session.

Where capital meets frontier technology.

Wednesday, November 118 PM to 9 PM, Brasília time

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