Wand Synthesis AI Inc.

In 2009, Stephen Bohanon, Gary Nelson, and Sean McElroy founded Alkami Technology with a singular vision: to empower regional and community financial institutions to compete with the nation's largest banks. The founders recognized that while megabanks had sophisticated digital platforms, community banks and credit unions were being left behind, unable to offer their customers the seamless digital experiences they had come to expect. Starting with a cloud-native approach - a rarity in banking at the time - they built a unified digital banking platform that would level the playing field for these smaller institutions. Today, Alkami has evolved from that initial insight into a publicly-traded company serving over 19.5 million users across hundreds of financial institutions. The platform has expanded beyond core digital banking to encompass onboarding, data analytics, marketing automation, and fraud prevention - all integrated into a single codebase that delivers continuous innovation. Alkami's commitment to excellence has been recognized by J.D. Power, which certified the company's Mobile App Platform for providing 'An Outstanding Mobile Banking Platform Experience' in both 2024 and 2025. Under CEO Alex Shootman, the company continues its mission to help financial institutions grow confidently, adapt quickly, and build thriving digital banking communities.

We're building the Voice AI Operating System that lets businesses deploy human-like voice agents without writing a single line of code. Most of us came from the contact center world, so we know firsthand how painful phone operations are - and we're determined to make it easy for any team to automate their calls. Our platform handles everything from the phone network to the AI brain, so you can focus on what matters: helping your customers. We've powered over 65 million calls and saved our clients millions of hours, but what we're really proud of is how we're empowering teams to scale their operations without replacing humans.

In early 2021, as marketers grappled with the exploding potential of generative AI and its complex implications for brand consistency, Jasper emerged as the purpose-built AI platform that marketing teams actually needed. The founders recognized that while generic AI tools could generate content, they couldn't maintain brand voice, understand strategic context, or integrate into existing marketing workflows at enterprise scale. So they built Jasper - a comprehensive AI platform that combines advanced language models with deep marketing intelligence and proprietary brand knowledge. Today, Jasper has evolved from an AI writing assistant into a full-stack marketing AI platform trusted by nearly 20% of the Fortune 500. The company's platform includes intelligent agents for automating workflows, a Brand IQ system that ensures on-brand content at scale, and an API-first architecture that integrates seamlessly into existing marketing technology stacks. With over 100,000 active customers and recognition as one of Fast Company's Top 15 Most Innovative AI Companies of 2024, Jasper continues to pioneer how marketing teams operationalize AI. The company, which reached unicorn status in 2022, remains headquartered in San Francisco with a remote-first team spanning the US, France, and Australia.

Etched is building specialized AI hardware that transforms the performance of transformer models. The company has developed Sohu, the world's first transformer-specific ASIC chip that delivers an order of magnitude more throughput and lower latency than leading GPUs like NVIDIA's B200. With capabilities running over 500,000 tokens per second on Llama 70B, Etched's technology enables products previously impossible with GPUs, including real-time video generation models and extremely deep chain-of-thought reasoning agents. The company's specialized approach to AI inference hardware allows businesses to achieve dramatic cost savings and performance improvements in their AI workloads. Founded in 2022 by Harvard dropouts Gavin Uberti, Chris Zhu, and Robert Wachen, Etched has rapidly emerged as a formidable competitor in the AI chip market. The company has raised significant funding, including a $120 million round, reaching a valuation of $5 billion as they challenge established players like NVIDIA. Etched's philosophy centers on the conviction that transformers will dominate the AI landscape, creating a market for single-model ASICs that can outperform general-purpose computing solutions. By partnering with industry leaders like Rambus for memory and interface technologies, Etched is poised to reshape the future of artificial intelligence computing with their innovative chip architecture.

At Abnormal AI, we're an AI-native company from our founding in 2018, built on the belief that AI renders conventional cybersecurity obsolete. Our team combines experts from Google, Twitter, Amazon, Proofpoint, and FireEye, working alongside AI agents to protect humans from cybercrime everywhere they operate and interact. We operate with a 99% customer recommendation rate, serving over 3,000 organizations including 25% of the Fortune 500. We're committed to reimagining what's possible by applying AI across every business function - enabling our employees to become superhuman experts in their fields. Our culture emphasizes autonomous decision-making, with our platform making billions of business-critical decisions without human intervention. We believe AI should handle 90% of cybersecurity work, allowing humans to focus on strategy and innovation. We're building toward fully autonomous AI security operations, extending our Behavioral AI platform with agents capable of superhuman detection, response, and collaboration.

Arrow Electronics is a global powerhouse in technology distribution and innovation, generating $33 billion in sales annually while employing over 22,000 professionals across more than 85 countries. As a Fortune 500 company, Arrow guides innovation forward for thousands of leading technology manufacturers and service providers, enabling technological advancement across major industries and markets worldwide. The company's extensive portfolio and global reach make it a critical partner in bringing innovative products to market faster and more efficiently. Founded in 1935, Arrow has evolved from a retail electronics store into a comprehensive global provider of electronic components, enterprise computing solutions, and intelligent solutions. With operations spanning from North America to Asia Pacific and EMEA, Arrow helps customers design, source, build, and launch products that improve quality of life and make the benefits of innovation more accessible to all. The company's commitment to excellence in distribution performance and customer service has solidified its position as the world's leading technology solutions provider.