The Techstars-led Sprint Mobile Accelerator held its third demo day on Tuesday.
Hundreds of Kansas Citians trekked to the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts to watch 10 startups from around the world deliver pitches on their tech firms. Learn more about the event and the future of the accelerator here.
Check out photos or a video slideshow from the event below!
- Techstars Demo Day attendees mingle before startups pitch.
- A Leka robot rolls through the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. The device helps children with developmental disabilities learn more effectively.
- Techstars Demo Day attendees. About 300 people attended the event.
- A Mycroft AI employee explains the company’s tech platform, which is an open-source response to Amazon’s Echo.
- Demo day attendees chat in the the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
- A SpaceView employee chats with attendees. SpaceView developed a mobile, augmented reality platform that visualizes real-world products in virtual spaces.
- Kevin McGinnis, co-founder of the Sprint Accelerator and vice president of Sprint subsidiary Pinsight Media+.
- Techstars CEO David Brown.
- Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure offering opening remarks.
- Social Capital co-founder Tope Alabi. The firm generates accurate personality profiles by applying artificial intelligence to social media and online behavior.
- SpaceView co-founder Miloš Jovanović. SpaceView developed a mobile augmented reality platform that visualizes real world products in virtual spaces.
- Karmies founder Megan Haines. Karmies created created an ad tech platform that monetizes emojis by making them smart and branded.
- Super Dispatch founder Bek Abdullayev. Super Dispatch developed a platform that enables automotive logistics companies to eliminate paperwork and manage loads, drivers and billing all in one place.
- Leka co-founder Ladislas de Toldi. Leka created a smart toy that helps with treatment programs for children with developmental disabilities.
- Nozzle co-founder Derek Perkins. Nozzle developed a marketing analytics platform that provides on-demand customer acquisition reporting and timely alerts.
- Mycroft founder Joshua Montgomery. Mycroft created an open source, voice-driven, artificial intelligence platform for the connected home.
- Responsive Ads co-founder Matthew Snyder. The firm created HTML5 technology allowing users to create and deploy advertisements that resize according to a reader’s device.
- Backstitch co-founder Jordan Warzecha. Backstitch makes corporate intranet communications personalized, relevant and actionable.
- John Fein, Techstars managing director.
- The third graduating class of the Sprint Mobile Accelerator, led by Techstars.