Unicorn Events · Menlo Park University · Network VC

AI Innovations & Venture Capital at Stanford

Four days on the ground in Silicon Valley: workshops at Stanford on AI, venture strategy and how to talk to investors, then the company campuses, the Plug and Play tech centre and a Unicorn Battle to close it.

Dates
9-12 October 2026
Where
Stanford, California
Format
Private event · address on registration

Tickets

The price moves twice

Organiser pricing in USD. The early-bird window closes on 15 September, and the two later tiers are capped at ten places each.

Until 15 September

Early bird

$2 900

From 16 September

Standard

$3 900

From 1 October

Last chance

$4 900

Programme

Four days

  • Day 0

    9 October

    • Campus tour
    • Welcome reception
  • Day 1

    10 October

    • Stanford workshops: the future of AI, value-chain innovation
    • Venture capital strategy and investor communication
    • Networking dinner
  • Day 2

    11 October

    • Stanford workshops: investing in Silicon Valley, scalable innovation
    • Startup success metrics, AI reshaping industries
    • Lunch and networking
  • Day 3

    12 October

    • Company campus visits: Google, Meta, HP
    • Plug and Play tech centre
    • San Francisco tour
    • Unicorn Battle

Who it is for

Three rooms

  • Investors and venture capitalists who want to read the ecosystem first-hand.
  • Founders preparing to raise in the United States.
  • Executives taking a company into the US market.

Who runs it

Operators

The programme is run by Menlo Park University with Network.VC, Silicon Valley in Your Pocket and Open Future Forum, and presented by Unicorn Events. The organiser states that workshops are led by Stanford faculty and that participants receive a certificate of completion from the Stanford Center for Professional Development.

Programme details, certification and the exact venue are the organiser's to confirm at registration.

Next step

Places are capped

Registration and payment run through the organiser's Luma page, which also holds the exact address.