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Supply chains run on thin margins, outdated systems, and heavy CapEx. The economics of the business live scattered across systems, modes, and spreadsheets. Rivora exists to give that business a financial and operational brain: one place where the numbers are modeled, watched, and acted on. Founders Nima Elyassi-Rad — CEO and Co-founder Early operating member and VP at Shippo, where he spent years inside the economics of shipping for hundreds of thousands of brands across all major ecommerce platforms and marketplaces. James Marks — CTO and Co-founder Co-founded Whiplash, the ecommerce fulfillment company acquired by Ryder, now Ryder eCommerce.

EquiSant is a private company building a Controlled AOS for healthcare to tackle some of the hardest problems in healthcare financial services. It was founded by experienced industry veterans and is backed by strategic venture investors and healthcare technology experts.

Green is building a global consumer neobank. We're merging international banking and payments into a single product. Our mission is to enable all of our customers around the world to spend, save and earn in USD. We'll be starting the US and select international markets with ambitions to scale far beyond. Green is built by a small group of highly experienced operators and engineers. We're a small, senior-only team, with no layers, politics, or slow decisions. We've built, founded, and owned services used by hundreds of millions of people and generating billions in revenue. Green is the next step and mass distribution is readily available via our day-one partners. Every person on the team ships product and shapes the direction of the company. Why Work Here * Build a product used globally from day one * Work with an extremely high-caliber team * Own major parts of the product and infrastructure * Ship fast and avoid corporate overhead * Compensated at the top of the market

Ascent Capital is a financial services firm that specializes in creative financial planning, including college planning, business owner solutions, retirement planning and estate plans. We are dedicated to changing the narrative for middle-class families in helping them be prepared for the future, as well as increasing the options for business owners and high-net-worth individuals to build their wealth and plan long-term.

Samara Aerospace provides spacecraft design and satellite control technology services. The company develops the Hummingbird satellite bus, leveraging its proprietary MSAC (Multifunctional Structures for Attitude Control) system to achieve precise attitude control and active jitter cancellation without traditional reaction wheels. It supports integration of solar-panel–embedded piezoelectric actuators for high-precision pointing in Earth observation and optical‑communications missions.

Plato, a Stanford University spinout backed by NEA and deployed at numerous global manufacturing companies, stands at the forefront of manufacturing innovation with its Spatial Intelligence platform. Plato’s Operations Digital Twin tool empowers multinational electronics manufacturers, semiconductor fabs, and EMS providers to drive productivity and efficiency without adding capex costs or labor. Here’s a breakdown of how Plato transforms manufacturing operations: ▪ Plato’s unique system digitizes factory behavior and operator activity with Zero-Touch fusion sensors. ▪ The Data Fusion engine seamlessly merges operator activity data with machine and production data, creating a comprehensive Operations Digital Twin for a contextualized view of the manufacturing process. ▪ Leveraging an advanced AI engine (Athena), Plato continuously analyzes the fusion data to set performance baselines, identify inefficiency patterns, and pinpoint root causes. ▪ Key insights and relevant contextual data are displayed on a unified dashboard, allowing teams to efficiently review trends, flagged events, and relevant contextual data. ▪ Plato's technology enables 20%+ improvement in Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), setting a new standard in operational efficiency. To learn more, visit plato.systems PUBLICATIONS: ▪ Using AI to Redefine Productivity: iconnect007 May 2024 iconnect007.uberflip.com/i/1520213-smt007-may2024/9?