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Stop Guessing: How to Use AI to Validate Your Startup Idea in Days

The gap between a good idea and a fundable startup isn't talent. It's knowing how to test what's real before you invest months into what isn't. AI has made that process faster and more accessible than ever, but only if you know which prompts and workflows actually work. In this recorded session with Jonathan Greechan (Co-Founder and CEO of Founder Institute)…

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1Speakers
11Sponsors
11Exhibitors
1On the bill · sessions
12Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Stop, in alphabetical order.
Jonathan Greechan
Co-Founder & CEO · Founder Institute
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Founder CapitalPlatinum
Loyal VCPlatinum
AREA 23 LABSLocal Partner
Ben Franklin Technology PartnersLocal Partner
CIC PhiladelphiaLocal Partner
Female Founder InitiativeLocal Partner
KommunityLocal Partner
New York AngelsLocal Partner
Philly Tech EntrepreneursLocal Partner
Venture For AmericaLocal Partner
VentureLink @ NJITLocal Partner
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Agenda

Selected from 1 sessions on the bill.
  • May 12, 2026 05:00 pm - 06:30 pm

    Stop Guessing: How to Use AI to Validate Your Startup Idea in Days

    The gap between a good idea and a fundable startup isn't talent. It's knowing how to test what's real before you invest months into what isn't. AI has made that process faster and …

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 12 companies show up — and 11 bet on three roles at once?

Twelve companies. eleven are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
11All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
1Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

AREA 23 LABS·Ben Franklin Technology Partners·CIC Philadelphia·Female Founder Initiative·Founder Capital·Kommunity·Loyal VC·New York Angels·Philly Tech Entrepreneurs·Venture For America·VentureLink @ NJIT

Speakers by seniority

100% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1100%

Of 1 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01AREA 23 LABSSp·LEx
  2. 02Ben Franklin Technology PartnersSp·LEx
  3. 03CIC PhiladelphiaSp·LEx
  4. 04Female Founder InitiativeSp·LEx
  5. 05Founder CapitalSp·PEx
  6. 06KommunitySp·LEx
  7. 07Loyal VCSp·PEx
  8. 08New York AngelsSp·LEx
  9. 09Philly Tech EntrepreneursSp·LEx
  10. 10Venture For AmericaSp·LEx
  11. 11VentureLink @ NJITSp·LEx
  12. 12Founder Institute1V
Sponsors by tier
platinum2
18% of 11
local partner9
82% of 11
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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