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Where Unicorns & Top Founders Meet

Live, off-the-record firesides.

A few founders we've hosted

Unicorn founders onstage.
Exceptional peers in the room.

Every RippleTalks room is carefully curated with venture-backed founders, alumni of leading startup programs and portfolios such as Y Combinator, a16z, Sequoia and First Round.*

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RippleTalks Experiences

Choose your next experience.

Join us in person or live online. Each experience offers a distinct way to connect with exceptional founders.

Intimate series · In person · San Francisco

SF Unicorn Founder Series

Four invitation-only gatherings in San Francisco. Each brings approximately 70 founders together for two candid, off-the-record firesides with unicorn and decacorn guests.

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Annual retreat · In person · Redwoods

RippleTalks @ Reboot

Four days under the redwoods with fellow YC founders—to step back, reset and talk honestly about the journey.

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Zoom series · Live online

RippleTalks Live

Unicorn guests. Candid conversations. Hundreds of top founders joining live online.

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Past Special Guests

Decacorn and unicorn founders as well as iconic investors who have shared their time and insights in our off-the-record firesides.

Billionaire tech founder, minority owner of the NBA Mavericks.

Mark Cuban

Founder

Backed 15 Unicorns & 3 Decacorns.

Ashton Kutcher

Founder

Built online learning platform used by 190M+ users.

Daphne Koller

Founder

Built the $26B professional network.

Allen Blue

Founder

Built the $1B+ fashion rental pioneer.

Jennifer Hyman

Founder

Built a $30B growth platform.

Brian Halligan

Founder

Built $70B+ cloud comms powering Uber, Airbnb and WhatsApp.

Jeff Lawson

Founder

Built $3B+ mental health platform serving 100M+ users globally.

Russell Glass

Founder

The RippleTalks Room

The conversations and relationships that move companies forward.

Candid access to category-defining founders, an accomplished peer group, and connections that continue well beyond the room.

01

Connect with founders at unicorn scale.

Gain candid insight and connect directly with unicorn and decacorn founders.

02

Be among true peers.

Meet accomplished founders navigating similarly ambitious challenges and opportunities.

03

Build relationships that shape what’s next.

Deepen connections with potential partners, customers, board members, and mentors.

Peek inside RippleTalks firesides.

A moment with the unicorn founders behind category-defining companies.

Building $2B+ of Spacecraft at Industrial Scale Special Guest: Ian Cinnamon, Founder CEO of Apex Satellites

Backing 50+ Unicorns from the Seed Stage Special Guest: Tim Draper, Founder of Draper Associates

Ashton Kutcher on Delphi.ai's Digital Twin Experience Special Guest: Dara Ladjevardian, Founder CEO of Delphi AI

Building a $13B+ Platform That Turns Ideas Into Software Special Guest: Anton Osika, Founder CEO of Lovable

Building a $5B+ Background Check Platform Special Guest: Daniel Yanisse, Founder CEO of Checkr

Building a $5B+ Automation Platform Connecting 9,000+ Apps Special Guest: Wade Foster, Founder CEO of Zapier

By founders, for founders

The creators behind RippleTalks are VC-backed builders and backers.

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