By Invitation & Approval Only: Financial Services Executives & AI Founders ($10M-$100M+ in ARR / funding) 🚀
Senior leaders across financial institutions and AI companies are beginning to move beyond pilots into real deployment. But the honest conversations — what is actually working in production, how ROI is being measured, and how institutional risk is being managed — rarely happen in public.
This private, off-the-record dinner brings together a select group of executives and founders shaping the future of AI in financial services to discuss:
- deploying agentic AI in regulated environments
- quantifying ROI beyond experimentation
- managing governance, compliance, and institutional risk in productionÂ
Speakers:Rocio Wu, Partner, F-Prime Capital ($4.50B AUM): Rocio Wu is a Partner at F-Prime Capital, leading investments in AI, enterprise software, and fintech. Previously, she was an investor at Liquid 2 Ventures, founded by NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana, and held operating roles at Google and Amazon spanning corporate development, go-to-market strategy, and marketing across the US, Japan, Spain, and China. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and is a Forbes VC columnist covering emerging technology trends.
Vanja Josifovski, Co-Founder & CEO, Kumo.AI ($37M raised): Vanja Josifovski is CEO and Co-Founder of Kumo ($37M raised, backed by Sequoia) — the predictive AI platform trusted by DoorDash, Reddit, and Snowflake. Previously the CTO of Airbnb and Pinterest, he was responsible for technical direction and execution across both IPOs. He joined Pinterest through the acquisition of his first startup, Kosei. Before founding Kosei, Vanja spent his career as a Research Scientist at Google, Yahoo, and IBM, working in the domains of AI/ML, search infrastructure, and databases.
Maithra Raghu, Founder & CEO, Samaya AI, Inc. ($43.50M raised): Maithra Raghu is the co-founder and CEO of Samaya AI. Previously a research scientist at Google Brain, where her work spanned deep learning, representation learning, and knowledge-intensive AI systems, she holds a PhD in Computer Science from Cornell and a master's from Cambridge. She was named to TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI in 2025.
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Email
eric@virio.ai to receive a free LinkedIn strategy plan live with a 120k follower LinkedIn creator worth over $1,000 as a guest of this dinner.
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SF Private AI x Financial Services Founders & Executives Dinner feat. F-Prime Capital Partner ($4.5B+ AUM) & Co-Founders of Samaya AI ($40M+ raised), Kumo ($35M+ raised)
Speakers
Rocio W.
Partner
$4.5B AUM
F-Prime Capital
Vanja J.
Co-Founder & CEO
$37M raised
Kumo.AI
Maithra R.
Founder & CEO
$43.5M raised
Samaya AI, Inc.
Wed, Apr 29, 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM (PDT)
Upscale Private Dining Room (Venue to be shown to approved attendees) (San Francisco)
25 attendees
By Invitation & Approval Only: Financial Services Executives & AI Founders ($10M-$100M+ in ARR / funding) 🚀
Senior leaders across financial institutions and AI companies are beginning to move beyond pilots into real deployment. But the honest conversations — what is actually working in production, how ROI is being measured, and how institutional risk is being managed — rarely happen in public.
This private, off-the-record dinner brings together a select group of executives and founders shaping the future of AI in financial services to discuss:
Rocio Wu, Partner, F-Prime Capital ($4.50B AUM): Rocio Wu is a Partner at F-Prime Capital, leading investments in AI, enterprise software, and fintech. Previously, she was an investor at Liquid 2 Ventures, founded by NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana, and held operating roles at Google and Amazon spanning corporate development, go-to-market strategy, and marketing across the US, Japan, Spain, and China. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and is a Forbes VC columnist covering emerging technology trends.
Vanja Josifovski, Co-Founder & CEO, Kumo.AI ($37M raised): Vanja Josifovski is CEO and Co-Founder of Kumo ($37M raised, backed by Sequoia) — the predictive AI platform trusted by DoorDash, Reddit, and Snowflake. Previously the CTO of Airbnb and Pinterest, he was responsible for technical direction and execution across both IPOs. He joined Pinterest through the acquisition of his first startup, Kosei. Before founding Kosei, Vanja spent his career as a Research Scientist at Google, Yahoo, and IBM, working in the domains of AI/ML, search infrastructure, and databases.
Maithra Raghu, Founder & CEO, Samaya AI, Inc. ($43.50M raised): Maithra Raghu is the co-founder and CEO of Samaya AI. Previously a research scientist at Google Brain, where her work spanned deep learning, representation learning, and knowledge-intensive AI systems, she holds a PhD in Computer Science from Cornell and a master's from Cambridge. She was named to TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI in 2025.
Brought to you by:
Perkins Coie SF: Perkins Coie’s Emerging Companies & Venture Capital lawyers are trusted advisors to the world’s most innovative companies and visionary investors. We support startup clients from formation to exit with comprehensive legal and business counseling.
Howdy.com: Howdy helps U.S. companies hire and manage top software engineers across Latin America, handling everything from sourcing to payroll—so teams can scale faster with talent in their time zone.
See how Howdy can help you find and manage exceptional talent. Schedule your demo today at howdy.com/book-a-demo.
Virio: Virio helps B2B founders/execs create LinkedIn content that drives pipeline. They've grown LinkedIn accounts to millions of followers and work clients like Hubspot, WisprFlow, Workspan and many more.
Email eric@virio.ai to receive a free LinkedIn strategy plan live with a 120k follower LinkedIn creator worth over $1,000 as a guest of this dinner.
Till CFO: Till CFO embeds an expert finance team and AI-native technology into growing companies, amplifying your finance leader with the infrastructure to shift from firefighting to strategy.
Ready to build the financial infrastructure for your next stage of growth? Book a free assessment call at hello@tillcfo.com or tillcfo.com/contact
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