Brian McClendon

Kansas University Endowment Association operates fundraising foundation for the University of Kansas, KU Endowment partners with donors in providing philanthropic support to build a greater KU. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Lawrence, KS.

Ainstein AI, Inc. is a technology company founded in 2015 that specializes in radar-based technology. The private company is based in Lawrence, KS. The company's products incorporate a combination of mmwave radar, sensor fusion, and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to enable safer driving, flying, working, and living. Ainstein AI makes radar more affordable and easier to deploy, offering complete customized solutions for autonomous drones, advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous vehicles, and industrial sensing. The CEO of the company is Zongbo Wang.

Blackshark Ai is an Austrian company that provides a 3D digital twin of the Earth by extracting information from satellite imagery and reconstructing detected attributes in photorealistic 3D fully automatically. The platform is powered by a scalable artificial intelligence that detects features with incredible precision and speed. The patented approach to 3D reconstruction can store petabytes of data and render it in infinite detail in real-time, allowing for powerful visualization and simulation applications for government, geospatial intelligence, humanitarian relief, planetary management, autonomous driving and flying, insurance, smart cities, and more. The company is backed by M12 - Microsoft's venture fund, Point72 Ventures, and provider of space solutions Maxar Technologies (NYSE\:MAXR). Blackshark Ai generates a real-time, accurate, searchable, and photorealistic 3D digital twin of the entire planet, powered by satellite data and artificial intelligence. The company was founded by Michael Putz, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

UP Partners Management Co. LLC (UP Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Cyrus Sigari and Ben Marcus. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

Niantic, Inc. operates as an augmented reality (AR) and mobile real-world company. Its platform, Niantic Real World, manages shared state, communication, security, mapping, and AR functionality. It powers the AR games Pokemon GO, Ingress, and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. The company was founded by John Hanke and Phil Keslin in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The Global Leaders operates as a network of business leaders.

The Consumer Technology Association researches and reports trends in the consumer electronics market. The firm also provides its members with educational programs, technical training, market research and networking opportunities. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Enriched Ag, Inc. provides data-driven insights for ranching, supply chain, and carbon emission. The company is based in Pittsburgh, PA.