Scaling beyond limited early-stage momentum often calls for a disciplined corporate turnaround strategy. Jake Burlet outlines the practical steps CanBiocin took to shift from grant-to-grant R&D survival to a profitable growing enterprise through securing strategic investment.
2022 Showcase Finalist
Nutrition
Companion and Livestock
Microbiome
Prevention
Series B
Milestone - Corporate Turnaround
Jake Burlet
CEO
CanBiocin
Evolving pet owner expectations demand new models of engagement. Susan Groeneveld shares how Sylvester.AI is pioneering direct-to-consumer pathways to connect with owners, strengthen veterinary partnerships, and unlock commercial scale.
2022 Showcase Finalist
Technology
Feline
Pain
Diagnosis
Monitoring
Series A
Revenue Generating
Milestone - Route to Market
Susan Groeneveld
Founder
sylvester.ai
Gangwon Jo
CEO
Moreh
Gangwon Jo is the co-founder and CEO of Moreh Inc., a startup funded by AMD that develops optimized infrastructure software, enabling more efficient and flexible AI infrastructure at scale. Moreh’s software supports AI workloads on AMD as well as other accelerator platforms, such as Tenstorrent.
Gangwon was the chief architect of “Chundoong,” a supercomputer built using AMD consumer GPUs, which was recognized as one of the world’s TOP500 supercomputers in 2012.
In 2022, Gangwon was named one of MIT Technology Review’s “Innovators Under 35.” He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Seoul National University.
Ken Patchett
VP, DC Infrastructure
Lambda Labs
Ken Patchett is a seasoned infrastructure executive with over two decades of experience leading transformative programs across the data center, AI, and cloud industries. He has held leadership roles at many of the world’s top hyperscalers—including Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, and Oracle—where he built and scaled some of the most demanding computing environments on the planet. Today, Ken is building the infrastructure to establish Lambda as a next-generation AI factory operator.