• OpsCanvas – Visual cloud deployment platform empowering software teams to deploy to the cloud in hours instead of days or weeks. The platform generates thousands of lines of known-good code and custom configurations in less than 30 seconds.
  Founded by serial entrepreneur Brian Kathman (CEO) and Jason Turim (CTO), OpsCanvas reduces the complexity and costs of deploying and running cloud software.
• NearStar Fusion – Pioneering the development of clean fusion energy using hypervelocity plasma railguns, led by renowned plasma physicist Dr. Douglas Witherspoon. NearStar aims to create modular, scalable fusion power plants.
• Edenic Energy – Revolutionizing outdated buildings in underserved communities with an AI-driven Internet of Things infrastructure network, addressing energy inefficiencies and operational costs. Led by Founder and CEO Thomas Hunter Jr., Edenic’s predictive analytic software facilitates informed decision-making.
• Healp – A patient community platform providing peer support to patients with chronic and rare conditions. It serves as a strategic tool for healthcare partners to engage and recruit patients, offering forums and live chats to reduce isolation and confusion during diagnosis.
• SRT Labs – Enterprise software platform transforming buildings and cities into Intelligent Entities. By optimizing resources and reducing costs through automation and predictive maintenance, SRT Labs helps create unified ecosystems and visualize infrastructure for efficient management.

• AGED Diagnostics – A pre-clinical diagnostics venture developing blood tests for fatty liver disease and liver fibrosis. AGED is developing the first accurate, noninvasive blood test, and they are currently in the middle of a 500-patient clinical trial in the US and Germany. They were awarded Pepperdine’s Most Fundable Company of 2023.
• Anantyx, LLC – Offering Cloud Command (ACC), a groundbreaking self-service cloud management platform. ACC transforms complex cloud terminology into simple language, empowering users to be more productive and responsible with their cloud usage, utilizing Generative AI to streamline cloud adoption.
• AtWork Systems, LLC – Developing SaaS platforms for managed services in the GovCon sector. AtWork’s platforms automate back-office tasks, eliminate compliance issues, and help businesses scale through tools like OneLynk™ and CentrumCyber™ software for government contractors of all sizes.
• Derive – An AI-accelerated cyber risk assessment and management platform. Derive empowers organizations to make informed, data-driven decisions about cybersecurity by continuously prioritizing strategies based on real-world data and financial impacts.
• Teleworker AI – A software platform that uses AI/ML, AR, digital twins, and mobile robotics to facilitate remote work. Users can control robots like drones or robotic dogs, enabling blue-collar workers to enjoy the same remote work benefits as their white-collar counterparts.

• Electro Tempo – A software company revolutionizing electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure planning and deployment. Their core product is an advanced analytics and simulation suite that predicts EV charging demand using complex data sets including travel patterns, grid assets, land use, demographics, and emissions.
• Evizia – Revolutionizing genome analysis with their platform, PRECYSE, which enables direct, single-molecule visualization of samples. Evizia offers “Next Generation Quality Control (QC)” for Next Generation Sequencing, lowering complexity and cost while providing high-resolution nanoscale imaging.
• Slip Signal – A technology company developing Spectrally Efficient Digital Logic (SEDL), a solution to reduce electromagnetic interference (EMI) in electronic circuits. SEDL enables smaller, lighter, and more efficient devices by providing a native solution to EMI without relying on external shielding or filtering.
• Thyme – An AI-driven platform that automates tasks for financial advisors, reducing meeting overhead, accelerating document insights, and streamlining client onboarding. Thyme helps financial professionals save time and improve productivity, and was part of a recent Y Combinator cohort.
• QWERX – A cybersecurity startup offering a revolutionary approach to endpoint authentication through its Enterprise Secure Perimeter software. QWERX eliminates static digital credentials for continuous device verification, preventing unauthorized network access across millions of endpoints, including IoT devices.

  Exhibitors:

• Saltenna – Focused on wireless communications for defense tech, Saltenna is at the forefront of cutting-edge wireless solutions.
• UpBrains AI – A supply chain company leveraging AI to optimize and transform supply chain operations.

• FraudOptics – Founded by former FBI/DOJ experts, FraudOptics delivers a risk intelligence platform to combat illicit cryptocurrency activity. By combining blockchain data with open-source insights, it helps financial institutions, law firms, and government agencies prevent fraud, money laundering, and terrorist financing while ensuring regulatory compliance and security.
• Kubanda Cryotherapy, Inc. – Disrupting the $4B veterinary tumor market with carbon dioxide-based cryotherapy, Kubanda provides the first affordable, minimally invasive treatment capable of treating large tumors. Developed by cryobiologists and biomedical engineers, it has been launched in North American clinics to save time, reduce costs for pet owners, and improve clinic ROI.
• PS Fertility Inc. – Launching a novel male fertility test, PS-Detect, which identifies the percentage of sperm capable of fertilizing an egg by detecting phosphatidylserine (PS) on sperm. This breakthrough discovery in sperm biology is revolutionizing male fertility testing with a flow cytometry diagnostic test.
• Scout Space – Redefining space intelligence with cutting-edge autonomy and on-orbit sensor deployments. Scout Space’s AI-driven software and high-performance sensors enable real-time decision-making for defense and commercial satellites, enhancing space security and mitigating operational risks, especially with deep U.S. Space Force partnerships.
• Spectrohm – Revolutionizing internal imaging with high-speed, automated inspection. Spectrohm’s patented radio-wave technology provides 100% insight into packages, improving speed, security, and fraud prevention while reducing equipment costs and weight. It is used by governments, eCommerce, and venues to enhance security and enforce tariffs.

  Exhibitors:

• Keep Company – A company focused on providing innovative solutions for logistics and transportation, ensuring seamless operations and optimizing efficiency in the supply chain.
• Flying Ship Company – Specializing in aerial logistics, Flying Ship Company develops cutting-edge technologies to revolutionize the way goods are transported via unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), ensuring faster, more cost-effective delivery solutions.

Plainr is a precision AI platform for private equity firms, converting complex operational and market data into clear insights in under 30 minutes. It eliminates pain points – data silos, slow analysis, missed opportunities and lagged insights – at key stages: deal evaluation, ongoing portfolio company management and exit thesis formation. Built by private equity, AI/ML, and cybersecurity experts, Plainr ensures secure data integration, transparent data tracking and real-time analysis, saving time, cutting costs, and delivering a competitive edge for PE firms. Visit our booth to see how Plainr supports PE firms.

Chariot Biosciences, Inc. is developing SIMMBIONS™—engineered symbiotic commensal microbes that live in the bloodstream safely and continuously deliver therapeutic proteins from inside the patient. This first-in-class platform addresses major challenges in chronic disease treatment: frequent injections, poor adherence, and complex cold chain logistics. SIMMBIONS are modular, programmable, and reversible—offering months of controlled drug release from a single injection.

Enquire AI  is a conversational insights platform that blends expert perspective with proprietary AI to help capital markets, consulting, and government affairs professionals generate high-quality, decision-ready intelligence. Unlike traditional expert networks or static AI tools, Enquire orchestrates a dynamic loop of human dialogue and AI synthesis—matching client research intent with the right experts, guiding a back-and-forth exchange, and packaging insights into usable formats for judgment and action

Torev Motors is developing the world’s highest performance, earth-free electric motors for automotive and defense vehicles. Torev’s patented technology enables industry-leading power density, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Torev is SBIR funded by the US Army, is partnered with the Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center, and has received term sheets to license this technology from leading automotive part manufacturers. 

LexIQ is a legal tech startup building AI agents that let in-house legal and finance teams draft and review contracts up to 10× faster directly inside Microsoft Word. With one click, their Add-in compares any MSA, NDA, lease or vendor/SaaS agreement against the company’s own machine-readable playbook, flags every clause that deviates from preferred positions, and applies precise redlines automatically. By collapsing a multi-hour review into minutes, LexIQ frees counsel for higher-value work and accelerates revenue recognition. 

In addition to the presenting companies, two start-ups were chosen to exhibit their innovations at the event. Bowerbags, LLC. offering Military Modular Attachments, the only system that supports vehicle to soldier and soldier to vehicle gear attachment – its the “Lego for the military” and Nowy, a mobile application that uses AI to convert your favorite social content into your personalized and bookable itineraries with full-trip price watch.