Which AI startups actually land enterprise contracts? Lessons from evaluating 100+ AI startups at Millennium Management
Conference Context
- Date/time: 2026-07-01 · 1:55pm-2:15pm
- Track/room: AI-Native Enterprises · Leadership 1
- Speaker(s): Brian Lewis
- Session type/status: session · confirmed
- Track: AI-Native Enterprises
- Room: Leadership 1
- Session type: session
- Status: confirmed
Session Description
Selling your AI startup/product into a large enterprise is hard. I often sit on the buyer's side of the table at a large hedge fund. I've sat through 100+ AI startup pitches and am responsible for running the pilots that may eventually convert into your ARR. We'll cover what works, what doesn't, and what large enterprise customers need to see in order to choose 'buy' over 'build'.
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Which AI startups actually land enterprise contracts? Lessons from evaluating 100+ AI startups at Millennium Management ## Conference Context - Date/time: 2026-07-01 · 1:55pm-2:15pm - Track/room: AI-Native Enterprises · Leadership 1 - Speaker(s): Brian Lewis - Session type/status: session · confirmed - Track: AI-Native Enterprises - Room: Leadership 1 - Session type: session - Status: confirmed ## Session Description Selling your AI startup/product into a large enterprise is hard. I often sit on the buyer's side of the table at a large hedge fund. I've sat through 100+ AI startup pitches and am responsible for running the pilots that may eventually convert into your ARR.
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- Brian Lewis — AI Product Lead at Millennium.
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