The Washington, DC region is home to a rapidly growing artificial intelligence industry as dozens of great entrepreneurs and innovators have chosen this area to build companies and help solve some of the biggest security issues facing our federal government, our national security, and millions of Americans.

Join DCA Live and our host committee to honor some of the great companies of the DC region’s high growth tech community. We’ll honor the leaders of these important AI companies as well as the entrepreneurs, investors, and community leaders that are solving big problems, creating thousands of jobs, and billions of new wealth in the region through AI. 

Come enjoy an open bar, great food, and a chance to meet dozens of leaders from DC's tech community.  

DCA Live’s
2026 AI Stars

Adam Vincent, BrickLayer AI
Andre Yee, Tiga AI
Darren Kimura, AI Squared
David DeWolf, Knownwell
Diya Wynn, Amazon
Felipe Millon, OpenAI
Gerald Kierce, Trustible
Kristin Wood, August Interactive
Noelle Russell, Fifty One AI
Ryan Joyce, GenLogs
Devin Dupaix, Steerbridge
Jonathan Aberman, Hupside
Joshua Konowe, Impact Soccer, Inc.
Tiarne Hawkins, Optica Labs
Aubrey Ottenstein, Hilltop
Brenda Fan, Nowy
Jacqueline Barbieri, Whitespace
Phil Bronner, Ardent Ventures
Manpreet Singh, Singh Capital
Haley Bryant, Hustle Fund
Julie Saltman, Standd
Salvador D’Itri & Paul Battaglia, Federal AI Accelerator
Josh Resnik, Fiscal Note
Alexander Olesen, Buckstop
Dipanwita Das, Sorcero
You Mon Tsang, ChurnZero 
Bobby Patrick, Crew Capital
Auren Hoffman, NQB8
Matt Peters, Fixify
Jeff Johns, Embed Security
Jeremy Snyder, FireTail
Bartley Richardson, Nvidia
Andrew Schoka, Hardshell 
Will Wilson, Antithesis
Hellmut Adolph, Sorcero
Eddie McKulsky, HarborMind.AI
Jocelyn Byrne Houl, Startmachina
Rajat Mohanty, Ackuity AI
Jason Rebholz, Evoke Security
Tara Gupta, Map Collective

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