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Last week, we officially celebrated the return of the Mayfield AI Garage at UC Berkeley, and the energy made one thing clear: the next generation of AI founders is already building. After an incredible first year, the AI Garage is back at Berkeley and going even bigger. What’s new: • Up to $25K in legal credits from Orrick Tech • Alumni up to three years post-graduation are now eligible to apply We are proud to continue our partnership with UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS) and Berkeley SkyDeck to drive AI innovation and support Berkeley’s next wave of AI entrepreneurs. Selected teams receive: • $50K stipend per founding team • Mentorship from the Mayfield team • Up to $350K in Microsoft Azure compute credits • Benefits from the NVIDIA Inception Program for Startups • Up to $25K in legal credits with Orrick Tech • Access to Berkeley SkyDeck’s Pad-13 Incubator Program Apply now at mayfield.ai/berkeley Huge thanks to our featured speakers, Gamiel Gran (Mayfield), Arjun Singh (Superconductor), Jorge Torres (MindsDB), and Caroline Winnett (SkyDeck), for sharing candid insights on building and scaling in today’s AI ecosystem. Special thanks to Jennifer Chayes, Dean of CDSS, for opening the evening. Grateful to our partners at SkyDeck, CDSS, NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Orrick, and to the incredible Berkeley students across disciplines who are turning bold AI ideas into companies. Gamiel Gran, Darren Cooke, Caroline Winnett, Sibyl Chen, Chon Tang, Brian Bordley, Jennifer Chayes, Sibyl Chen, Rebecca Ricksen, NVIDIA for Startups, Microsoft for Startups, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Neel Lilani, Marcelo Bossi, Courtney Sales, Kelvin Keane, Howard Wright, Sydney Sykes