Silicon Valley’s AI-First Ecosystem: Key Lessons from Scottish Founders

Hear from three Techscaler Founders as they share bold insights from their time in Silicon Valley, where the integration of AI and pace of change is accelerating.

About this event

With the Techscaler Silicon Valley Cohort back in Scotland, we are hosting this fully online webinar discussion with three founders who participated in the programme. Moderated by CodeBase's Sally Dale, the panel will share their experience of what it takes to succeed and scale in Silicon Valley and in Scotland.

In Silicon Valley, deeper integration of Artificial Intelligence is changing the core architecture of SaaS platforms and products. Find out what this means for Scottish Tech Founders and if Scottish startups are ready to embrace greater Human + AI Collaboration.

What is the Techscaler Silicon Valley Programme?

From the 12th of May to the 1st of June 2025, Techscaler hosted it's third pop-up hub in San Francisco. The goal was to immerse a cohort of ambitious Scottish businesses into this ecosystem and build self-sustainaing networks that can move their business forward.

Topics that will be covered on the Webinar:

• How to approach to investment in Silicon Valley as a Scottish Founder, including norms around bootstrapping, investor-led growth and the pivotal role of your network
• Silicon Valley's Startup Playbook and how AI is disrupting past approaches to product building and market research
• International growth and collaboration: reflections from the cohort on what it takes to succeed in the US market and the intangible benefits of US ecosystem immersion for Scottish Founders

Who will be there?

The Event is free to join and we are expecting a mix of Founders, Investors, Industry Associations, Ecosystem Builders, Legal and Financial Experts.

Where and when is this taking place?

The Techscaler Silicon Valley Takeaways session is taking place fully online and can be accessed on Zoom.

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