SF BayThe Bay Area remains a center of gravity for artificial intelligence, and every fast-growing company needs outside help it can trust.
A busy market
One analysis reports that San Francisco startups raised roughly $126 billion in AI venture capital, more than half of all global AI venture funding. A CBRE tech analyst quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle says AI startups are adding hundreds or thousands of jobs on the strength of significant revenue gains.
Who gets the call
- Employment and startup attorneys
- Accountants, bookkeepers and fractional CFOs
- Commercial insurance and benefits advisers
- Office, coworking and commercial real estate professionals
- Recruiters, designers and marketing consultants
Referrals beat cold outreach
Founders are flooded with vendor pitches. A warm introduction from someone they trust cuts through. In a BNI chapter you meet weekly with business owners across professions, and each profession has one seat, so your chapter knows exactly when to introduce you.
Action step
Tell your chapter the specific type of company you can help, such as a seed-stage startup hiring its first employees, and ask members to listen for it.
Sources
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