Startup Zone Pitches | Pay-i, Cascade AI, Autessa, GemaTEG

Four AI startups pitch their companies to a panel of venture capital judges: Yifan Zhang of the AI2 Incubator, Bryan Hale of Anthos Capital, and T.A. McCann of Pioneer Square Labs. Hosted by GeekWire co-founder John Cook. Startups: David Tepper, co-founder and CEO of Pay-i; Ana-Maria Constantin, co-founder and CEO of Cascade AI; Roshnee Sharma, CEO of Autessa; and Manfred Markevitch, co-founder and CEO of GemaTEG. Recorded at Agents of Transformation, a GeekWire AI summit held March 24, 2026, at Block 41 in Seattle. Presented by Accenture, with AWS Marketplace and Nebius as sponsors. More at geekwire.com/agents