Gen AI Pitch Competition hosted by Cloudtech x SV-SBDC x AWS

Silicon Valley's GEN AI event is here! In partnership with AWS and Cloudtech, this competition will spotlight the most promising AI ideas and projects from across the community.

​💡 For Innovators & Entrepreneurs:
Do you have an AI-driven idea, prototype, or project? This is your chance to showcase it in front of judges, peers, and industry leaders — with up to $25,000 in AWS partner funding to explore and implement AI and cloud solutions built on AWS, and to help bring your idea to life.

👉 Register to Pitch here.

[Application to pitch deadline: November 6th, 2026]

Event Overview:

The GenAI Pitch Competition is a live innovation pitch competition focused on generative AI use cases. Our event is located at Mitchell Park Community Center, El Palo Alto West Room

​Agenda

• ​11:00–11:30 AM — Check-in & networking
• ​11:30–11:45 AM — Welcome & partner remarks
• ​11:45 AM–Noon — Contest Rules & Judging Criteria
• ​12:00–1:00 PM — AI pitches + Q&A
• ​1:00–1:20 PM — Judges’ deliberation
• ​1:20–1:30 PM — Winners announced & Awards
• ​1:30–2:30 PM — Networking & Partner Matchmaking
• 2:30 PM — Event Close

​Presented in partnership with AWS and Cloudtech.

Who should apply?
This competition is ideal for organizations (startups, SMBs, enterprise teams, nonprofits, researchers) that:

• ​​Are integrating AI-driven innovation into their operations.
• ​​Need funding, resources, and expert support to scale an AI vision.
• ​​Want to connect with AI and AWS leaders to refine and implement AI strategies.

​​Why participate?

• ​​Access up to $25,000 in AWS partner funding and expert guidance to implement AI.
• ​​Exclusive opportunity to present directly to AWS & AI leaders.
• ​​Tailored feedback in a focused, high-value setting.
• ​​Network with AWS and Cloudtech experts to explore AI-powered growth.

​​How does funding work?

This is not a cash prize or AWS Credits. Funding is AWS Partner funding allocated toward technical resources, architecture support, and solution development services delivered by Cloudtech in collaboration with AWS (subject to program eligibility and scope).

Cloudtech is an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner and AWS SMB Competency Partner focused on one goal: helping small and mid-sized businesses grow with AI & Cloud. Big companies have teams for this. Most growing businesses don't, and Cloudtech fills that gap.

We help companies move off legacy systems, modernize their applications on AWS, optimize cloud spend, and deploy Conversational AI and Generative AI that handle real work. That includes answering calls, qualifying leads, supporting customers, and automating repetitive processes, among other tasks.

The results are measurable. One client cut its cost per call by 67%, and another now automates 5,000 calls every month. Across more than 100 engagements, our clients have rated our satisfaction 9.9 out of 10.

Every Cloudtech engagement is fixed-price and defined-scope, so there are no surprise invoices or projects that drift. Cloudtech is led by CEO Kamran Adil and Co-Founder Bharat Bhate, whose experience spans more than a decade of building technology teams and delivering for businesses across industries.