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Venture Trailblazers, Andrew D’Souza and Boardy: The Man and Machine behind 5,000+ founder/VC intros and the bleeding edge of VC AI (VIP Event)
The founder who scaled a YC startup to 11 countries is now using AI to change how the world connects
Date
Mar 19, 2026
Time
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
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Join us for a special edition of Venture Trailblazers featuring Andrew D'Souza, founder and CEO of Boardy and co-founder of Clearco. Andrew is building an AI superconnector that helps founders connect with the right investors, customers, talent, and partners at scale. In this conversation, we will explore how AI is reshaping the way relationships are formed in venture, what this means for startup ecosystems, and why the next generation of capital flow may look very different from the last. If you care about the future of venture, this is a conversation you do not want to miss.
Keynote Speaker
Andrew D'Souza is a tech founder and the creator of Boardy, the AI superconnector. Boardy talks to founders over phone, WhatsApp, email and Slack to understand their story, goals and immediate priorities, then introduces them to the right investors, customers, talent, and partners in its network to move their company forward.
Before creating Boardy, Andrew was the co-founder and CEO of Clearco, where he pioneered AI-driven, revenue-based financing, investing over $2.5B in more than 10,000 startups. Having built and scaled companies through multiple market cycles, Andrew brings a frontline perspective on how AI is fundamentally shifting the way capital flows to founders and how the next generation of companies will be built.
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