Online Event
Pitch Your Moat: Win a Seat in the IP Accelerator
Date
Nov 16, 2026
Time
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Address
Online Event
AI made building easy. That’s the problem: if you can build it in a weekend, so can everyone else. Investors know it, and every pitch comes down to one question: what stops someone from copying you?
Come ready to answer it. Founders will be called up to pitch live and get candid feedback from:
Kathryn Vatt, former US Patent Examiner and Special Advisor to the U.S. Department of Commerce, IP Strategy for Startup and Venture
Bettina Briz, investor with four decades in Silicon Valley tech
One of you could walk away with a scholarship to the Founder Institute x moatly IP Accelerator.
The question every investor will ask you AI made building fast. It also made copying fast. If your product can be rebuilt in a weekend, investors want to know one thing before they write a check: what stops someone from copying you?
This live session is your chance to answer that out loud, in front of people who evaluate moats for a living. What happens in the session Founders are called up to pitch live Each pitch gets candid, direct feedback on how defensible the idea is You hear what holds up, what doesn't, and what to protect first One founder could walk away with a scholarship to the Founder Institute x moatly IP Accelerator Who is giving feedback Kathryn Vatt is a former US Patent Examiner and Special Advisor to the U.S. Department of Commerce, focused on IP strategy for startups and venture. Bettina Briz is an investor with four decades in Silicon Valley tech.
Who should come Founders building with AI who can't yet explain why they're hard to copy Founders getting ready to raise who expect the moat question Anyone with an idea and no IP strategy yet How to prepare Have a short pitch ready: the problem, what you built, and who it's for Be ready to answer: what do you have that a competitor can't rebuild?
Come ready for candid feedback Details Monday, November 16, 2026 11:00 AM MST / 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT Online via Zoom, 60 minutes Open to all Register now to save your spot and get the join link.
This live session is your chance to answer that out loud, in front of people who evaluate moats for a living. What happens in the session Founders are called up to pitch live Each pitch gets candid, direct feedback on how defensible the idea is You hear what holds up, what doesn't, and what to protect first One founder could walk away with a scholarship to the Founder Institute x moatly IP Accelerator Who is giving feedback Kathryn Vatt is a former US Patent Examiner and Special Advisor to the U.S. Department of Commerce, focused on IP strategy for startups and venture. Bettina Briz is an investor with four decades in Silicon Valley tech.
Who should come Founders building with AI who can't yet explain why they're hard to copy Founders getting ready to raise who expect the moat question Anyone with an idea and no IP strategy yet How to prepare Have a short pitch ready: the problem, what you built, and who it's for Be ready to answer: what do you have that a competitor can't rebuild?
Come ready for candid feedback Details Monday, November 16, 2026 11:00 AM MST / 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT Online via Zoom, 60 minutes Open to all Register now to save your spot and get the join link.
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