In just 3 weeks, StrictlyVC is coming to Los Angeles

Join us for Strictly VC Los Angeles 2026an intimate evening that brings together leading investors and entrepreneurs for high-profile conversations from the front lines of venture capital and technology frontiers. This edition will be held on Thursday, June 18, at Aerospace Corporation’s El Segundo campus, and continues StrictlyVC’s focus on direct access to the ideas and leaders shaping the next trend in technology and capital. Secure your place here.

For CEOs, investors, and founders navigating an increasingly complex market, this is an opportunity to engage in conversations that rarely happen in public and hear directly from the people driving change across defense, AI, and advanced industry.

Who takes the stage?

We’ll start the evening with Ethan Thorntonfounder Mach Industries. In his session titled “Built for a New Era of Defense Technology,” Thornton will discuss what it means to build a solid technology company quickly and why defense innovation is undergoing a tectonic shift as autonomy, industrialization and national security become increasingly interconnected. His view reflects a new generation of founders who have chosen to work in industries that were once considered slow-moving, and are now being rapidly reshaped by technological acceleration.

Next, the conversation turns to supporting the next frontier of physical AI, which is characterized Dillian Asparuhov to Founders Fund and Saif Al-Khawaja to Shinki Systems. Together they will explore how developments in artificial intelligence, robotics and automation are beginning to reshape not only software systems but also the physical world and what it takes to move advanced technologies from concept to real-world deployment at scale.

Additional speakers and conversations will be announced in the coming weeks as the StrictlyVC Los Angeles agenda continues to take shape. Stay up to date with new speaker announcements and event developments.

An evening that sparks meaningful connections

As the evening wears on, the room becomes the real value of the event. Conversations continue beyond the stage in an environment defined by access, focus, and proximity to the people who make up the next generation of companies. It is an environment where introductions turn into insight, and insight often turns into opportunity. Secure your place here.