November Power Lunch presenter Devon Laney is President and CEO of 36 Degrees North in Tulsa, OK. Known as Tulsa’s base camp for entrepreneurs, innovators and startups, 36 Degrees North is an entrepreneurial support organization focused on providing the resources, the community and the programs needed to support entrepreneurs as they build, grow and scale businesses. "36 Degrees North is a non-profit, 501C3, and it would not exist without the public and the private partnership together,” says Laney. “In 2017, when 36 Degrees North launched, you had philanthropic community, public, private, chamber. They all came together to create this thing, and it’s a success story." https://www.36n.co/
November Pitch Presenters Luke Simkins and Grant DeLozier are co-founders of OKC startup AnnoLab. Simkins and DeLozier cut their teeth building software to automate document processing tasks in Oil and Gas. Eventually, they realized that lots of companies face issues scaling business processes to extract actionable data from documents, images and text. AI and Machine Learning can help solve these problems, but using them is far from easy.
AnnoLab offers simpler, less costly ways for businesses to start building custom document AI models. Once an AI model is built, the platform allows them to be used at scale in a safe, human-in-the-loop way. https://annolab.ai/
The Oklahoma Venture Forum (OVF) is the state’s preeminent organization fostering innovation and economic growth. We introduce investors, mentors and support organizations to entrepreneurs, providing collaborative venues for sharing ideas. OVF champions small businesses and economic development by connecting and recognizing venture talents. Since our beginning, we have acted as the preeminent ecosystem for business innovation and entrepreneurship development. Our diverse membership includes investors, entrepreneurs, and service providers from a wide array of statewide industries. www.OVF.org
