Past Events
Sparknify events bring together founders, investors, technologists, and creative thinkers across Silicon Valley and beyond. From startup showcases and expert panels to curated networking gatherings and studio conversations, each event is designed to spark meaningful connections and ideas. Explore highlights from our past events and see how Sparknify continues to build a vibrant community around innovation, technology, and global collaboration.
Bridging Silicon Valley and Taiwan: Semiconductor & AI Synergies is a landmark gathering designed to connect two of the world’s most influential innovation ecosystems. The event brings together founders, investors, researchers, and technology leaders to explore collaboration at the intersection of artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and advanced hardware. The gathering also highlights the ICTGC (IC Taiwan Grand Challenge) initiative, which seeks to accelerate global collaboration in next-generation semiconductor and deep-tech innovation. By linking Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial energy with Taiwan’s world-class semiconductor and manufacturing capabilities, the event creates a powerful platform for deep-tech partnerships and the next generation of global innovation.
Taiwan Demo Day brought together a delegation of innovative Taiwanese startups with Silicon Valley investors, founders, and industry leaders for an evening of technology showcases and cross-border collaboration. Startup teams presented breakthrough ideas across AI, robotics, biotech, digital health, and advanced hardware, highlighting Taiwan’s growing role in the global innovation ecosystem. The evening also featured the “What’s After AI?” panel discussion, where leading experts explored the next frontier of technology beyond today’s AI wave—examining how emerging fields such as advanced hardware, robotics, and intelligent systems may shape the next era of innovation.
A Chip Odyssey is a special Silicon Valley screening of the documentary that tells the remarkable story of Taiwan’s rise as a global semiconductor powerhouse. Through the voices of pioneering engineers and industry leaders, the film traces how bold vision and decades of innovation helped shape the modern chip industry and power today’s digital world. Hosted by Sparknify, the event brings together Silicon Valley technologists, founders, and investors for an evening of film, conversation, and reflection on the deep technological ties connecting Taiwan’s “Silicon Island” and Silicon Valley.
he Human vs. AI Film Festival Award Gala is the grand finale of Sparknify’s groundbreaking festival exploring the intersection of human creativity and artificial intelligence. The evening celebrates the most compelling films from the festival, bringing together filmmakers, technologists, artists, and innovators to reveal the winning works, including the prestigious Sparknify Humanity Award. Judged by an international panel from the worlds of cinema, academia, and technology, the gala reflects on a powerful question shaping the future of storytelling: how will human imagination and machine intelligence create the next generation of film?
The Sparknify Human vs. AI Tech Fair & Film Festival was a high-energy gathering in Silicon Valley where cutting-edge technology met human creativity. Held at Plug and Play Tech Center, the event brought together technologists, startup founders, filmmakers, and innovators to explore the evolving relationship between artificial intelligence and human imagination. Attendees experienced interactive tech demos, thought-provoking talks, live performances, and a unique film showdown where audiences watched short films and voted on whether they were created by humans or AI. The festival also featured the prestigious Sparknify Humanity Award, recognizing the work that most powerfully captured the human spirit in an age of intelligent machines.
AI in VR, AR & XR with Demo brought together Silicon Valley innovators to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming immersive technologies. Held at the Midpen Media Center in Palo Alto, the event featured startup founders showcasing cutting-edge applications of AI in virtual, augmented, and extended reality, along with live hands-on demos using VR and AR headsets. Through presentations and interactive experiences, attendees discovered how emerging platforms—from spatial computing to digital twins and immersive media—are reshaping fields such as architecture, entertainment, urban planning, and real-time collaboration.