Tonight, the future of deep tech will be explained to you at StrictlyVC Palo Alto

The final StrictlyVC event of 2025 is taking place tonight at Playground Global in Palo Alto, featuring a lineup of leading deep tech innovators and investors who will share insights on groundbreaking technologies shaping the future. The event continues the series’ tradition of intimate gatherings that spotlight important but not yet widely recognized developments, with past highlights including early discussions on OpenAI’s monetization strategy. This year’s speakers include Nicholas Kelez, a particle accelerator physicist developing next-generation semiconductor manufacturing technology in the U.S. to reduce reliance on expensive European laser machines, and Mina Fahmi, co-founder of Sandbar, which has created a “Stream Ring” that converts whispered thoughts into text, extending human cognitive capabilities. Other notable presenters include Max Hodak, co-founder of Neuralink and founder of Science Corp., who has restored vision to blind patients with retinal implants and is now pioneering biohybrid brain-computer interfaces that integrate stem cell-grown chips into brain tissue to help paralyzed individuals control devices with their