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Index Exchange
Collision Day
Market-ready startups meeting innovation-focused executives
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Market-ready startups meeting
innovation-focused executives
DMZ’s next Collision Day will provide an exclusive opportunity
for ten AI market-ready startups from across Canada to meet
one-on-one with executives from Index Exchange, the world’s
largest independent ad exchange.
Initially launched in 2001, Index Exchange now has nearly 500 employees across the world, and partners with some of the most prominent players in the media industry, including Conde Nast, Hearst, CBC, Rogers and Globe and Mail.
IX Labs, a division of Index Exchange, is looking to explore opportunities to diversify Index’s core offering through partnering with AI startups looking to enter new markets, and to further understand how existing markets are enhanced and advanced by new technologies.
The goal of Collision Day? AI startups have the chance to secure potential partnerships or mutual opportunities with Index Exchange.
What is IX Labs looking for?
“We are interested in meeting with companies that are building unique and novel technologies powered by different applications of AI and emerging technologies. IX Labs is looking to identify an intersection between your startup’s offerings with Index Exchange’s current capabilities, with the ultimate goal of further advancing the technology industry.”- Mayuran Yogarajah, Distinguished Engineer at Index Exchange and Head of IX Labs
When
October 16 & 17, 2019
10 A.M. - 4 P.M.
10 A.M. - 4 P.M.
Where
DMZ HQ
10 Dundas Street - Suite 600
Toronto, ON
10 Dundas Street - Suite 600
Toronto, ON
What founders get
Partnership opportunity |
Leave the meeting with deepened industry connections and/or the potential opportunity to leverage Index Exchange’s immense engineering capabilities.
Connections |
The chance to meet, connect and network with Index Exchange’s executives in a closed setting for optimal opportunities.
Direct feedback |
Candid conversation on how Index Exchange could potentially leverage your startup’s innovative solutions.
Executive 1:1s |
Meet with Index Exchange executives to present how your emerging AI technology can create innovative solutions to benefit the larger technology industry.
Who's in the room
- Andrew Casale, President & CEO, Index Exchange
- Neil Dorken, CFO, Index Exchange
- Mayuran Yogarajah, Distinguished Engineer, Index Exchange and Head of IX Labs
- Andrew Wong, VP, Research, Index Exchange
- Frank Huang, Tech Evangelist, Index Exchange
Ready to meet with Index Exchange executives?
Application deadline is extended to Friday, September 27, 2019 at 11:59 p.m.
More about Index Exchange
Index Exchange is a global advertising
marketplace where premium digital
media companies transact ad
impressions with accountability and in
real-time. Built on the pillars of
neutrality, openness, and the most
reliable technology, Index Exchange is
the ad exchange that media
companies and marketers trust. An
engineering-first company, Index
Exchange prioritizes investing in
hardware as well as bigger and better
data centers to safely and
independently store and process
transactions.
IX Labs is a division of Index
Exchange driving the creation of
emerging technologies and innovative
business lines. Launched in 2019, IX
Labs explores opportunities to
diversify Index’s core offering through
the expertise and talents of Index’s
Engineering capabilities. By
partnering with Toronto’s top
incubators and innovation hubs, IX
Labs will continue to champion new
talent, ideas and resources by solving
real problems in the industry, while
scaling and ultimately driving further
innovation.
