ABC Silicon Valley · 2025
Bridging AI and Business at ABC Silicon Valley
“ABC Silicon Valley gave me the missing link between AI and business, helping me understand how technology translates into real-world impact.”
Natalie
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Shared ambition. Lasting connections.
ABC Alumni
Your program ends. Your connections don’t.
The people you meet at ABC can become sounding boards, collaborators and lifelong connections. Discover their stories — and a network that continues long after you return home.
- 400+
- Alumni worldwide
- 30+
- Countries represented
- 10+
- Years of experience
01 / Our stories
Shared moments. Personal stories.
Everyone takes something different home from ABC. Here, alumni share the discoveries, friendships and fresh perspectives that made their experience their own.
Shared by our alumni, in their own words.
48 stories
ABC Silicon Valley
Discovering the Silicon Valley Mindset at ABC
“ABC Silicon Valley showed me the value of genuine connections, staying true to my values, and being open to new perspectives.”
Ana Sofia
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From Academia to Industry at ABC Silicon Valley
“I’m learning from people who are actually doing the work, not just from textbooks.”
Inês
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ABC Silicon Valley · 2025
From Tech to Business: Tomislav at ABC Silicon Valley
“I realized there’s no point in building something if you don’t know how to explain it.”
Tomislav
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ABC Silicon Valley · 2025
Startup Idea Validation at ABC Silicon Valley
“I learned how to tell the difference between a good and a bad startup idea and how to validate them properly.”
Marcin
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ABC Toronto
Vitomir: Learning to Think Globally at ABC Toronto
“Meeting people from different cultures and learning how they think is essential if you want to build a startup that goes global.”
Vitomir Pavičić
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ABC Silicon Valley
Understanding Innovation at ABC Silicon Valley
“ABC helped me understand that innovation is not only about having a new idea, but also about how you build, shape, and present it.”
Ahmed
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ABC Toronto
A Multicultural Experience at ABC Toronto
“I really enjoyed meeting people from different cultures, making new friends, and getting out of my comfort zone.”
Mariana
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ABC Silicon Valley
Inside Silicon Valley with ABC
“ABC Silicon Valley amplified the way I think about innovation by showing me so many different perspectives from around the world.”
Ivan
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See the experience through their eyes.
Hear alumni reflect on the learning, people and moments that stayed with them — from Silicon Valley to Toronto.
Silicon Valley
01Two Weeks That Changed Everything
Founder story
02An AI healthcare founder’s experience
Toronto
03The ABC Toronto experience
03 / Alumni meetups
Reconnect. Explore. Keep growing.
The ABC experience continues with new places to explore and familiar faces to reconnect with.
What is an ABC meetup?
An ABC meetup brings alumni back together for 2–3 days in a new city. We explore local companies, hear new ideas and make time for conversations — from catching up with old friends to meeting ABCers from other cohorts. It’s our way of keeping the network alive, so shared experiences can grow into friendships and professional collaborations long after the program.
- Format
- 2–3 days in a new city
- Together
- Company visits, talks & social time
- Community
- Alumni across ABC cohorts
Our meetup journey
- 01
Held
Zagreb
Croatia
December 2025
- 02
Next meetup
Ljubljana
Slovenia
November 2026
- 03
Planned
Doha
Qatar
February 2027
Special edition · Web Summit
- 04
Planned
Vienna
Austria
October 2027
04 / Join & reconnect
Your next connection starts here.
New to ABC? Find your program. Already an alum? Reconnect with the team, ask about meetups or share your story.