Our speakers this month include:

• A fireside chat with Solmaz Shahalizadeh, VP of Data Science & Engineering at Shopify (Best-in-class e-commerce software)

Shopify, based in Ottawa, Canada, is a $30B public company (NYSE: SHOP). Prior to going public, Shopify raised $253M from FirstMark, Bessemer Venture Partners, and others.

• Paul Dix, Co-Founder & CTO, Influx Data (open source time series database)

Influx, based in SF, has raised $120M from Battery Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, and others.

Mike Murchison, Co-Founder & CEO, Ada (next-generation AI chatbot)

Ada, based in Toronto, has raised $16.6M from FirstMark, Bessemer Venture Partners, and others.

• Fangjin Yang, Co-Founder & CEO, Imply (real-time analytics solution based on Apache Druid)

Imply, based in SF, has raised $15.3M from Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, and others.