Recorded live at SBC Summit Americas 2025 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this episode recaps the excitement of the First Pitch competition.

In this episode, you'll hear from all five startup finalists just hours before they took the stage, and at the end of the episode, we bring back the winner for a celebratory chat fresh off their victory.

The five startups that competed for a prize package valued at over $100,000 were:

Oliver Renner from PromptBet.ai

Mark Antal from Staked AI

Andrew Lea from Gamewagrs

Kelson Quan from Wager Games

Madhav Halbe from Sidebetz.ai

Catch the video version of this episode here.

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