SXSW Pitch-Innovative World Tech

Event ID: PP1148603

Sat, Mar 14, 2026 | 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Venue: Salon FGH (JW Marriott)

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Summary

The SXSW Pitch provides a platform for early-stage technology startups to present their groundbreaking products and services to a panel of distinguished industry experts, influential media professionals, and leading venture capitalists and angel investors. On Saturday, March 14, five innovative companies will take the stage in Salon FGH at the JW Marriott, showcasing their ideas, innovations, and entrepreneurial vision before a live audience and judging panel. Come be inspired by the next generation of tech innovators shaping the future. This category is for any creative and innovative application, product, or service that does not fit in another SXSW Pitch category, as well as technologies that act as the infrastructure that new technologies are built on. Examples that might fit into this category include (but are not limited to) societal good, biodegradable materials, decentralized energy grids, neuromorphic computing, social media platforms, aerospace, nanotechnology, pet tech, quantum computing and computer chip technology, and others. Winner of the Innovative World Technologies will be announced at the Award Ceremony, Saturday, March 14th at 6:30pm.

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