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Project Voice 2026: A Decade of Conversational AI

Monday, Apr 27, 2026 at 9:00 AM to Tuesday, Apr 28, 2026 at 11:30 AM EDT

Chattanooga Convention Center, 1, Carter Street, Chattanooga, TN, 37402, United States

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Event Information

Monday, Apr 27, 2026 at 9:00 AM to Tuesday, Apr 28, 2026 at 11:30 AM EDT

Chattanooga Convention Center, 1, Chattanooga, TN, 37402, United States.

One of the longstanding conversational AI conferences, Project Voice 2026: A Decade of Conversational AI marks a decade of industry veteran Bradley Metrock's Project Voice in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Adam Cheyer (co-founder of Siri, and most recently, VP of AI for Airbnb), Kristin Darby (CIO of the State of Tennessee), and Francois Peltier (Chief Data and Innovation Officer, Nissan Americas) will keynote.

All manner of organizations from various industry verticals working with AI, looking to invest in AI on behalf of their organizations, or gathering information on AI will attend the 1.5-day single-track event.

15% of attendance will hail from overseas, while the other 85% will be based all across the United States, from New York City to the Bay Area and everywhere in-between.

Every industry will be represented, from automotive to healthcare to hospitality to media/entertainment to banking and more. This conference is a wonderful place for industry executives working with AI in their particular vertical to learn best practices from other spheres that can be applied to their own.

As we did last year, an attendee list will be circulated among all who are registered for the conference, a few days beforehand. Amazon returns as the Presenting Sponsor. 

 

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About Organizer

Project Voice Capital Partners Organizer name

www.pvcp.vc

Early-stage venture fund focused on voice AI / conversational AI startups.

Contact the Organizer

Speakers

Adam Cheyer is co-founder of Apple's Siri, most recently VP of AI of Airbnb, and one of the founding fathers of conversational AI.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamcheyer/
About Adam Cheyer
VP of AI
Airbnb
Apr 27, 2026
09:00 AM

KEYNOTE: From Siri To ChatGPT And Beyond: Voice AI's Next Chapter

09:00 AM - 09:40 AM Ballroom
About Kristin Darby
Chief Information Officer
State of Tennessee
Apr 27, 2026
09:40 AM

Re-imagining Government: AI and the Great State of Tennessee

09:40 AM - 10:10 AM Ballroom
About Francois Peltier
Chief Data and Innovation Officer
Nissan Americas
Apr 27, 2026
10:10 AM

AI in Motion: Early Wins and Losses for Nissan In A New World of Automation

10:10 AM - 10:30 AM Ballroom

Emerson Sklar is Chief Evangelist of Amazon Alexa.

https://www.amazon.com
About Emerson Sklar
Chief Evangelist
Amazon
Apr 27, 2026
10:40 AM

"Alexa, What's Next For Voice AI?"

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM Ballroom
About Kate Monasterio
Head of Product Management and Strategy
Humana
Apr 27, 2026
01:00 PM

PANEL: Conversational AI in Modern Healthcare

01:00 PM - 01:40 PM Ballroom

Matt Muldoon is President of ReadSpeaker North America.

https://www.readspeaker.com/
About Matt Muldoon
President
ReadSpeaker North America
Apr 27, 2026
01:40 PM

PANEL: Enterprise AI Governance and Compliance Best Practices

01:40 PM - 02:20 PM Ballroom

Art Coombs is CEO of KomBea.

https://www.kombea.com/
About Art Coombs
CEO
KomBea
Apr 27, 2026
11:00 AM

Human In The Loop: Measuring AI's Effectiveness in Customer Service

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Ballroom

Lindsay Liu is CEO of Super.

https://www.hiresuper.com/
About Lindsay Liu
CEO
Super
No Sessions Available
About John Walter
President
Contact Center AI Association
Apr 28, 2026
08:00 AM

Voice AI Startup Pitch Event

08:00 AM - 08:50 AM Ballroom
09:00 AM

Trust But Verify: The Foundational Need For Identity Verification Within Conversational AI

09:00 AM - 09:20 AM Ballroom
https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org
About Vijai Singh
Architect and Technical Advisor
NY Health
Apr 27, 2026
01:00 PM

PANEL: Conversational AI in Modern Healthcare

01:00 PM - 01:40 PM Ballroom
https://www.canaryspeech.com
About Henry O'Connell
CEO
Canary Speech
Apr 27, 2026
03:50 PM

Remembering Jeff Adams

03:50 PM - 04:00 PM Ballroom
https://www.voiceaispace.com
About Thibault Mardinli
Principal
VoiceAISpace.com
Apr 27, 2026
11:20 AM

Creating VoiceAISpace.com: Chronicling The Next Generation of Conversational AI

11:20 AM - 11:40 AM Ballroom
Apr 28, 2026
08:00 AM

Voice AI Startup Pitch Event

08:00 AM - 08:50 AM Ballroom
https://poly.ai/
About Nikola Mrksic
CEO
PolyAI
Apr 28, 2026
09:40 AM

PANEL: AI and Customer Service

09:40 AM - 10:15 AM Ballroom



 

About Ekomabasi Udoete
Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant
Texas Tech University
Apr 28, 2026
11:05 AM

CLOSING KEYNOTE: Voice AI and the Marginalization of African Cultures

11:05 AM - 11:30 AM Ballroom
https://voiceplug.ai/
About Jay Ruparel
CEO
VoicePlug
Apr 28, 2026
08:00 AM

Voice AI Startup Pitch Event

08:00 AM - 08:50 AM Ballroom
About J.Ed Marston
VP
EPB
No Sessions Available
https://www.delaire.ai
About Jennalyn Ponraj
CEO
Delaire AI
Apr 27, 2026
03:30 PM

Voice Architecture: Aligning Voice AI to the Human Nervous System

03:30 PM - 03:50 PM Ballroom
About Mike Kneeland
Business & Enterprise Architecture
FedEx
Apr 28, 2026
10:25 AM

PANEL: Conversational AI, Freight, And The Next Generation of Logistics

10:25 AM - 11:00 AM Ballroom
About Matt Cybulsky
Managing Director, Healthcare
Catalant
Apr 27, 2026
01:00 PM

PANEL: Conversational AI in Modern Healthcare

01:00 PM - 01:40 PM Ballroom
Apr 28, 2026
08:00 AM

Voice AI Startup Pitch Event

08:00 AM - 08:50 AM Ballroom
About Josh Barrett
AVP AI/ML and Principal Data Scientist
Unum
Apr 27, 2026
01:00 PM

PANEL: Conversational AI in Modern Healthcare

01:00 PM - 01:40 PM Ballroom
https://www.usatoday.com/
About Jessica Davis
Vice President, AI Product & Governance
USA Today
Apr 27, 2026
01:40 PM

PANEL: Enterprise AI Governance and Compliance Best Practices

01:40 PM - 02:20 PM Ballroom
https://www.pattersonconsultingtn.com
About Josh Patterson
CEO
Patterson Consulting
Apr 27, 2026
01:40 PM

PANEL: Enterprise AI Governance and Compliance Best Practices

01:40 PM - 02:20 PM Ballroom
Apr 28, 2026
08:00 AM

Voice AI Startup Pitch Event

08:00 AM - 08:50 AM Ballroom
https://www.ripple.audio
About Alec Marshall
President
Ripple Audio
Apr 28, 2026
08:00 AM

Voice AI Startup Pitch Event

08:00 AM - 08:50 AM Ballroom
https://www.coval.dev
About Brooke Hopkins
CEO
Coval
Apr 28, 2026
08:00 AM

Voice AI Startup Pitch Event

08:00 AM - 08:50 AM Ballroom
https://www.hamming.ai
About Sumanyu Sharma
CEO
Hamming AI
Apr 28, 2026
08:00 AM

Voice AI Startup Pitch Event

08:00 AM - 08:50 AM Ballroom
About Ryan Godwin
Data Scientist, School of Medicine
UAB
Apr 27, 2026
01:00 PM

PANEL: Conversational AI in Modern Healthcare

01:00 PM - 01:40 PM Ballroom
https://www.modulate.ai
About Mike Pappas
CEO
Modulate
Apr 28, 2026
09:20 AM

AI Should Understand People, Not The Other Way Around

09:20 AM - 09:40 AM Ballroom
https://www.ainvent.ai/
About Harvest Wang
CEO
Ainvent
Apr 28, 2026
08:00 AM

Voice AI Startup Pitch Event

08:00 AM - 08:50 AM Ballroom
About Mark Michelson
Director, Southeast Region
AI Collective
Apr 28, 2026
09:40 AM

PANEL: AI and Customer Service

09:40 AM - 10:15 AM Ballroom
https://www.netskope.com
About Bob Gilbert
VP, Strategy
Netskope
Apr 27, 2026
02:30 PM

Security Reimagined in an Age of AI

02:30 PM - 02:50 PM Ballroom
https://www.faraday.io
About Andy Rossmeissl
CEO
Faraday
Apr 28, 2026
09:40 AM

PANEL: AI and Customer Service

09:40 AM - 10:15 AM Ballroom
https://resonantgtm.ai/
About Michael Seymour
Co-Founder
Resonant GTM
Apr 28, 2026
10:25 AM

PANEL: Conversational AI, Freight, And The Next Generation of Logistics

10:25 AM - 11:00 AM Ballroom
About Bruce Lynskey
Co-Founder
Stealth Startup
Apr 28, 2026
08:00 AM

Voice AI Startup Pitch Event

08:00 AM - 08:50 AM Ballroom
https://www.unityai.co
About Edmund Jackson
CEO
UnityAI
Apr 27, 2026
01:00 PM

PANEL: Conversational AI in Modern Healthcare

01:00 PM - 01:40 PM Ballroom
https://www.venture7.com
About Narender (Naren) Kumar
CEO
Venture7
No Sessions Available
https://kencogroup.com/industries/durable-consumer-goods/
About Kristi Montgomery
VP, Strategic Transformation
Kenco Logistics
Apr 28, 2026
10:25 AM

PANEL: Conversational AI, Freight, And The Next Generation of Logistics

10:25 AM - 11:00 AM Ballroom
https://www.techbirmingham.com
About Jarrod Stisher
Communications Manager
TechBirmingham
Apr 28, 2026
08:00 AM

Voice AI Startup Pitch Event

08:00 AM - 08:50 AM Ballroom
https://www.storylinelabs.ai
About Joshua Davis
CEO
Storyline Labs
No Sessions Available
https://www.mariusgroups.com/
About Matt Alling
Chief Recruiting Officer
Marius Group
Apr 27, 2026
02:50 PM

PANEL: Hiring, In The Age Of AI

02:50 PM - 03:30 PM Ballroom
About Kirk Owen
Principal
Voice Intelligence
Apr 28, 2026
08:00 AM

Voice AI Startup Pitch Event

08:00 AM - 08:50 AM Ballroom
https://www.getbluejay.ai
About Rohan Vasishth
CEO
Bluejay
Apr 27, 2026
01:40 PM

PANEL: Enterprise AI Governance and Compliance Best Practices

01:40 PM - 02:20 PM Ballroom
About Chandler Mason
VP of Data and AI Integration
SMILE
Apr 27, 2026
02:50 PM

PANEL: Hiring, In The Age Of AI

02:50 PM - 03:30 PM Ballroom
About Aaron Welch
Director IT Security
City of Chattanooga
Apr 28, 2026
09:40 AM

PANEL: AI and Customer Service

09:40 AM - 10:15 AM Ballroom
About Aneri Shah
Principal
Aneri Shah Studios
Apr 28, 2026
09:40 AM

PANEL: AI and Customer Service

09:40 AM - 10:15 AM Ballroom
https://www.venturesouth.vc/
About Jay Shaffer
Director
VentureSouth
Apr 28, 2026
08:00 AM

Voice AI Startup Pitch Event

08:00 AM - 08:50 AM Ballroom
https://www.hume.ai
About Jeremy Baum
Head of Product
Hume AI
Apr 28, 2026
08:00 AM

Voice AI Startup Pitch Event

08:00 AM - 08:50 AM Ballroom
About Hunter Hillenmeyer
Investing Partner, Nashville
Company Ventures
Apr 28, 2026
08:00 AM

Voice AI Startup Pitch Event

08:00 AM - 08:50 AM Ballroom

Bradley Metrock is General Partner of Project Voice Capital Partners and the organizer of the longstanding Project Voice industry conference.

https://www.pvcp.vc
About Bradley Metrock
General Partner
Project Voice Capital Partners
Apr 27, 2026
09:00 AM

Welcome / A Decade of Conversational AI

09:00 AM - 09:00 AM Ballroom
04:00 PM

Honoring The Voice AI 100

04:00 PM - 04:30 PM Ballroom
Apr 28, 2026
08:00 AM

Voice AI Startup Pitch Event

08:00 AM - 08:50 AM Ballroom

Event Sponsors

Presenting Sponsor

Venture Capital Sponsor

Event Schedule

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Sessions on Apr 27, 2026

09:00 AM

Welcome / A Decade of Conversational AI

09:00 AM - 09:00 AMBallroom
    speaker

    Bradley Metrock

    General PartnerProject Voice Capital Partners

    Bradley Metrock is General Partner of Project Voice Capital Partners and the organizer of the longstanding Project Voice industry conference.

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    09:00 AM
      speaker

      Adam Cheyer

      VP of AIAirbnb

      Adam Cheyer is co-founder of Apple's Siri, most recently VP of AI of Airbnb, and one of the founding fathers of conversational AI.

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      09:40 AM
        speaker

        Kristin Darby

        Chief Information OfficerState of Tennessee
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        10:10 AM
          speaker

          Francois Peltier

          Chief Data and Innovation OfficerNissan Americas
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          10:30 AM

          BREAK

          10:30 AM - 10:40 AMBallroom
          10:40 AM

          "Alexa, What's Next For Voice AI?"

          10:40 AM - 11:00 AMBallroom
            speaker

            Emerson Sklar

            Chief EvangelistAmazon

            Emerson Sklar is Chief Evangelist of Amazon Alexa.

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            11:00 AM
              speaker

              Art Coombs

              CEOKomBea

              Art Coombs is CEO of KomBea.

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              11:20 AM
                speaker

                Thibault Mardinli

                PrincipalVoiceAISpace.com
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                11:40 AM
                12:00 PM

                LUNCH BREAK

                12:00 PM - 01:00 PMBallroom
                01:00 PM
                  speaker

                  Kate Monasterio

                  Head of Product Management and StrategyHumana
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                  speaker

                  Vijai Singh

                  Architect and Technical AdvisorNY Health
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                  speaker

                  Matt Cybulsky

                  Managing Director, HealthcareCatalant
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                  speaker

                  Josh Barrett

                  AVP AI/ML and Principal Data ScientistUnum
                  SocialLink
                  speaker

                  Ryan Godwin

                  Data Scientist, School of MedicineUAB
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                  speaker

                  Edmund Jackson

                  CEOUnityAI
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                  01:40 PM
                    speaker

                    Matt Muldoon

                    PresidentReadSpeaker North America

                    Matt Muldoon is President of ReadSpeaker North America.

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                    speaker

                    Jessica Davis

                    Vice President, AI Product & GovernanceUSA Today
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                    speaker

                    Josh Patterson

                    CEOPatterson Consulting
                    speaker

                    Rohan Vasishth

                    CEOBluejay
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                    02:20 PM

                    BREAK

                    02:20 PM - 02:30 PMBallroom
                    02:30 PM

                    Security Reimagined in an Age of AI

                    02:30 PM - 02:50 PMBallroom
                      speaker

                      Bob Gilbert

                      VP, StrategyNetskope
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                      02:50 PM

                      PANEL: Hiring, In The Age Of AI

                      02:50 PM - 03:30 PMBallroom
                        speaker

                        Matt Alling

                        Chief Recruiting OfficerMarius Group
                        SocialLink
                        speaker

                        Chandler Mason

                        VP of Data and AI IntegrationSMILE
                        SocialLink
                        03:30 PM
                          speaker

                          Jennalyn Ponraj

                          CEODelaire AI
                          SocialLink
                          03:50 PM

                          Remembering Jeff Adams

                          03:50 PM - 04:00 PMBallroom
                            speaker

                            Henry O'Connell

                            CEOCanary Speech
                            SocialLink
                            04:00 PM

                            Honoring The Voice AI 100

                            04:00 PM - 04:30 PMBallroom
                              speaker

                              Bradley Metrock

                              General PartnerProject Voice Capital Partners

                              Bradley Metrock is General Partner of Project Voice Capital Partners and the organizer of the longstanding Project Voice industry conference.

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                              Sessions on Apr 28, 2026

                              08:00 AM

                              Voice AI Startup Pitch Event

                              08:00 AM - 08:50 AMBallroom
                                speaker

                                John Walter

                                PresidentContact Center AI Association
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                                speaker

                                Thibault Mardinli

                                PrincipalVoiceAISpace.com
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                                speaker

                                Jay Ruparel

                                CEOVoicePlug
                                SocialLink
                                speaker

                                Matt Cybulsky

                                Managing Director, HealthcareCatalant
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                                speaker

                                Josh Patterson

                                CEOPatterson Consulting
                                speaker

                                Alec Marshall

                                PresidentRipple Audio
                                SocialLink
                                speaker

                                Brooke Hopkins

                                CEOCoval
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                                speaker

                                Sumanyu Sharma

                                CEOHamming AI
                                SocialLink
                                speaker

                                Harvest Wang

                                CEOAinvent
                                SocialLink
                                speaker

                                Bruce Lynskey

                                Co-FounderStealth Startup
                                SocialLink
                                speaker

                                Jarrod Stisher

                                Communications ManagerTechBirmingham
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                                speaker

                                Kirk Owen

                                PrincipalVoice Intelligence
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                                speaker

                                Jay Shaffer

                                DirectorVentureSouth
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                                speaker

                                Jeremy Baum

                                Head of ProductHume AI
                                SocialLink
                                speaker

                                Hunter Hillenmeyer

                                Investing Partner, NashvilleCompany Ventures
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                                speaker

                                Bradley Metrock

                                General PartnerProject Voice Capital Partners

                                Bradley Metrock is General Partner of Project Voice Capital Partners and the organizer of the longstanding Project Voice industry conference.

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                                09:00 AM
                                  speaker

                                  John Walter

                                  PresidentContact Center AI Association
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                                  09:20 AM
                                    speaker

                                    Mike Pappas

                                    CEOModulate
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                                    09:40 AM

                                    PANEL: AI and Customer Service

                                    09:40 AM - 10:15 AMBallroom
                                      speaker

                                      Nikola Mrksic

                                      CEOPolyAI
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                                      speaker

                                      Mark Michelson

                                      Director, Southeast RegionAI Collective
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                                      speaker

                                      Andy Rossmeissl

                                      CEOFaraday
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                                      speaker

                                      Aaron Welch

                                      Director IT SecurityCity of Chattanooga
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                                      speaker

                                      Aneri Shah

                                      PrincipalAneri Shah Studios
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                                      10:15 AM

                                      BREAK

                                      10:15 AM - 10:25 AMBallroom
                                      10:25 AM
                                        speaker

                                        Mike Kneeland

                                        Business & Enterprise ArchitectureFedEx
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                                        speaker

                                        Michael Seymour

                                        Co-FounderResonant GTM
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                                        speaker

                                        Kristi Montgomery

                                        VP, Strategic TransformationKenco Logistics
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                                        11:05 AM
                                          speaker

                                          Ekomabasi Udoete

                                          Graduate Research & Teaching AssistantTexas Tech University



                                           

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                                          Who Should Attend?

                                          Project Voice is attended by:

                                          - corporate innovators, digital transformation champions, and executives leading AI initiatives

                                          - AI startup founders

                                          - data scientists and other technical architects 

                                          - media, analysts, and consultants

                                          - venture capitalists and investors

                                           

                                          The Voice AI 100 - one hundred leaders and pioneers who have moved voice AI forward over the last decade - will be honored as part of this year's conference.

                                          Why Attend?

                                          Project Voice's namesake conference is valuable for those actively investing in conversational AI within their organizations, or for those looking to invest in voice AI or other natural language-based AI technology. The networking as well as learning that goes on at this conference is high, bringing together the most leaders and pioneers working with voice AI and conversational AI over the last decade of any event in the world.

                                          What Companies Attend?

                                          Project Voice has long attracted companies from every industry vertical, eager to learn insights from other industries on how conversational AI and voice AI are being integrated operationally. Before COVID, this conference was roughly 3,000 people in size and had more of a tradeshow feel, but after COVID, it shrunk down to just 200 invitation-only attendees. This April, 400-500 attendees are expected as the conference moves back toward the direction of becoming a larger gathering.

                                          Organizations such as Nike, Walgreens, Nissan, HCA, Stanford University, Microsoft, Hilton, PepsiCo, AllianceBernstein, Best Buy, Ingram Content Group, Verizon, Toyota, the United Nations, Chick-Fil-A, Wells Fargo, Covenant Transport, Bloomberg, the Mayo Clinic, Electronic Arts, and more have attended Project Voice over the past few years. Over the entire decade of the conference's existence, too many noteworthy companies from around the world to name have joined us in Chattanooga.

                                          In addition to investor-class and consultant-class attendees that also attend, media like to take in the conference as well, with recent media attendees hailing from organizations such as the Washington Post, the Tennesseean, TIME Magazine, FreightWaves, the Seattle Times, WIRED, the Chattanooga Times Free Press, and the Wall Street Journal.

                                          Hotel Information

                                          While downtown Chattanooga has a variety of hotels all within walking distance of the Chattanooga Convention Center, we recommend the Downtown Chattanooga Marriott.

                                          The hotel's website, where you can book a reservation, is here: https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/chadt-chattanooga-marriott-downtown/overview/

                                          Promo Codes

                                          Full-time employees of AI startups 10 employees or less in size can use promo code AISTARTUP to save. If you're an educator (full-time at any level from K-12 to higher ed), use promo code EDUCATION to save as well on registration.

                                          PLEASE NOTE: when entering a promo code, you will *not* do this in the "access code" box, which appears first in the registration process. Instead, go one more step into the registration, and you will see the "promo code" box!