What happens to new connections after the conference? This startup has an AI answer

CES is one of the globe’s largest consumer conferences. The World Economic Forum’s Davos meeting is one of the most influential. Each offers huge opportunity for networking — but only if attendees take advantage.

Tulsa entrepreneur Chaste Inegbedion knows that randomly handing out business cards may not be the way to maximize business connections.

He built ConcordeApp, an agentic AI-powered tool that matches attendees based on detailed profiles — including their expertise and specific needs — rather than forcing them to navigate hundreds of registration lists manually. That can mean connecting a founder with investors or matching a nonprofit leader with grant writing support.

“There are incredible founders, creators, organizations, investors, brands and event organizers who are doing meaningful work,” Inegbedion told Technical.ly. “But discovery is fragmented. The right people often don’t find each other.”

Designed for B2B (business-to-business) and B2G (business-to-government) clients, ConcordeApp rates the relevance of potential matches and helps users summarize notes and next steps after a conversation through audio recordings taken during or after a meeting. 

Inegbedion is adding features to boost how attendees connect outside the venue, too. ConcordApp can coordinate rideshares for people traveling to the same event and integrate with Calendly to schedule post-conference meetings. Conference organizers can also find vendors through the platform.

Finalizing the MVP and strategy

Inegbedion started to understand missed connections at conferences more closely when he founded his previous org, the Semaform Foundation. That platform matches donors with nonprofits and foundations to maximize financial impact.  

He wanted to take that matchmaking to another venture, and refined ConcordeApp’s commercial strategy while participating in the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center’s free Milestone Circles program — which lived up to its name. 

“It gave me a structured environment to think about the milestones that actually matter,” Inegbedion said. “It forced me to move beyond the excitement of having a big vision and asking much more practical questions.”

Aligned with ConcordeApp’s goal to keep up connections, the startup joined Microsoft for Startups, securing $250,000 in credits to help scale the platform. Inegbedion also plans to list ConcordeApp on the Microsoft Marketplace, and is working on mobile launches on iOS and Android. 

The startup, which has four people on staff, is currently raising a $500,000 pre-seed round while transitioning from pilot testing to a minimum viable product, or MVP. 

ConcordeApp will operate on a monthly subscription model, with pricing tiers structured around an organization’s size and user count. To validate demand ahead of the commercial rollout, the startup opened a waitlist for interested enterprise customers, per Inegbedion. 

Subscriptions could cost as low as $20 a month per organization, he said. 

“We want the model to remain accessible to smaller organizations while providing the scalability, security, analytics and ROI capabilities [the] larger corporations …. need,” Inegbedion said. 

Testing directly with consumers 

To get early feedback on the platform, Inegbedion tested ConcordeApp directly with consumers at conferences — including CES and the World Economic Forum — thanks to an existing network from the more than 200 he’s attended throughout this career. He’s also reached out to different business-related organizations and WhatsApp groups to get input. 

That strategy was designed to turn event participants into internal advocates who could introduce the platform directly to corporate buyers. 

“We wanted to be able to get an individual in the company who can help us get to the decision maker,” he said. 

Inspired by the word for harmony and agreement, Inegbedion’s ultimate goal with ConcordeApp is to replace lost business cards with structured, long-term outcomes.

“ConcordeApp is about bringing the right people, opportunity, and resources into alignment,”  Inegbedion said. “[It] is designed to upgrade those connections using technology and AI.”