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Vegas Startup Scene is your insider guide to the founders, investors, and operators building the future of tech in Las Vegas. Hosted by Jason LeDuc, this show delivers sharp analysis of startup funding, venture trends, ecosystem updates, and leadership lessons from the front lines of innovation. Designed for founders, tech investors, and ambitious entrepreneurs, each episode connects strategy with execution—spotlighting the people and momentum driving Vegas forward.

  1. 2d ago

    Why Las Vegas Startups Are Pointing AI at Casino Cameras | Startup Trends

    Las Vegas startups are pointing AI at problems nobody has solved yet, starting on the casino floor. This week on Vegas Startup Scene, Jason LeDuc covers EagleSight, which runs AI over existing casino cameras; a solo-built hospice app in the Build with Gemini XPRIZE Top 100; and a $19M Series A for an unlaunched Las Vegas fintech. Plus the week's founder interview from the field. More from the Las Vegas startups beat: EagleSight - AI flags dealer errors and cheating off existing casino cameras; card reads at 99%, chip stacks unsolved. LifeGuide - Lorenz Valdez's AI companion for hospice families, XPRIZE Top 100, not yet in the app stores. Navra - $19M Series A led by Ribbit for Mike Cagney's Las Vegas fintech: startup funding with no product live. Kashlei - a Las Vegas-built social platform opened to the public Oct 11. Startup Week Las Vegas 2027 speaker applications close Dec 11. Calendar - Top Tech Awards at Allegiant Stadium Oct 20, Las Vegas Robotics Oct 22, a touring media workshop Oct 24, plus the standing CryptoMondays, Fusion42, Web3 Wednesdays and Founders Night slate. These are the startup trends shaping Nevada startups right now. LINKS EagleSight: https://eaglesight.ai/ LifeGuide: https://gxp.moonshots.com/ Navra: https://www.fintechfutures.com/venture-capital-funding/navra-secures-19m-series-a Kashlei: https://kashlei.com/ Startup Week Las Vegas: https://startupweeklasvegas.com/ Top Tech Awards: https://tech.vegas/event/2026-top-tech-awards-las-vegas/ Las Vegas Robotics: https://www.lvrobotics.org/ MME LAB: https://mediamasteryexperts.com/lab informed.now: https://infmd.co/jld (Affiliate link; I may earn a small referral if you upgrade.) CONTACT Want to get your news or event in the rundown? Contact me here: Email: info@leducleadership.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-leduc-3469823/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leducleadership

  2. Oct 12

    Las Vegas Startups Pitch Investors in a Private Mansion | Startup Trends

    Las Vegas startups get a rare shot this week: a room of angel investors, in town, listening — and presenting is free. Tokenize! — AI, Politics, Payments & Entertainment — returns to Las Vegas Oct 19-21, presented by the angel network BitAngels. The venue is a private estate called the Tiger Mansion; no address is published. On Oct 21, 2:30-5:00, BitAngels runs pitch sessions for pre-seed, seed and Series A plus Best of Show, and says the pitching section is free for presenting startups. The slate is open. Also in the Las Vegas startup ecosystem: Las Vegas Startups is moving off Meetup onto a platform called NetU.ai. The new group page is live and private with 19 members; nothing yet on the old page. Two free asks Las Vegas startups can act on now: Vegas Founders Night Oct 14 — three members get 3-5 minutes to pitch the room. DM co-organizer Mike Cornwell. First come, no deadline. Tokenize! founder pitch applications run through BitAngels Network. No deadline, no fee. More startup trends on the calendar: LV Robotics Oct 15; Tech Alley Oct 17 (free); Las Vegas iOS Developers on SwiftUI Oct 20; Crypto Mondays; Pitch Kung Fu at Fusion42 Thursdays; Web3 Wednesdays Nov 4. Check before you go. LINKS Tokenize! Las Vegas: https://tokenizeconference.com/ BitAngels Apply to Pitch: https://bitangels.network/apply-to-pitch Las Vegas Startups: https://netu.ai/groups/las-vegas-startups Vegas Founders Night Oct 14: https://netu.ai/events/vegas-founders-night-ai-builders-real-startup-connections-1 Tech Alley Oct 17: https://tech.vegas/event/tech-alley-2/2026-10-17/ informed.now: https://infmd.co/jld (Affiliate link; I may earn a small referral if you upgrade.) CONTACT Want to get your news or event in the rundown? Contact me here: Email: info@leducleadership.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-leduc-3469823/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leducleadership

  3. Oct 5

    Las Vegas Startups Watch a 175-Acre Data Center Filing | Startup Trends

    Las Vegas startups just got a 175-acre reminder of who else is bidding for this valley's power.Switch has filed plans with North Las Vegas for Core 2.0: phase one is 175.8 acres across 14 parcels in the Apex Industrial Park, 486,250 square feet, two data centers, plus its own substation and switching station. Filed in August; the city still has not scheduled it for Planning Commission or City Council — so the land-and-power fight every Southern Nevada founder builds inside gets argued in public on a date nobody set.The number nobody had put on Zero Labs: nine cohorts, 145 companies, 200-plus founders through a free, no-equity, three-day Las Vegas startup accelerator with UNLV Economic Development and GOED. Not a program — startup ecosystem infrastructure.What Las Vegas startups can act on now:Zero Labs 2027 Innovation Launchpad — applications open. Ten-minute application, free, no equity, keep your IP. Tracks: gaming, sports, hospitality, emerging tech.Pitch4Capital Las Vegas Funding Day — Oct 22, Mint Meeting Spaces, 3160 S Valley View Blvd. Approval-gated; cost not published.More startup trends on the calendar: Pitch Kung Fu at Fusion42 Thursdays, Web3 Wednesdays Oct 7, CryptoMondays Mondays, Vegas Founders Night, and LV Robotics Oct 15. Check before you go.LINKSSwitch: https://www.switch.com/Zero Labs Innovation Launchpad: https://zerolabs.io/innovationlaunchpadPitch4Capital Funding Day: https://luma.com/c9enz9o9Fusion42: https://luma.com/fusion42Las Vegas Robotics: https://www.lvrobotics.org/StartUpNV: https://startupnv.org/informed.now: https://infmd.co/jld(Affiliate link; I may earn a small referral if you upgrade.)CONTACTWant to get your news or event in the rundown? Contact me here:Email: info@leducleadership.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-leduc-3469823/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leducleadership

  4. Sep 28

    Electrify Nevada Picks a New Class of Las Vegas Startups | Vegas Tech Scene

    Las Vegas startups just got a clean-energy accelerator class, and half the program is ours.Electrify Nevada named its Fall 2026 cohort, doubling down on Las Vegas and Reno. Jason LeDuc breaks down the program, a Governor's Office of Economic Development and gener8tor partnership running a twelve-week startup accelerator in each city, and what it means for Nevada startups who used to fly out for a room like that.More from the Vegas tech scene, week of September 28, 2026:- Electrify Nevada's Fall 2026 cohort; LV side led by MD Donna Ehart; battery storage, infrastructure, AI, circular economy; UNLV a partner- AngelNV 7 open: one company wins $200,000 matched 1:1 to $400,000; applications Nov 20 to the first week of January, free to apply- Free AngelNV Due Diligence Bootcamp, six Tuesdays from Oct 13 downtown, worth doing even if you never pitch angel investors- Free co-working Oct 2; StartupNV Speed Mentoring $5, date firming- Calendar: Yotta Sept 28-30; ITC Vegas Sept 29-Oct 1; ConveneNV and StartupNV Pitch Room Oct 8; AI Governance World Oct 12-14; Tech Alley Oct 17, Nov 21, Dec 19; Money20/20 Oct 18-21; HLTH USA Nov 15-18- Standing: Crypto Mondays, Web3 Wednesdays, Vegas Founders Night, LV Robotics monthlyLINKSElectrify Nevada / gener8tor: https://www.gener8tor.com/nevadaAngelNV: https://angelnv.com/apply/StartupNV: https://startupnv.orgYotta 2026: https://www.yotta-event.com/ITC Vegas: https://vegas.insuretechconnect.com/Tech Alley: https://tech.vegas/event/tech-alley-2/Money20/20: https://us.money2020.com/HLTH USA: https://hlth.com/events/usainformed.now: https://infmd.co/jld(Affiliate link; I may earn a small referral if you upgrade.)Want to get your news or event in the rundown? Contact me here:Email: info@leducleadership.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-leduc-3469823/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leducleadership

  5. Sep 21

    Shark Teeth for Las Vegas Startups, $400K for Nevada Startups | Vegas Tech Scene

    Las Vegas startups don't usually begin with prehistoric shark teeth. Odditt did. Matt Bresler spent seven years reselling fossils on eBay, left Tufts at 21, and used that money to bootstrap a sportsbook software company - now generating 100,000+ contextualized bets and parlays a day across 115 leagues. He moved it here in 2024 and hired DraftKings' first data hire as CTO. They work out of UNLV Black Fire Innovation. Jason LeDuc also covers the one fall deadline that matters: AngelNV's free Due Diligence Bootcamp starts Oct 13, the on-ramp to a $200K check matched 1:1 through Nevada's SSBCI - $400,000 into one company. Opportunities for Nevada startups: - AngelNV Due Diligence Bootcamp - free, starts Oct 13, 5:30pm, downtown + Zoom - Zero Labs Launchpad - a free, no-equity startup accelerator during G2E, Sept 25-27 - Haas Automation career fairs - Oct 3 and 17, Palace Station - Startup Week Las Vegas postponed to Feb 17-20, 2027 More from the Vegas tech scene: - Sept 22 - BIZLINK at UNLV Black Fire; Brews & Economic Views - Sept 23 - Tech Alley Henderson; LaunchLab pitch competition - Sept 24 - Las Vegas HEALS AI & Biotech Symposium - Sept 25 - LevelUp at WeWork, a panel of angel investors who can commit - Sept 28-30 Yotta; Sept 29-Oct 1 ITC Vegas - Oct 2 free co-working; Oct 8 ConveneNV and Pitch Room; Oct 17 Tech Alley downtown LINKS Odditt: https://www.odditt.com/ AngelNV: https://angelnv.com/apply/ StartUpNV: https://startupnv.org/ Zero Labs Launchpad: https://zerolabs.io/launchpad Tech.Vegas calendar: https://tech.vegas/ informed.now: https://infmd.co/jld (Affiliate link; I may earn a small referral if you upgrade.) Want to get your news or event in the rundown? Contact me here: Email: info@leducleadership.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-leduc-3469823/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leducleadership

  6. Sep 14

    Las Vegas Startups: Skin Grown 100x in 28 Days | Nevada Startups, Vegas Tech Scene

    Nevada startups just got a reminder of what deep science looks like: a Las Vegas lab grew a burn patient's own skin one hundred times over in twenty-eight days.This week on Vegas Startup Scene, Jason LeDuc covers the week of September 14, 2026. Regenicin, headquartered in Las Vegas since 2024, is preparing its FDA Investigational New Drug filing for Tiscela, a lab-grown skin graft built from a patient's own cells at the Roseman Bioventures lab. And Haas Automation's 2.5-million-square-foot West Henderson factory - roughly a $500 million bet - opens early next year.More from the Vegas tech scene this week:- Regenicin: a 35mm patch of a patient's own skin becomes a graft up to 100x larger in about 28 days, with no rejection risk. Roughly $50 million raised across 2022-2023, and the company says it is fully funded through its first trial.- Haas Automation: ~$500M invested in Henderson, potentially thousands of jobs, opening early next year. The city sold Haas 279 acres in 2019 with $10.5M in state tax breaks.Opportunities for Las Vegas startups and founders:- Haas Automation career fairs at Palace Station - Sept 19, Oct 3, Oct 17- Zero Labs Casino & Gaming Innovation Launchpad inside G2E, Sept 25-27 - free, no equity- AngelNV 6 - $400,000 to one Nevada startup; free Due Diligence Bootcamp starts Oct 20- Free co-working Fridays in Downtown Las VegasOn the calendar: Bootstrappers Breakfast Sept 15 - FounderNV "Grow Into It" and LV Robotics Sept 17 - Tech Alley Sept 19 - BIZLINK and UNLV's Brews & Economic Views Sept 22 - Las Vegas HEALS Sept 24 - Yotta 2026 Sept 28-30 - ITC Vegas Sept 29-Oct 1 - ConveneNV Oct 8 - AI Governance World Conference Oct 12-14 - Money20/20 Oct 18-21 - HLTH Nov 15-18. Plus the standing weekly slate: Crypto Mondays, Crypto Clubhouse, Web3 Wednesdays, Vegas Founders Night and Syn Shop.LINKSRegenicin (Las Vegas Review-Journal):https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/vegas-business/innovation/las-vegas-company-grows-patients-skin-in-lab-to-treat-severe-burns-3881755/Roseman University:https://www.roseman.edu/Haas Automation:https://www.haascnc.com/Haas career fairs (Sept 19, Oct 3, Oct 17):https://www.eventbrite.com/e/haas-automation-career-fair-las-vegas-tickets-1999584800967Zero Labs Launchpad:https://zerolabs.io/launchpadG2E:https://www.globalgamingexpo.com/AngelNV:https://angelnv.com/apply/StartupNV (incl. Speed Mentoring and Founder Socials):https://startupnv.org/Free co-working Fridays:https://tech.vegas/event/free-co-working-fridays-in-downtown-las-vegas/Bootstrappers Breakfast (Sept 15):https://tech.vegas/event/vegas-bootstrappers-breakfast-roundtable-48/FounderNV "Grow Into It" (Sept 17):https://luma.com/startupnv-9sjjLV Robotics:https://www.lvrobotics.org/Tech Alley (Sept 19):https://tech.vegas/event/tech-alley-2/2026-09-19/BIZLINK 2026 (Sept 22):https://tech.vegas/event/bizlink-linking-businesses-to-capital-opportunities-resources/UNLV CBER Brews & Economic Views (Sept 22):https://tech.vegas/event/brews-economic-views-presents-land-water-and-energy-resource-management-in-nevada/Las Vegas HEALS AI & Biotech Symposium (Sept 24):https://tech.vegas/event/ai-biotech-infrastructure-symposium/Yotta 2026 (Sept 28-30):https://tech.vegas/event/yotta-2026/ITC Vegas 2026:https://vegas.insuretechconnect.com/ConveneNV 2026 (Oct 8):https://tech.vegas/event/convenenv-2026-nevadas-next-chapter/Money20/20 USA 2026 (Oct 18-21):https://us.money2020.com/HLTH USA 2026 (Nov 15-18):https://hlth.com/events/usaSyn Shop:https://synshop.org/Tech.Vegas event calendar:https://tech.vegas/informed.now:https://infmd.co/jld(Affiliate link; I may earn a small referral if you upgrade.)CONTACTWant to get your news or event in the rundown? Contact me here:Email: info@leducleadership.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-leduc-3469823/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leducleadership

  7. Sep 7

    Nevada Startups Get an Accelerator, Las Vegas Startups Get G2E | Vegas Tech Scene

    Nevada startups just got a new on-ramp: Henderson opened its first accelerator this week.Jason LeDuc breaks down Southern Nevada's startup week of September 7, 2026 — Innovation Henderson's LaunchLab starting its first cohort, a Las Vegas payments company putting cashless play on Station Casinos slot floors, and the regulator publishing the approval path gaming-tech founders have been guessing at for years.More from the Vegas tech scene this week:- Innovation Henderson LaunchLab: Cohort 1 starts Sept 8 at Launchpad on Water Street. Twelve weeks, ending in a pitch competition. Backed by the City of Henderson, the Henderson Chamber, Nevada State University, Howard & Howard and others.- TrustedTap, built by Las Vegas company Adostics, is in field trial at Durango, the Seventy-Six taverns and Wildfire Anthem. Gaming Control Board technology chief Jeremy Eberwein laid out the full approval path: conceptual review, independent lab testing, a 30-180 day field trial, then statewide approval.Open deadlines for Las Vegas startups and Nevada startups:- RISE National 2027 speaker applications — through Sept 21, free stage time at Caesars Forum- Zero Labs Casino & Gaming Innovation Launchpad — free, no equity, inside G2E Sept 25-27- Angel.nv 6 — $400,000 to one Nevada startup; free Due Diligence Bootcamp starts Oct 20- Free Co-Working Fridays, Downtown Las VegasSeptember calendar: Las Vegas Startups with Joshua Leavitt and Timothy May (Sept 9), FounderNV and LV Robotics (Sept 17), Tech Alley downtown (Sept 19), BIZLINK at UNLV Black Fire Innovation plus UNLV CBER's Brews & Economic Views (Sept 22), Las Vegas HEALS AI & Biotech Symposium (Sept 24), Yotta 2026 with Innovate Arena (Sept 28-30), ITC Vegas (check dates). Further out: ConveneNV Oct 8, Money20/20 Oct 18-21, HLTH Nov 15-18. Startup Week Las Vegas moved to Feb 17-20, 2027.LINKSInnovation Henderson LaunchLab: https://innovationhenderson.org/launchlabHenderson Chamber of Commerce: https://hendersonchamber.com/TrustedTap / Adostics coverage: https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/as-las-vegas-casinos-go-cashless-its-getting-easier-to-keep-gambling-3870964/Nevada Gaming Control Board: https://gaming.nv.gov/RISE National 2027: https://national.risehealth.org/Zero Labs Launchpad: https://zerolabs.io/launchpadAngel.nv: https://angelnv.com/apply/StartUpNV: https://startupnv.org/Free Co-Working Fridays: https://tech.vegas/event/free-co-working-fridays-in-downtown-las-vegas/Las Vegas Startups meetup: https://www.meetup.com/vegasstartups/events/315519439/FounderNV: https://luma.com/startupnv-9sjjLV Robotics: https://www.lvrobotics.org/Tech Alley: https://tech.vegas/event/tech-alley-2/2026-09-19/BIZLINK 2026: https://tech.vegas/event/bizlink-linking-businesses-to-capital-opportunities-resources/Las Vegas HEALS Symposium: https://tech.vegas/event/ai-biotech-infrastructure-symposium/Yotta 2026: https://tech.vegas/event/yotta-2026/ITC Vegas 2026: https://vegas.insuretechconnect.com/Startup Week Las Vegas: https://startupweeklasvegas.com/Tech.Vegas calendar: https://tech.vegas/ informed.now: https://infmd.co/jld(Affiliate link; I may earn a small referral if you upgrade.)CONTACTWant to get your news or event in the rundown? Contact me here:Email: info@leducleadership.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-leduc-3469823/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leducleadership

  8. Aug 31

    $400K for Nevada Startups, Free G2E Seats for Las Vegas Startups — Vegas Tech Scene | Vegas Startup Scene

    Nevada startups have $400,000 on the table this fall, and applying costs nothing.Jason LeDuc breaks down Southern Nevada's startup week of August 31, 2026: Angel.nv's sixth cycle and its $400K prize, Zero Labs' free no-equity accelerator inside G2E, and BIZLINK's capital-and-procurement day.RUNDOWN- Angel.nv 6: $400K, free bootcamp Oct 20, apply Nov 20-Jan 1- Zero Labs Launchpad: free, no equity, at G2E Sept 25-27- BIZLINK: capital + procurement day, Sept 22- Free Co-Working Friday, Sept 4, downtown- Also on the calendar: VMware Explore, UAV Expo, Business EXPO, Web3 Wednesdays, Crypto Mondays, LV Robotics, Tech Alley, YottaLINKSAngel.nv: https://angelnv.com/apply/StartUpNV: https://startupnv.org/Zero Labs: https://zerolabs.io/launchpadBIZLINK 2026: https://tech.vegas/event/bizlink-linking-businesses-to-capital-opportunities-resources/Free Co-Working: https://luma.com/w9dytp6fVMware Explore: https://www.vmware.com/explore/usUAV Expo: https://tech.vegas/event/commercial-uav-expo/Business EXPO: https://lvacc.org/event/harry-reid-international-airport/Crypto Mondays: https://luma.com/CryptoMondaysVegasLas Vegas Startups: https://www.meetup.com/vegasstartups/Las Vegas Robotics: https://www.lvrobotics.org/Founder.nv: https://luma.com/startupnv-9sjjTech Alley: https://tech.vegas/event/tech-alley-2/2026-09-19/UNLV Brews & Views: https://cber.unlv.edu/events/brews-and-views/Yotta 2026: https://www.yotta-event.com/ITC Vegas: https://vegas.insuretechconnect.com/ConveneNV: https://tech.vegas/event/convenenv-2026-nevadas-next-chapter/Money20/20: https://us.money2020.com/HLTH USA: https://hlth.com/events/usainformed.now: https://infmd.co/jld(Affiliate link; I may earn a small referral if you upgrade.)CONTACTWant to get your news or event in the rundown? Contact me here:Email: info@leducleadership.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-leduc-3469823/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leducleadership

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Vegas Startup Scene is your insider guide to the founders, investors, and operators building the future of tech in Las Vegas. Hosted by Jason LeDuc, this show delivers sharp analysis of startup funding, venture trends, ecosystem updates, and leadership lessons from the front lines of innovation. Designed for founders, tech investors, and ambitious entrepreneurs, each episode connects strategy with execution—spotlighting the people and momentum driving Vegas forward.

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