Tech Week Grand Rapids • September 14–18, 2026

100 podcasts.
20 minutes each.
5 days.

PodX100 is one week of back-to-back conversations with the people building things in Grand Rapids. Apply to lead one. Bring up to three people with you.

HOSTED BY THINKTANKLIVE FROM STUDIO BAMBOOPOWERED BY TEEVIA AI
Grand Rapids, Michigan • podx100.com
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The Challenge

Five days.
100 podcasts.
20 minutes each.

From 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Monday, September 14 through Friday, September 18, Studio Bamboo becomes an open mic for the Grand Rapids tech community. We have 180 possible 20-minute windows — and one goal: record 100 official PodX100 conversations before the week is over.

100official podcasts
20minutes per conversation
180possible booking windows
5days to get it done
01 / THE EVENT

PodX100

The spectacle. The thing people talk about, share, watch, and want to be part of.

02 / THE HOST

ThinkTank

The community convener bringing interesting people together and creating the room for the conversation.

03 / THE ENGINE

Teevia AI

The intelligence layer finding the people, signals, relationships, and opportunities hiding inside the week.

Be One of the 100

Bring one good conversation.

We're curating 100 short conversations from across the Grand Rapids tech community. You don't need a title, a deck, or a polished keynote — just something genuinely worth talking about.

If selected, you'll get a private PodX100 portal to choose any open 20-minute slot, reschedule yourself, and invite up to three additional people to join you.

Apply to Be One of the 100 →
Already applied? Sign in to your portal.
If you're selected

You run your own slot.

1. Choose your time
Pick any available 20-minute window, September 14–18 from 7 AM–7 PM.
2. Bring your people
Invite up to three guests — four people total on the podcast.
3. Change it if life happens
Reschedule, release your slot, and update your details from your portal.
4. Show up and talk
No deck. No panel prep. Just a real 20-minute conversation.
The idea behind PodX100

100 conversations become one living network.

Every podcast is transcribed live. As people talk, Teevia listens for the simple things that matter: what someone is building, what they need, what they can help with, and who they might be useful to.

Then the network grows in real time. By Friday, PodX100 won't just be 100 podcasts — it will be a map of people across West Michigan tech who probably should know each other.

01 • LISTEN

You have the conversation.

Twenty minutes. No pitch deck. Talk about what you're working on, what you're seeing, what you need, and where you're headed.

02 • UNDERSTAND

Teevia finds the useful stuff.

The conversation is transcribed and Teevia picks up needs, opportunities, expertise, projects, hiring, partnerships, and other signals.

03 • CONNECT

The network starts connecting itself.

Teevia compares what it heard with previous PodX100 conversations and surfaces the people who may genuinely be worth meeting.

PodX100 Network • Live

Who should know whom?

The map gets smarter with every podcast.
Now recording • Podcast #041
Alex Morgan
Founder • VisionForge AI
Looking for: West Michigan manufacturers willing to pilot a computer-vision inspection product.
96%
Teevia match
Potential pilot customer
From Podcast #012
Jamie Chen
VP Innovation • WestCo Manufacturing
Can help: Actively evaluating AI and automation pilots across three manufacturing facilities.
Why Teevia connected themAlex needs a manufacturing pilot. Jamie is actively looking for AI pilots inside a manufacturer. Their needs line up now — while both are still participating in Tech Week.
Guest #027 • Maya PatelEarly-stage AI investor88% • Funding path
Guest #063 • Chris ReedManufacturing advisor84% • Warm introduction
Guest #018 • Dana BrooksIndustrial automation founder79% • Strategic partner

This is the idea: each conversation gives Teevia more context, and Teevia turns that context into specific, explainable introductions — not generic “people you may know.”

Watch it happen live: the same growing network will be displayed in Studio Bamboo and on podx100.com throughout the week.
Powered by Teevia AI

Who should you meet this week?

Tell Teevia who you are and what you're trying to accomplish. We'll use what we learn from the PodX100 conversations to surface the people most worth meeting — potential customers, partners, referral sources, investors, hires, or simply people you should know.

100 conversations should create more than 100 episodes. They should create introductions that would otherwise never happen.

Find My People at PodX100

Give Teevia a little context. We'll do the rest.

Your name
Company
Work email
What are you trying to accomplish right now?
Find My People ↗
Sarah MitchellFounder • Podcast #041
Potential customer
Mike TorresOperator • Podcast #088
Warm path
Amanda ChenInvestor • Podcast #072
Worth knowing
PodX100 Schedule

Five days. Plenty of room for 100.

Recording runs September 14–18, 2026 • 7:00 AM–7:00 PM. That creates 180 possible 20-minute windows for 100 curated conversations. Selected captains choose and manage their own time.

Sample availability shown below — live availability is managed in your captain portal.

Monday

7:00 AM–7:00 PM
7:00 AMAVAILABLE
9:20 AMSELECTED
12:40 PMAVAILABLE
5:20 PMAVAILABLE

Tuesday

7:00 AM–7:00 PM
7:40 AMAVAILABLE
10:00 AMSELECTED
2:20 PMAVAILABLE
6:20 PMAVAILABLE

Wednesday

7:00 AM–7:00 PM
8:20 AMAVAILABLE
11:40 AMSELECTED
3:00 PMAVAILABLE
6:40 PMAVAILABLE

Thursday

7:00 AM–7:00 PM
7:20 AMAVAILABLE
10:40 AMSELECTED
1:20 PMAVAILABLE
5:40 PMAVAILABLE

Friday

7:00 AM–7:00 PM
8:00 AMAVAILABLE
11:20 AMSELECTED
2:40 PMAVAILABLE
6:20 PMAVAILABLE
Teevia Signal Feed

What is the community actually saying?

Teevia turns 100 conversations into a live feed of the launches, hires, needs, changes, and opportunities worth noticing.

Hiring Signal

A Grand Rapids AI team is adding three engineers.

Mentioned during Podcast #014. Relevant to builders, recruiters, and local technical talent.

Market Signal

A manufacturer is actively replacing a legacy workflow.

Potential opportunity for software and automation partners in the community.

Connection Signal

Two guests are solving adjacent problems and haven't met.

Teevia flags the overlap and recommends the introduction while they're both still in town.

The Wall of History

The brave souls
who said yes.

Every participant becomes part of the official PodX100 lineup — and part of the network Teevia can help connect throughout the week.

PODCAST #001
Opening Guest
Monday • 7:00 AM
PODCAST #014
Founder Name
Monday • 12:20 PM
PODCAST #082
Builder Name
Thursday • 5:40 PM
PODCAST #___
YOU?
Apply to join the 100 →
Watch Live

Yes. We're still talking.

Current podcast: Podcast #___ • Guest / Company
Up next: Podcast #___ • up next

LIVELive stream coming during the week
Hosted by the community

Help us host the 100.

PodX100 rotates curious hosts from across the Grand Rapids tech community. Take a 2–4 hour block, meet a run of interesting people, and keep the conversation moving. We provide the format, guest context, and live Teevia prompts.

PodX100 Host

Host Name

Founder / Operator

Hosting a block of conversations during Tech Week.

PodX100 Host

Host Name

Investor / Builder

Bringing a different corner of the community into the room.

PodX100 Host

Host Name

Creator / Technologist

Curious, conversational, and ready to keep things moving.

Join the host team

You?

Take a 2–4 hour block and meet a run of interesting people.

Apply to Host →
Hosted by ThinkTank

Interesting people deserve a room.

ThinkTank is convening the room — bringing together builders, operators, founders, technologists, curious guests, and a rotating bench of community hosts. For Tech Week, Studio Bamboo becomes the home of 100 fast conversations across five packed days.

Community is what happens when the conversation keeps going.
Powered by Teevia AI

The podcast is the spectacle. The network is the opportunity.

Teevia helps companies identify who matters, what changed, where there is signal, and when a conversation is worth starting.

Every guest can leave with a personalized Teevia Opportunity Brief: people they should meet, companies worth watching, and potential opportunities surfaced from PodX100.

Find My People ↗
Your Opportunity Brief
7 people worth meeting.
3 potential customers
Strong overlap with the problem you described on-air.
2 warm paths
People in the room who can introduce you.
1 partner
Complementary capabilities and shared target market.
1 wildcard
Not obvious. Potentially very interesting.
Be One of the 100

Your 20 minutes could become part of PodX100.

Apply. Have a real conversation. Tell us what you're building and who you want to meet. Then let Teevia see what connections emerge across the week.