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title: "summit-1.0-may-2024-recap"
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summary: "The Phoenix Tech Talent Summit inaugural event features speakers discussing the local startup ecosystem, including WebPT, a $200 million revenue software company, and Paradox, a global AI recruiting platform. Danielle Santangelo, founder of Freeway and director of community at Startup AZ, highlights Phoenix's growth as a hub for high-impact venture-backed companies."
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# summit-1.0-may-2024-recap

[00:09] Good morning, everyone. I'm Danielle Santangelo, founder of Freeway and director of community at Startup AZ. So happy that you're here for the first inaugural Phoenix Tech Talent Summit.

[00:22] Woo!

[00:26] WebPT is a $200 million revenue company that scaled right here in Phoenix. Like there are large, high-scale, high-impact software companies and other venture-backed companies here.

[00:37] Started as a really small startup over in Sky Song in 2016, and we've grown tremendously since then. So today, Paradox is a global AI recruiting platform.

[00:51] I've been in Phoenix for 10 years and I've loved the ecosystem here for startups.