SXSW Pitch is a platform that allows early-stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high-profile media personnel, and venture capitalists/angel investors.

Enterprise, Smart Data, FinTech, & Future of Work Technologies that increase productivity for businesses and/or individuals by simplifying informational data through automation and/or new workflows and analytics. These startups may have applications in the future of work, data collection, management, organization, big data simulation, analysis, data visualization and presentation, interpretation, privacy and security, predictive analytics, payments, cryptocurrencies, money-sharing platforms, fraud protection, open banking, Machine Learning Operations, cognitive computing, APIs, personalization, supply chain, business communications, project management, payments, human resources, cloud computing, and augmentation across industries such as business, finance, advertising, and more.

The Enterprise, Smart Data, FinTech & Future of Work Technology category winner will be announced at the SXSW Pitch Awards Ceremony on Sunday, March 9, at 6:30 pm in Salon H on the 6th floor of the Hilton Austin Hotel.

Also, attendees can make face-to-face connections with all 70+ SXSW Pitch finalists for 2025 at the special “Meet the Finalists” event on Monday, March 10, at 10:30 a.m.to 12:30 p.m. at Griffin Hall on the 2nd floor of the JW Marriott.

FINALISTS

Fazeshift
San Francisco, CA

AI Agent for Accounts Receivable

Launch Ahead AI
Tulsa, OK

Launch Ahead, founded by visionary entrepreneur and advocate Amnoni Myers, who brings lived experience in foster care, empowers youth with tools to thrive as they transition into adulthood.

Polygraph AI
Austin, TX

Polygraf.ai offers an agentic AI DLP infrastructure for secure data transactions, enabling organizations to adopt AI tools without risking exposure and maintaining content provenance.

Safebooks AI
San Francisco, CA

Safebooks is the world's first financial data governance platform designed to help finance teams validate and substantiate the integrity, completeness, and accuracy of all transactions, across all systems, in real time.

Springboards
Sydney, Australia

Springboards is a creative tool to inspire—not give you the answer. Built for advertising and marketing pros, it’s a suite of generative AI tools designed around a traditional agency workflow to keep humans in the creative equation.

ALTERNATES

MasRefund
Raleigh, NC

MasRefund takes the fear and complexity out of filing taxes by making it as easy as uno, dos, tres!

Trez
Houston, TX

Trez is the first U.S. Latino-focused financial tech stack empowering Latino SMBs with culturally relevant payroll and financial solutions.

Viva Benefits
Austin, TX

Viva empowers housing partners to offer life-changing benefits to renters - like access to doctors, tutors for kids, cash back to save, and grants to help buy homes.