IRVING, Texas - s4story -- START.PIVOT.GROW. (SPG)—an AI-powered small business accelerator powered by the Cynthia E. & Clarence E. Nevels Foundation—is proud to announce the inaugural GrowthTech Summit, taking place at Wells Fargo HQ in Las Colinas on October 21, 2026, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The half-day event is designed to help entrepreneurs leverage technology, artificial intelligence and capital to accelerate business growth. Nationally recognized venture capitalist and investor Melissa Bradley will deliver the keynote address, with the summit concluding in the presentation of more than $35,000 in accelerator grant funding to selected cohort graduates.

"Business owners aren't in it for aesthetics. They're earning a living that pays mortgages, tuition, groceries, insurance, and someday, retirement," said Cynthia Nevels, Founder of START.PIVOT.GROW. "GrowthTech Summit exists to put real people, real investors, and real systems in the same room as the innovators who need them. It's a conduit for resilience and expansion in an unpredictable economy."

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Powered by KPIXAI, Wells Fargo and The UPS Foundation, GrowthTech builds on the START.PIVOT.GROW. mission to move entrepreneurs from surviving to scaling by combining education, technology and access to capital. Through its patent-pending KPIXAI platform and accelerator programs, START.PIVOT.GROW. has helped deploy more than $1 million in capital to small businesses while maintaining a 97% alumni business survival rate.

Bradley, Founder of New Majority Ventures, will keynote "The Applied AI Economy Comes to Main Street," exploring how entrepreneurs can move beyond AI adoption to strategically integrate artificial intelligence for long-term business growth.

"AI is not a content toy anymore. It is a strategic operating partner," Bradley said. "What makes GrowthTech Summit matter is the alignment—capital, capability and community in the same room at the same time, all pointed at growth."

Attendees will also experience a fireside chat on responsible AI and legal implications, conversations with investors and founders, practical scaling strategies, networking opportunities, resources focused on capital access and innovation, and recognition of entrepreneurs through $35,000+ in KPIXAI-powered accelerator grants and awards for innovation, AI leadership and community impact.

Registration is now open. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit https://startpivotgrow.org/growthtech-summit.