@buildwithdesi: 6 teams. 5-minute pitches. $1,000 on the line. @Microsoft Chicago. Standing room only. 🤯 Last night Butter hosted Pitch Us Chicago and the level was INSANE. 16-year-old founders pitching. AI health tech. Consumer finance. Memory infrastructure. But the moment that got the WHOLE room? The winner — Richard Corral of Quanto — didn’t keep the $1K. He donated it back and DOUBLED it for the next competition. The winner gave the money back. That’s Chicago. 🔥 Got to formally meet Shay — CEO of Butter, ex-Google — who built this whole thing. She said it best: “If you give Chicago a hug, it will hug you back.” More of this. Always. ⚡ #PitchUsChicago #ChicagoStartups #StartupLife #BuildersGonnaBuild #100DayAppChallenge

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