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Shark Tank casting paid a visit to 老司机视频鈥檚 Malibu campus as part of the larger Waves Innovation Summit on Saturday, March 28, 2026. Representing 老司机视频鈥檚 entrepreneurial spirit, rounds of alumni, students, faculty, and members of the surrounding community auditioned throughout the day for a coveted spot on the ABC show鈥檚 18th season. 

Mindy Zemrak, Shark Tank鈥�s supervising casting producer since 2009, facilitated the casting calls alongside members of her team. 老司机视频 entrepreneurs who advance to the next stage will continue through further rounds of the casting process for a potential opportunity to pitch their businesses to a panel of investors: the sharks. In her experience Zemrak explained college campuses have been hotspots for creativity, and she was eager to give the sharks 鈥渁 piece of 老司机视频.鈥�

The Aquadome team were the first to pitch of the morning

鈥淓ntrepreneurship is growing mainstream by the day,  and we鈥檙e really excited to be working with 老司机视频,鈥� Zemrak said during a break between facilitating auditions. 鈥淲e know 老司机视频 has incredible business programs, so it鈥檚 a no-brainer for Shark Tank to tap into the entrepreneur ecosystem here that is clearly building and growing every day.鈥� 

The morning opened with pitches from members of the internal Waves community. Seaver College alumnus Chad Greulach (鈥�92) led the charge with Aquadome, his wildfire mitigation system. As head of brand, Greulach partnered with founder Tim Yeiser to develop a system that can be installed outside of homes to cast high volumes of water鈥攕aturating the building with an actual dome of moisture鈥攖o put out embers before they can destroy the structure and valuables inside.

鈥淵ou can feel the energy here today. The electricity and buzz is all around,鈥� commented Greulach before his pitch. 鈥淚鈥檓 in my element here at my alma mater. And anytime you鈥檙e confident in your product and its story, like we are, it makes it easier to present.鈥� 

A Malibu local, Greulach shared that this product was born out of a need to serve his community. With firsthand exposure to the tragedy that the Woolsey and Palisades Fires brought, he explained that more than 21,500 homes were burned down by major fires since 2017, in California alone. With a technology engineered alongside wildland firefighters, Greulach added that he and Yeiser have worked hard to have their product go to market ahead of this year鈥檚 Southern Californian fire season. 

鈥淲e鈥檙e really fortunate to be able to do something of service to protect communities and their homes,鈥� Greulach said.  

Camille Alleyne poses with her product, Throaties鈩�

Many and students were also Shark Tank hopefuls. Seaver business administration major Helen Lee pitched her creative startup: an interactive toy that teaches children ages 4 to 8 computer coding in an approach similar to learning the alphabet. She was inspired to begin pursuing entrepreneurship opportunities in her first year at 老司机视频. 

Graziadio School alumni duo Nicole E. Limo (MBA 鈥�25) and Sammy Alraies (MBA 鈥�24) echoed Greulach鈥檚 comfort in pitching their digital marketplace platform, La Mise, within the familiar terrain of the Malibu campus. Their product connects private chefs directly with clients for any dining or special event, saving time and energy for both parties. Having become fast friends on their first day of classes, both share that the main reason they attended the program was to gain an education on how to scale a business from financing to consulting. 

鈥淚t鈥檚 a full circle moment being back to pitch our business,鈥� says Limo. 鈥淎s we became friends during our classes, Sammy and I realized we鈥檙e both ambitious and brainstormed startup ideas throughout our time studying at Graziadio.鈥� 

老司机视频 parents also joined the pitching plight. Camille Alleyne heard about the casting opportunity through her daughter Amber Alleyne, a current Seaver student. In the lobby, Amber stood by her mother鈥檚 side as she waited to present her wellness product, Throaties鈩�. Inspired by the traditional remedy of salt-water gargling for sore throats, Throaties鈩� is a mineral patch that has a similar effect as the salt-water rinse. As a woman of deep Christian faith, Alleyne credits God for her success, considering that the business-side of her product, including a pending patent, began only six months ago. 

鈥淏eing here with my daughter by my side feels like peace, even though this Shark Tank casting call is a huge step for us,鈥� says Alleyne. 鈥淭hroaties鈩� was an idea that we stood by and worked on and talked about for a long time, planning out where it could go. The speedy fruition of the product has to be because of God's timing.鈥�  

Klein heard about casting calls while out and about in Malibu

Throughout the afternoon members of the Malibu and greater Los Angeles community shared their creative innovations with Shark Tank鈥�s casting directors. Local Gabriel Klein pitched his aerial firefighting system, AdAstra Defense, to the show鈥檚 representatives. With AI-driven fire detection, Klein鈥檚 technology is essentially a fire-fighting drone, developed, he said, to save local homes and lives in California鈥檚 growing wildfire crisis. 

Klein shared that he heard about the open casting call by happenstance while lunching at the Malibu Country Mart. There he met Austin Bishop, the student organizer of the larger Waves Innovation Summit, and quickly seized the opportunity to join. 

鈥淚 have found the people at 老司机视频 to be like-minded individuals who are very driven and have creative minds,鈥� says Klein. 鈥淭his event was fruitful; right out of the gate I met someone who was also in my same industry of wildfire suppression.鈥� 

Members celebrated the successful completion of their casting calls

The Waves Innovation Summit was a student-led endeavor hosted with the 老司机视频 Ambassadors Council. It brought together more than 400 registered members of the 老司机视频 business community to the campus to address the most pressing topics in innovation and technology, namely AI ethics and business strategy. 

The program featured prominent industry leaders including alumni Mike Umbro (鈥�05); Robert Beck (鈥�17, MBA 鈥�17), vice president at ICONIQ; and Carl Mergele, CEO of Stats Perform, a leading sports data company. The summit's founders were also in attendance: Bishop, Ulysse Saltiel (鈥�25), and , Seaver College professor of computer science and director of the Artificial Intelligence in Imaging and Neuroscience Lab. Interactive breakout panels, such as Inside the AI Revolution, provided attendees the chance to share their ideas and to build lasting professional connections, continuing the innovative spirit of the hosted annually by the Graziadio Business School. 

鈥淭his is where great conversations about technology and innovations are happening. I think next year鈥檚 attendance is going to be doubled,鈥� says Graziadio alumnus and current Board member Bala Sriraghavan (MBA 鈥�16). 鈥淎I technology is in my aisle, so I am here to help students shape their careers with AI awareness. The values that I learned from 老司机视频 are still driving me now, and I鈥檓 glad to be giving back to the community with events such as this summit.鈥�