"Black Founders Thrive at AfroTech Conference in Silicon Valley Bank"

Silicon Valley Bank, which experienced a dramatic collapse eight months ago, sponsored and hosted parties at AfroTech, the largest Black tech conference in the US. While some Black techies felt it was in poor taste for the bank to celebrate at the conference, others appreciated the bank's commitment to the community and believed it had the potential to earn trust again from scratch. Many Black founders who had previously banked with SVB have moved on to competing banks.