Events
ROOMS WHERE THEFUTURE IS DECIDED.
Monthly firesides across cities and the annual Summit each October. Every gathering is intimate, intentional, and built around craft.
Upcoming
FOUR FIRESIDES.ONE SUMMIT.
Monthly conversations from the frontier — capped by our annual Summit in October.
- 24Jun · 2026RegisterFiresideOpen
Investing in Open Source and AI Infrastructure Fireside
Open Minds. Open Future.
5:30 PMStartup Island · Palo Alto, CA
Alex ChenRecently Exited FounderQualcomm
Stephen MesserCo-Founder & CEOCollective[i]
Matt WhiteCTOLinux Foundation & PyTorch Foundation
Arjun RaiModerator / EIRApplied AI SocietyOpen Tech VenturesOpen Tech IncubatorOpenTeams
Faye TengPrivate Equity InvestorPartners Group - 22Jul · 2026FiresideComing Soon
Frontier vs. Open Source Future of LLMs
Closed frontier labs vs. open-source ecosystems — where does the future lead?
5:30 PMSan Francisco · San Francisco, CAApply to SpeakComing SoonApply to Speak - 26Aug · 2026FiresideComing Soon
Sovereign AI & Frontier Compute
The new geopolitics of intelligence.
5:30 PMStartup Island · Palo Alto, CAApply to SpeakComing SoonApply to Speak - 23Sep · 2026Learn MoreFiresideBy Invitation
Capital at the Frontier
An evening with LPs, GPs, and VCs building the future of AI, open source, and infrastructure.
6:00 PMSand Hill Road · Menlo Park, CALearn More - 6Oct · 2026Annual SummitComing Soon
Applied AI Summit 2026
Two panels and fireside chats with the top 1% of speakers.
Half dayStanford University · Stanford, CAApply to SpeakComing SoonApply to Speak