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AI Socratic

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AI Socratic brings together engineers, researchers, and founders through curated symposium across NYC, SF, and around the world.

Limited annual partners — Only 3 Strategic and 4 Frontier slots open per year

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From the events

A year of gatherings, in pictures

AI NY — Private Apartment
AI NY — Private Apartment
AI Berlin 1.0 — JUNI Science
AI Berlin 1.0 — JUNI Science
AI Madrid — Telefónica
AI Madrid — Telefónica
AI Milan — Underdog
AI Milan — Underdog
AI Washington DC — Ivo's
AI Washington DC — Ivo's
AI Milan
AI Milan
AI San Francisco 1.0 — Frontier Tower
AI San Francisco 1.0 — Frontier Tower
AI NY — Hadron & Station 3
AI NY — Hadron & Station 3
AI NY — Private Apartment
AI NY — Private Apartment
AI Berlin 1.0 — JUNI Science
AI Berlin 1.0 — JUNI Science
AI Madrid — Telefónica
AI Madrid — Telefónica
AI Milan — Underdog
AI Milan — Underdog
AI Washington DC — Ivo's
AI Washington DC — Ivo's
AI Milan
AI Milan
AI San Francisco 1.0 — Frontier Tower
AI San Francisco 1.0 — Frontier Tower
AI NY — Hadron & Station 3
AI NY — Hadron & Station 3
AI Shanghai 1.0 — Alibaba HQ
AI Shanghai 1.0 — Alibaba HQ
AI London 1.0 — Connect Ventures
AI London 1.0 — Connect Ventures
AI NY — WorkOS
AI NY — WorkOS
AI SF 2.0 — Frontier Tower
AI SF 2.0 — Frontier Tower
AI NY — Founding
AI NY — Founding
AI Milan
AI Milan
AI NY — Solana Skyline
AI NY — Solana Skyline
AI NY — Hadron & Station 3
AI NY — Hadron & Station 3
AI Shanghai 1.0 — Alibaba HQ
AI Shanghai 1.0 — Alibaba HQ
AI London 1.0 — Connect Ventures
AI London 1.0 — Connect Ventures
AI NY — WorkOS
AI NY — WorkOS
AI SF 2.0 — Frontier Tower
AI SF 2.0 — Frontier Tower
AI NY — Founding
AI NY — Founding
AI Milan
AI Milan
AI NY — Solana Skyline
AI NY — Solana Skyline
AI NY — Hadron & Station 3
AI NY — Hadron & Station 3

The AI ecosystem node

The highest density networks of AI engineers, researchers, and founders

AI Socratic is highly curated, where every room is technical and innovating on the frontier of AI.

5,000+
AI founders, researchers & engineers
70%
Senior technical attendees
60+
Curated events per year
11
Chapters — NYC, SF, Europe, Asia
65%
Repeat attendance across events
200+
Companies represented (OpenAI, Anthropic, Scale…)

Partners, hosts, and speakers

Companies that have backed, hosted, or spoken at AI Socratic events

  • NVIDIA
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Meta
  • Google
  • Microsoft
  • IBM
  • Bloomberg
  • McKinsey & Company
  • Bending Spoons
  • Vimeo
  • Grafana
  • Scale AI
  • Pydantic
  • AI Engineer
  • Tech Week
  • NVIDIA
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Meta
  • Google
  • Microsoft
  • IBM
  • Bloomberg
  • McKinsey & Company
  • Bending Spoons
  • Vimeo
  • Grafana
  • Scale AI
  • Pydantic
  • AI Engineer
  • Tech Week
  • z.AI
  • Moonshot — Kimi
  • Qwen
  • Solana
  • Sei Labs
  • Greycroft
  • WorkOS
  • SignalFire
  • Saturn Cloud
  • Connect Ventures
  • JUNI Science
  • Forest
  • Unicorn Factory Lisboa
  • Primary Venture Partners
  • Hadron
  • Bay Compute
  • z.AI
  • Moonshot — Kimi
  • Qwen
  • Solana
  • Sei Labs
  • Greycroft
  • WorkOS
  • SignalFire
  • Saturn Cloud
  • Connect Ventures
  • JUNI Science
  • Forest
  • Unicorn Factory Lisboa
  • Primary Venture Partners
  • Hadron
  • Bay Compute
  • Fractal
  • Frontier Tower
  • The Mu
  • MuShanghai
  • Alibaba
  • Funding the Commons
  • Pendo.ai
  • Apify
  • TrueLayer
  • Founders, Inc.
  • Pyxis Search Partners
  • Urbe
  • South Park Commons
  • Rho
  • AF Theatricals
  • Fractal
  • Frontier Tower
  • The Mu
  • MuShanghai
  • Alibaba
  • Funding the Commons
  • Pendo.ai
  • Apify
  • TrueLayer
  • Founders, Inc.
  • Pyxis Search Partners
  • Urbe
  • South Park Commons
  • Rho
  • AF Theatricals

Why partner with us

Our members are working at leading AI companies and genuinely passionate about AI

We're a direct distribution channel of the highest level of engineers. Partnering with us is a symbiotic collaboration that enriches our community.

High-signal technical audience

Because of our selective application process, we've cut the noise and the shilling. Our room is composed of only AI founders, frontier-lab researchers, senior engineers, and other experts.

Curated event programming

In partnership with AF Theatricals, every event is produced like a “happening”; part meet-up, part party, part mini conference. So it's fun and hip, but also very focused and organized.

NYC, SF & 9 global chapters

Two flagship US chapters in New York and San Francisco, plus active programming in London, Berlin, Lisbon, Milan, Madrid, Rome, Turin, DC, and Shanghai. Pick a city or activate the full network.

Pipeline into top universities

Upcoming chapters at Ivy League and top global universities will be a direct line to the next generation of AI researchers and founders.

Coming Soon

Partnership tiers

Limited Partnership Tiers

From a single-night activation to an anchor position across the network. Pricing reflects audience density, exclusivity, and the cost of curating it.

Single Night Event

$5k–$10k
1 flagship event

Anchor a single curated dinner or workshop.

  • A curated dinner or workshop end-to-end
  • Curated attendee list, co-designed with your team
  • Welcome remarks and on-stage intro
  • Logo and links across all communication channels
  • Follow-up and intro to relevant attendees
Become a partner

Ecosystem Partner

$25k–$50k
12 months

A persistent seat in the community across a year.

8 partners per year
  • Recurring presence across chapter events for 12 months
  • Featured logo on aisocratic.org partners footer (full year)
  • Anchor placement in the monthly newsletter
  • Recruiting access — curated candidate intros
Become a partner

Frontier Partner

Custom
Custom annual

Anchor the ecosystem. Bespoke programming, exclusivity, leadership access.

Only 3 strategic partners annually
  • Everything in Ecosystem Partner
  • Co-produced AI infra summit or invite-only salon series
  • Joint research / state-of-AI report co-publication
Request a conversation

Custom enterprise programs available — co-produced summits, joint research, full-network activations.

Many Ways To Connect

Three event formats. Each has a distinct audience and energy.

3 hoursMonthly in each chapter40–80 attendees

AI Dinner

A symposium with engineers, researchers, and founders discussing frontier models, research papers, AI agents, physical AI, philosophy, and more.

See upcoming events
3–4 hoursMonthly, rotating chapters20–40 attendees

AI Workshops

Hands-on technical sessions with senior practitioners. Partners can co-design content or provide credits / API keys.

See upcoming workshops
2 hoursWeekly, rotating chapters20–40 attendees

AI Cafe

Casual, recurring meetups where members gather to swap ideas, demos, and what they're building.

See upcoming events

“Faster, Louder, Funnier”

Venue partnership

Host us at your office

Venue partnerships are free — we bring the audience, the format, and the operational lift. You provide the space and a sponsor for food and drinks. We've hosted at offices like Solana, WorkOS, Greycroft, SignalFire, Frontier Tower, and more.

Offer your space

Partner with AI Socratic

Anchor a position in frontier AI.

Tell us which chapters, tier, and formats you're interested in. We'll send a tailored proposal within two business days.

Or email fed@aisocratic.org

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