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AI Socratic

The people building what comes next are already in the room

We run the highest-signal events in AI: top builders, Socratic discussion rather than panels, live demos, and a genuinely good night.

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

Why the room matters

People decide who to trust in person, long before they decide what to buy

Every room is curated and technical, and the format puts your team in the conversation rather than on a stage — which is how a name becomes someone they know.

1,500+
Top AI founders, researchers & engineers
80%
Senior technical attendees
100+
Curated events per year
15
Chapters — NYC, SF, London, Cape Town, Shanghai…
80%
Repeat attendance across events
200+
Companies represented (OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia…)

Trusted by

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

  • AI Engineer
  • Greycroft
  • WorkOS
  • NVIDIA
  • Google
  • Meta
  • IBM
  • Apify
  • Pendo.ai
  • Frontier Tower
  • The Mu
  • Hadron
  • Bending Spoons
  • z.AI
  • Alibaba

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 & 13 global chapters

Two flagship US chapters in New York and San Francisco, plus active programming in London, Berlin, Lisbon, Milan, Madrid, Rome, Turin, DC, Shanghai, Cape Town, Barcelona, Berkeley, and Stockholm. 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
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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 top AI members discussing frontier models, new agents, papers, 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 — whenever caffeine calls2–5 people per cafe

AI Cafes

Join our community and invite our members to meet you at your favorite coffee shop!

Visit the AI Cafes

Our events are like a Broadway show with a clear beginning, middle, and end. They're engaging from start to finish, and guests leave with new skills and valuable connections.

Partner with AI Socratic

We're the Taste Maker in Applied 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