The GenAI Collective began back in February as a small group of friends gathering in a cozy San Francisco living room to discuss the week’s latest news and advancements in AI. I don’t think any of us expected these conversations to grow beyond this intimate setting. And in many ways, it hasn’t! Yes, this group of friends has grown a little in size and heart, but the passion and purpose remains the same! This community was founded on the belief that the most meaningful connections are made when exploring a shared curiosity together, and that meaningful relationships lead to meaningful outcomes. Bring exceptional people together in purposeful ways and INCREDIBLE things happen! 🤩 Thank you to EVERYONE who has helped make the GenAI Collective’s first ten months and 50 events possible! • Organizers: Chappy Asel, Pierce Kelaita, Stephen Campbell, Amin Akhtar, Mihir Somaiya, Thomas Joshi, Haroun Ahmed, Kirill Skobelev, Matt Huang, Eric Fett, Aqeel A., Matt White, Weber W., Gavin M. Doughtie, Rui Ma, Yang Tang, and Coco Chen! • Repeat discussion group leaders: Sam Iglesias, Casey A. Fitzpatrick, Dan Klempay, Claire Xue, Brad Dressler, Steven Echtman, and Karan Grewal! • Partners and friends: Ramsey Salah-Mars, Nosayaba Okungbowa, Brittany Carambio, Tevon Strand-Brown, Ryan Fauber, Valentina Escudero, May Wang, Dr. Megan Ma, Jay Mandal, James Le, Arun Gupta, Gregory Raiz, Angela Brown, Zubin Bharti Mittal, Derick En'Wezoh, MD, MBA, and so many more that we couldn't mention because of LinkedIn's cap! 🥲 Our hearts seriously could not be more full of appreciation and gratitude right now. What an exciting time we are living in and here’s to an exponential 2024! 🫶 P.S. This is a true labor of love and we are always looking to involve new leaders who share our passion for community building. If this sounds like you, please get in touch! 😄
The GenAI Collective
Technology, Information and Internet
San Francisco, California 5,799 followers
SF's largest AI community: 20,000+ founders, investors, etc. We ❤️ connecting through incredible in-person events!
About us
The GenAI Collective is a growing community of 20,000+ founders, researchers, operators, and investors built around a shared curiosity for AI. Through incredible in-person events and vibrant online forums, members leverage their diverse perspectives and innovative minds to foster meaningful relationships, solve challenging problems, and define the future of AI.
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http://genaicollective.ai
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- Technology, Information and Internet
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- 11-50 employees
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- San Francisco, California
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- Nonprofit
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- 2023
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Employees at The GenAI Collective
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Chris Guest
Let's Bend The Market To Your Vision // CMO // Lean Category Design Coach // Prev. Bryte, AKQA (Audi, McLaren, Ferrari, Mercedes)
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Haroun Ahmed
Exploring | Stanford Symbolic Systems (AI) | The GenAI Collective
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Chappy Asel
👷♂️ • Co-founder @ The GenAI Collective • ex-Apple AR/VR, ex-Apple AI/ML, ex-Meta • Angel Investor • Competitive Bodybuilder
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Aman Sharma ⧉
CTO @Lamatic.ai ⚡️ GenAI Apps on edge in minutes • Lead @GenAI Collective Miami 🧠 • Bringing you the best GenAI tips, technique and insights
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Let's Bend The Market To Your Vision // CMO // Lean Category Design Coach // Prev. Bryte, AKQA (Audi, McLaren, Ferrari, Mercedes)
The next The GenAI Collective North Bay (Marin/Sonoma) meetup is just a week away, and if you're beyond the idea stage of an #ai product, this event is just for you. "The Scaling Salon" will be a discussion-focussed event, rather than a general networking event. Like the "Nerdworking" event we did in Mill Valley back in March, this event prioritizes sharing real experiences and challenges of working with and scaling AI, rather than networking alone. To be clear, scaling could mean you're working on how to scale the technology, the design system, the marketing/growth engine, customer support, or any other critical part of bringing AI to the masses. So apply now, tell me what you're scaling and at what level... - Hundreds of users - Thousands of users - Hundreds of thousands - Millions - Billions and beyond! and I'll try to match you to others at the same kinda level. Here's the link to apply now: https://lu.ma/lgcgvywy #marin #sonoma #AI #startups #scaleup #enterprise
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Builders in SF– We're partnering with our good friends at Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Invisible on an upcoming model hosting and fine-tuning workshop focused on Small Language Models (SLMs). This is a fun opportunity to get your hands dirty with this unique class of models while networking with professionals from across the Bay Area's top AI organizations. As always, food, drink, and incredible company will be provided. Attendance applications close this Thursday, so make sure to grab a slot soon. See you there! Info and RSVP here 👉 https://lu.ma/slm-workshop
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Do you believe AGI will surpass human capabilities in everything? A) Absolutely, AGI is the future. B) Maybe, but not in everything. C) No, humans will always have the edge. D) Unsure, it’s too early to tell. Comment below with your choice, and let us know why! Chappy Asel Claire Xue Thank you, Naomi Chetrit Band, for filming this.
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Amazing recap from our panel on How to Pitch Your AI Startup to Investors! Huge thank you to our co-hosts Headline. If you're a startup make sure to keep an eye out for more fundraising/VC related events to come 🎉
Last week, I had the honor of moderating The GenAI Collective x Headline panel on How to Pitch Your AI Startup to Investors! Fundraising can often feel confusing and opaque for many founders, especially in the dynamic and competitive AI landscape. That's why we brought together a brilliant panel to help demystify the process. Shout out to the amazing Sasha Krecinic from Headline, Amber Illig from the Council, and Danielle Jing from Pear VC. We had a vibrant discussion covering what investors look for in startups, key evaluation criteria, unique diligence aspects for AI companies, recent AI investments and emerging trends. We even ventured into some spicy debates about the AI space, like how close (or far) we are from AGI. A big thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to the dynamic conversation!
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We had 50+ AI companies apply for a chance to ENTER THE ARENA 🏟️, demoing to and receiving feedback from 250+ attendees at last Thursday's SF Demo Showcase!! 🚀 🧑💻 FEATURED COMPANIES • Athina AI (YC W23): A collaborative IDE for teams to prototype, experiment and evaluate AI pipelines in a spreadsheet-like UI (Shiv Sakhuja) • Browserbase: Headless browsers for AI agents (Paul Klein IV) • Truewind: Next generation AI-powered accounting solutions (Alex Lee) • Dynamic: AI-native game engine to explore any environment and interact with everything (Kobi Kelemen) • DXM: AI design as a service (Rix Kramlich) • Anon: The integration platform for the AI internet (Kai Aichholz) • Katalist: Create visual stories with consistent characters and scenes using Storyboard AI (Andraz Zvonar) • Theneo: CoPilot for Stripe-like API docs (Ana Robakidze) • Chalk: Data platform for ML (Elliot Marx) • Pursuit: AI bid management for gov contractors (Brandon Max) • Superlinked: The vector computer (Daniel Svonava) At the end of the night, we held a community vote for the best demos to be immortalized in the Demo Night Hall of Fame! (check out demos.genaicollective.ai) After tallying up hundreds of votes, here are the winners! 🗳️ 🏅 AWARD WINNERS • 🏆 Best Overall: Katalist • 😍 Crowd Favorite: Theneo • 🤖 Best Technology: Chalk • 🎨 Most Creative: DXM Thanks to Emergence Capital and Arcee.ai for partnering with us! Also, this event would not have been the smash hit it was without the active participation of ~literally everyone~ in attendance who submitted nearly 1,000 pieces of invaluable feedback to the demoists! THANK YOU ALL!! 🤩
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I had an incredible time speaking at the "GenAI Collective x Headline - How to Pitch Your AI Startup to Investors Panel" last night! It was an honor to join such a brilliant group of panelists, including Sasha Krecinic from Headline, Danielle Jing from Pear VC, and our amazing moderator Naomi Chetrit Band from the GenAI Collective. We had a deep dive into what investors look for in AI startups, the key criteria we evaluate, the unique diligence aspects specific to AI, and the emerging trends that are shaping the future of this exciting space. A huge thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to the dynamic discussion. The energy and insights shared were truly inspiring. I’ll be sharing a series of videos where we’ll go deeper into some of the key takeaways from the event. Whether you’re an AI founder or just passionate about innovation, these insights are ones you won’t want to miss! Stay tuned for more, and thank you again to the The GenAI Collective and Headline for hosting such a fantastic event! 🚀 #AI #VentureCapital #Innovation #TheCouncilVC #GenAICollective #StartupSuccess
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Yesterday, I presented a short demo of Athina AI (YC W23) to 500+ GenAI builders in San Francisco. Athina was one of the 11 startups chosen to feature in the GenAI collective demo day. After the demo, I got some insightful feedback about what we're doing really well AND where Athina is currently falling short. I also met some amazing founders using AI to solve problems and learned a lot about what's working for them (Browserbase, Truewind, Theneo, to name a few) s/o to The GenAI Collective for organizing a fantastic event. If you're building an AI startup, there's no other place in the world where you can get this kind of signal from so many great builders so fast. P.S - we're hiring in SF. See the link in the comments below 👇
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I had the chance to attend The GenAI Collective's Demo Showcase in San Francisco yesterday, and overall, it was an impressive event. 11 innovative AI startups took the stage to showcase their groundbreaking use cases and share updates on their journey. Among them, DXM and Katalist caught my attention with their potential to revolutionize marketing. DXM is paving the way for creative teams by generating images that can ease the workload for graphic designers, allowing them to focus on what truly matters—creativity. Meanwhile, Katalist is pushing the boundaries of video production, creating consistent video scenes straight from a storyboard. Imagine the possibilities for storytelling! On top of that, it was great to connect with the AI founders and fellow AI enthusiasts. A big thanks to Chappy Asel and The GenAI Collective for organizing such a fantastic event. I am looking forward to the next one! #AI #GenAI
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This week we hosted our third Research Roundtable in Silicon Valley. A massive thank you to all three of our speakers: - Tim Salzmann, who spoke about his work at the intersection of LLMs and robotics. - Jed White, who spoke about Andi's research on reducing hallucinations to optimize search. - Jay Mandal, who spoke about the evolving landscape of enterprise genAI use-cases. You can read more about Tim's work here (https://lnkd.in/g-yM7uk8), Jed's company Andi here (https://andisearch.com/), and Jay's work here (https://lnkd.in/gRPn6y5N) See everyone at the next one!
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