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Dinner with Casey Winters: 🤯 The Most Important AI Insight No One Wants to Hear

We’re still very early. There’s no “Google/Facebook Ads moment.” And defensibility is shakier than most founders admit — Casey Winters breaks it down.

Dec 4 • 

Chyngyz Dzhumanazarov

Dinner with Mike Smith: ✨ Humility Meets Precision

Why Mike’s “at the table vs. in the room” framework, PITA hires, and operator clarity should be in every founder’s toolkit.

Dec 2 • 

Chyngyz Dzhumanazarov

Ali Partovi. Founder and CEO of Neo

From “idea as infection” to de‑risking through action — lessons from an SV Icons night.

Dec 2 • 

Hatidje Ablyatifova

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Dinner with Indy Guha from VMG: 📈 Customer Access Is the New CAC

Reflections from a dinner with VMG’s Indranil Guha on building durable AI companies, earning trust, and staying grounded as a founder.

Dec 1 • 

Chyngyz Dzhumanazarov

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October 2025

Karan Singh, Founder of Ginger and COO of Headspace

Earlier this month, we had the pleasure of hosting Karan Singh, who shared with us incredible insights from his founder and personal journeys.

Oct 21 • 

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September 2025

Alex Blania, Founder @World and Merge Labs

9/12/7 @World

Sep 29 • 

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Katie Haun, Haun Ventures

Undefeated

Sep 12 • 

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August 2025

Ali Yahya, a16z crypto

Inverting the power relationship between software and hardware.

Aug 21 • 

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Qiao Wang, Alliance DAO

Crypto consumer

Aug 18 • 

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Sam Rodriques, FutureHouse

AI scientist in action

Aug 5 • 

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May 2025

Nick Turley, Head of ChatGPT

Scaling serendipity

May 20 • 

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Eric Horvitz Dinner

Insights from Microsoft's Chief Scientific Officer

May 14 • 

Brandon Nydick

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