​FREE DINNER • DRINKS • NETWORKING — Only 50 spots available

​This isn’t another AI leadership, AI strategy, or AI‑for‑business panel — the kind where people toss around buzzwords, pitch products, or disguise sales conversations as thought leadership.

​Instead, we’re hosting a small dinner discussion around one topic:

​What Is(n’t) AI?

​Part of our Dinner • Drinks • Discussion series

​This conversation is aimed at founders, operators, investors, and technical decision‑makers who are actually responsible for building, buying, or deploying AI systems.

​We’ll be getting into the parts of AI that don’t usually get talked about on stage — when AI is the wrong tool, when normal software is better, the difference between real infrastructure and simple wrappers, when it makes sense to train or host your own models, when APIs are enough, and how decisions around models, hosting, and automation affect cost, performance, and long‑term viability.

​The goal isn’t to explain AI at a high level. It’s to talk about the tradeoffs people run into when they’re actually shipping products, running teams, or making technical decisions.

​Format

​• 20‑minute panel

​• 10‑minute Q&A

​• Networking after

​• Dinner provided

​• Bartender serving drinks all night

​• Private venue in the heart of San Diego, minutes from The Gaslamp

​• Limited to 50 seats