Find the person you’ll build the next decade with.
🚀 In San Francisco for GTC?
Skip the generic mixers.
AI Valley is hosting a founder “speed-dating” style gathering designed to help serious builders meet the collaborators they’ve been looking for.
Think of it as cofounder matching — but faster, smarter, and actually fun.
You’ll rotate through short conversations with other builders in the room, quickly learning:
What they’re buildingWhat they’re looking forWhether there’s real chemistry to build something together
No awkward wandering.
No random networking.
Just focused conversations with people who actually want to build.
Whether you:
Have a strong thesis but no teamHave a prototype and need a technical cofounderAre a researcher ready to commercializeAre an engineer exploring starting something
This is where conversations turn into companies.
🕒 Schedule
6:00 – 6:20 PM
Arrival + Intent Tags
(What you’re building / looking for)
6:20 – 6:30 PM
Opening + How It Works
6:30 – 7:15 PM
⚡ Cofounder Speed Rounds
Rapid 1-on-1 rotations with builders in the room
7:15 – 8:30 PM
Dinner + Deep Dives
Reconnect with the people you clicked with
8:30 – 9:00 PM
Closing + Final Connections
Who This Is For
Technical foundersAI researchersEngineers exploring startup formationProduct leaders seeking technical cofounders
Builders prioritized.
Limited investor presence.About HAC
Hanwha AI Center (HAC) is a private membership for all those dedicated to AI. As a hub for innovation, HAC brings together passionate entrepreneurs, researchers, and visionaries to explore the societal and technological impacts of AI on human life.🌍 About MiniMax
MiniMax is a global AI company building frontier multimodal models across LLM, video, audio, and music — powering products used by over 150M users worldwide. The M2 series is designed to enable powerful, production-ready agents without the cost constraints typically associated with frontier models.AI Valley is a community rooted in supporting exceptional first generation builders, founders, and creators. We curate environments where ambitious people meet collaborators, mentors, and opportunities through hackathons, workshops, and intimate gatherings across AI, tech, and the arts. If you care about who you build with as much as what you build, this is your place.
🌐 Website: https://aivalley.io
📅 Events: https://lu.ma/aivalley
👥 Community (Discord): https://discord.gg/QESCnSUPC9
📰 Newsletter: https://aivalleyio.substack.com
🔗 All links: https://aivalley.io/links
The AI Collective is a global non-profit building the human layer for the AI age. We unite 150,000+ leaders, builders, and stakeholders across 100+ forums worldwide to democratize the frontier, build trust, and coordinate how society navigates the rapid acceleration of technological progress.
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