Live meetups & panels, data + AI ecosystem
San Francisco. Ongoing work with a data+AI startup studio, growing from meetup co-hosting into full conference production.
Trust with a client usually shows up in scope, not just in the size of any one event. I started co-hosting panel and meetup programming for a data+AI startup studio, a few hundred attendees across a couple of sessions bringing together founders, engineers, and operators in the Bay Area. That relationship has since grown into producing a full 2-day conference for them, launching in August.
What I did
Co-hosted and moderated two meetup/panel sessions on topics like the changing role of software engineering and building AI-native companies, working alongside the studio's team and partner Bay Area communities to program sessions people wanted to come back for.
That track record led directly to a bigger mandate: producing a 2-day conference for the studio, launching August 2026. Full case study coming once that event runs.
The numbers
2 meetup/panel sessions hosted so far, a few hundred attendees combined
Now producing a 2-day conference for the same client, launching August 2026
Why this one matters to me
This is what earning more scope actually looks like: start with a couple of sessions, prove the work is good, get handed the bigger thing. It's the throughline of how I like to work with clients, small trust first, then more.