Speakers
Co-hosted with Sequoia, it's an intimate dinner built around candid conversation and live demos from operators putting AI to work.
Speakers:
Anthropic: Member of the Technical Staff will be showcasing where AI is headed, how models are developing, and what the future will look like.
Anthropic: Member of their Private Equity Team will be sharing how PE firms and their portfolio companies are leveraging AI today.
George Robson (Partner @ Sequoia) will discuss how AI is reshaping his investment thesis.
Leading CFOs: Levi Martin (CFO, bartaco), Sid Banthiya (CFO, Enhanced Games) and Jared Garber (CFO, Just Salad) will showcase how their organizations use AI today.
Max Brenner (CEO @ WithCoverage) will showcase how they are applying AI to a traditional services business.
Here’s a quick evening agenda:
Cocktail hour: 630-7pm so everyone can mingle and meet
Dinner: 7pm in smaller curated tables for a more intimate conversation
Dinner Presentations: The speakers will each briefly present as appetizers are served.
Dinner Conversation: Everyone will enjoy the rest of dinner in their smaller curated tables.
Attendees: ~200 curated executives.
Space is limited. RSVP required.
6:30 PM - 7 PM
An opportunity for everyone to arrive. Meet and mingle with top executives across the industry.
7 PM - 9 PM
Enjoy intimate conversation at small curated tables. The meal will be provided by XYZ and paired with selected wines by City Winery.
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
The speakers will each briefly present as appetizers are served.
Anthropic
Technical Staff & Private Equity Team
Anthropic is the AI safety company behind Claude and other frontier language models. Joining us are two speakers from the team: a Member of Technical Staff focused on reinforcement learning, and a member of Anthropic's Private Equity team, who partners with businesses on how to best deploy AI.
George Robson
Partner @ Sequoia
George became a partner at Sequoia Capital at 25 - one of the youngest ever at the storied firm. He previously led early product at Revolut, and now backs founders at Pennylane, n8n, Trade Republic, and Anterior.
Max Brenner
Co-Founder & CEO @ WithCoverage
Max is the Co-founder & CEO of WithCoverage, a modern insurance and risk platform backed by Sequoia and Khosla Ventures ($42M+ raised). Previously he disrupted the financial advisory industry and built Compound into a $3B+ AUM digital family office platform.
Levi Martin
CFO @ bartaco
Levi is the Chief Financial Officer at bartaco, where he leads finance and support center operations. Prior to bartaco, he served in CFO and executive leadership roles across the restaurant and healthcare sectors, driving growth, business expansion, and M&A initiatives. Earlier in his career, Levi held leadership positions at The White House, where he helped lead a Presidential transition.
Sid Banthiya
CFO & Board Member @ Enhanced Games
Sid Banthiya is Chief Financial Officer at Enhanced Games. A veteran finance executive with more than two decades of experience across finance, strategy, and operations, Sid previously served as CFO and Chief Strategy Officer at Milk Bar and Head of Corporate Development at Blue Apron, where he led strategic partnerships and helped manage the company’s IPO.
Jared Garber
CFO @ Just Salad
Jared is Chief Financial Officer at Just Salad, where he leads the company’s financial strategy and growth initiatives. Prior to joining Just Salad, he was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs and lead equity research analyst covering the restaurant sector, with coverage across 18 publicly traded restaurant companies, including several high-growth QSR and fast-casual brands.
~150+ senior finance executives and investors all actively thinking about how to leverage AI in their businesses today
Brief, practical insights from founders currently deploying AI—focused on where they’re seeing real impact, what’s working, and where they’re investing
Attendees will receive the RSVP list ahead of the event and can indicate who they’d like to meet. Dinner tables are intentionally curated to facilitate relevant, peer-level conversations
Discussion centered on how AI is being applied across operationally complex, asset-heavy businesses—not abstract use cases or early-stage experimentation