orbit, continued

a dinner series by the collective.

san francisco, january to june 2027.

about the collective

the collective brings together exceptional founders, engineers, and operators across nyc, sf, and la. through intimate dinners and thoughtfully curated gatherings, we connect people we think should know each other.

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the idea

a continuation of our orbit dinner series, bringing together 10 to 15 founders, AI researchers, and engineers from frontier labs and emerging startups.

each dinner is invite only, with a carefully curated table and room for real conversation about what people are building, researching, and thinking about next.

previously, orbit dinners

a few tables we've brought together in new york and san francisco.

dinner table, september 2026
september 2026

ansh matta (ramp), ari singer (amazon), evan steinberg (oleum), kanav arora (chipagents), kaz nakamura (miraka), kevin jeon (snowfish), mihir penugonda (pocket), mika shimmura (hermès), zach moskow (concentrate)

dinner table, september 2026
september 2026

tumas rackaitis (rogo), nik shevchenko (omi ai), scott becker (citadel), evan steinberg (oleum), orion archer cohen (riven systems), kyle lin (wellington), oakley dehning (realzono)

dinner table, may 2026
may 2026

gautam kedia (starfolk), bryan wei zhi tan (radical health), eric hu (arkhive), nicholas chua (ghost), kshitij teotia (citadel), eric lay (virio), neel somani, won park (openai)

dinner table, april 2026
april 2026

anaiy somalwar (close), maxx yung (engram), peter cetale (sourcerer), sonny mo (the care company), ruhan ponnada (salesgraph), kedaar rentachintala (tradeform), joon kim, won park (openai), shrinandan narayanan (cognition), kelly zeng (solace), faisal sayed (medra), alexis yip, sarah mou (solace)

dinner table, march 2026
march 2026

skyler chan (gru space), anish karthik (spot), bar ittah, everett lee (monarcha), james spokes (monarcha), león garcia (susa ventures), nikhil srivastava (triage), phillip li (arga labs), rifa gowani (zima labs), ryan xie, sam buchanan (reflection), zarif azher (nexa labs)

dinner table, february 2026
february 2026

jatin gupta (fleet ai), geoffrey jing (judgment labs), arnaud denis-remillard (reflex), lucas miranda (reflex), kai marshland (windborne systems), won park (openai), nolan rossi (foreman), alex pokras (genproof), rishi madhok (terrabyte ai), anthony tafoya (openai), dakshay mehta (pantheon ai)

contact

emily han
sf lead, the collective
emilyhan0212@gmail.com
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