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for vertical AI.
Six verticals. Invitation-only rooms, original intelligence, and conversations with the people building and deploying AI.
13 convenings · 6 verticals · 475+ companies represented
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One network. Four compounding layers.
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Invitation-only rooms, membership, and Executive Circles for trusted AI operators.
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AI Insiders Signal, Venture Signals, and conversations that carry the strongest ideas beyond the room.
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Vertical reports, market maps, Room Notes, and executive signals from the network.
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How the network works
Stage. Table. Signal.
Stage
Ideas enter the network.
Table
Trust gets built privately.
Signal
The strongest insights travel beyond the room.
Every person in the room has been personally vetted. Quality over quantity, always. Introductions that lead to real work, not business cards.
Speakers & Alumni
Who has spoken in our rooms
Operators, investors, and researchers who have taken the stage across our thirteen events.
Leadership
Vertical leads who curate each room
Each vertical is led by practitioners who decide what gets discussed and who gets in.
Six Domains. One Standard.
Where do you build?
Six domain-specific verticals, each led by experts who curate membership and protect the standard.
Healthcare & Biotech
Medical AI, drug discovery, diagnostics, and biotech innovation.
Cybersecurity
Threat detection, security AI, privacy infrastructure, and defense.
Fintech & Payments
Trading AI, fraud detection, banking automation, and financial infrastructure.
Media & Content
Generative media, creator tools, entertainment, and content platforms.
Government & Policy
Public sector AI, regulation, compliance, and civic technology.
Robotics & Automation
Embodied AI, manufacturing, logistics, and autonomous systems.
Track Record
13 Events. One Standard.
AI Insiders: Venture Signals
July 2026 · San Francisco
Invite-only · Investors & operators
View event →AI Insiders: Cybersecurity
June 2026 · Chorus Theater, San Francisco
Paul Calatayud, Caleb Sima, David Hahn, Brooke Motta, Daniel Miessler, Julie Tsai, Bhavya Gupta, Sharat Ganesh
View event →The Mythos Moment: A Private CISO Roundtable
May 2026 · San Francisco
Julie Tsai, Klaudia Kloc, Dawid Moczadło · Invite-only
View event →AI Insiders: Fintech & Payments
May 2026 · Visa, San Francisco
Cuy Sheffield, Luba Goldberg, David Hefter, Sasha Orloff, Dasha Shunina, Sandeep Patil
View event →Inside the Room
Moments from AI Insiders
AI Insiders: Fintech & Payments · Visa Mission Rock · May 2026
Sasha Orloff
Co-founder and CEO, Puzzle
Merve Isler
Founder, AI Insiders
AI Insiders: Fintech & Payments · Visa Mission Rock · May 2026
AI Insiders: Fintech & Payments · Visa Mission Rock · May 2026
AI Insiders x Swissnex: Robotics & Automation · Swissnex San Francisco · October 2025
AWS Builder Loft
Real Outcomes
In their words.
"The June 2025 event was one of the best, most beneficial events that I have been to in a very long time. Looking forward to being a member, attending more events, and hopefully providing value to the community."
Barry N. Perkins
Founder, Chairman & CEO of Tesseract Group
""Instead of attending the next cyber conference, we should all be going to the next AI conference." YES. AI Insiders is exactly what our industry needs right now. Can't wait for the next one!"
David Haber
Founder & CEO of Lakera
"It was amazing to see hundreds of people showing up on Friday night to engage in AI innovation discussions. There is no better place to be in tech than San Francisco right now."
Chenxi Wang
Managing General Partner of Rain Capital
From the Founder
The room is the product.
Merve Isler is the Founder and CEO of Marvelous and the creator of AI Insiders. She has delivered 300+ keynotes at Stanford, UC Berkeley, and worldwide stages, and her work has been featured in Reuters, Yahoo Finance, and the San Francisco Post.
Her conviction: the most powerful companies of the future will be community-native. AI Insiders is where that belief becomes a room, one vertical at a time.
From the Founder
The room is the product.
Merve Isler is the Founder and CEO of Marvelous and the creator of AI Insiders, a verticalized ecosystem where AI founders, investors, researchers, and enterprise leaders convene. Her signature is building rooms that people reorganize their week to be in.
With 300+ keynotes at Stanford, UC Berkeley, and worldwide stages, and her work featured in Reuters, Yahoo Finance, and the San Francisco Post, she brings one conviction to every room she builds: the most powerful companies of the future will be community-native.
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