Alexei Bulazel (fmr. National Security Council, FAI Senior Advisor) and Jon Askonas, Ph.D. (Catholic University of America professor, FAI Senior Fellow) will lead an invite-only conversation among builders, investors, philanthropists, and experts to review learnings in cyber and defense innovation policy over the last four years and set out a vision for the next administration.

Our Chatham-House Rule salon dinners offer a chance for frank discussion for a select group of technologists, policymakers, experts, and builders. FAI hosts several salon dinners each year.

This event is by invitation only. If you would like to be considered for a future salon, feel free to contact events@thefai.org with information about your topics of interest and the relevant expertise you may bring to a future discussion.

Please join us at the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco, California as we host our 10th anniversary gala and annual conference, "Reboot: The New Reality."

Enjoy an evening of fun before the conference with a sumptuous plated dinner, themed cocktails, and fabulous dessert stations with friends of the foundation. Our 10-year anniversary gala is a celebration of the people and organizations that have helped us build tech and promote freedom.

Across media, politics, education, and global affairs, new technologies and players are laying waste to incumbents and making possible new enterprises and ways of building. Political pressure and popular opinion are moving from stagnation to revolution, from doom loop to boom loop.

This isn’t incremental improvement. It's reality transformation.

How will new media enterprises reshape political coalitions? Will defense startups unseat bloated legacy contractors? Can we bulldoze the obstacles to a brighter future? To achieve that future, America will need Silicon Valley, and Silicon Valley will need its window into Washington.

For 10 years, the Foundation for American Innovation has been a conduit between Silicon Valley builders and Washington policymakers, and we're just getting started.

Reboot: The New Reality is a full-day conference where we will hear from a variety of policy entrepreneurs, tech founders,

Please note: Tickets to each event may be purchased separately or as a bundle.

​Wednesday, September 4: 10th Anniversary Gala


Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture, Gallery 308

5:00 pm // Guest & VIP Cocktail Reception
6:30 pm // Gala Dinner
8:00 pm // Dessert Reception

​Thursday, September 5: New Reality Conference


Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture, Cowell Theater

9:00 am // Breakfast & Registration
9:30 am // Opening Keynote & Morning Sessions
12:00 pm // Lunch
1:00 pm // Afternoon Sessions
3:15 pm // Break
3:30 pm // Last Session & Closing Keynote
5:00 pm // Closing Reception

Join FAI as we celebrate 10 years of bridging the gap between DC and Silicon Valley with a Gala celebration and full-day Conference.

Should we accelerate into the AI future or proceed with caution? Do we even have a choice?

From deep-tech disruptors to policymaking under time pressure, a battle over the fate of human civilization is now being waged on multiple fronts: Closed vs. Open, Hardware vs. Software, Safety vs. Ethics: in sum, Order vs. Chaos.

Join 

 in San Francisco on May 2 for an update from the trenches, featuring special guests 

. We’ll discuss their visions for the future, the tradeoffs between centralized and decentralized AI, and the incentives facing founders, technologists, and government regulators.

This event will be recorded and released as an episode of FAI's podcast, 

It is invite-only - please reach out to max@thefai.org if you are interested in attending. Location shared upon RSVP. 

6:00 p.m. // Check-in
6:30 p.m. // Discussion begins
7:15 p.m. // Q&A
7:30 p.m. // Reception 

Join FAI and 8VC for a conversation about AI, acceleration, and the policy implications to follow. 

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Salon Dinner: Defense Innovation and the 2024 National Agenda.

Salon Dinner: Defense Innovation and the 2024 National Agenda.

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