 for a networking reception at Boqueria welcoming our second cohort of 

 tech fellows. Since last year’s program was fully virtual, we’re making up for lost time. Join us for drinks and snacks, and help us convince our visiting technologists that DC does real work too.

Policy Hackers is a non-resident fellowship program bringing together 10 tech professionals from around the country. Fellows remain in their current roles while engaging with policy experts, lobbyists, academics, and government officials throughout a year-long program. The program is aimed at helping the next generation of tech leaders build the skills to navigate and engage effectively in the policy arena, while developing a principled framework for thinking about the regulation of emerging technologies. Learn more about the program at 

A program to help bridge Silicon Valley and DC

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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