The Curve

October 3-5, 2025 | Berkeley, CA

A conference where thinkers, builders, and leaders grapple with AI's biggest questions.

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Our purpose

"It felt like an event where history was happening." — Kevin Roose, New York Times

How can we achieve the best outcomes from advanced AI?

This touches on every aspect of technology and society. Which applications best contribute to human agency and flourishing, and how can we foster them? Which applications will be most disruptive, and what can we do about that? How might AI concentrate or distribute power? How rapidly will AI be adopted in different sectors, and what does that mean for unemployment, growth, and national security? When, if ever, should we expect superintelligence?

No single field has all the answers. No single group is positioned to steer toward the best outcomes. We are all proverbial blind men, attending to our part of the elephant. The Curve is a 2.5-day tour of this enormous creature – an opportunity to share knowledge, explore disagreements, build bridges, and make progress towards solutions.

The people

"Super high quality attendees. It did not feel like an awkward Thanksgiving, but a good faith meeting of the minds." — Nathan Labenz, Cognitive Revolution

The participants, selected by invitation only, are curated to represent a mixture of views, areas of expertise, and spheres of influence. Attendees will include:

Researchers, engineers, and executives at the leading AI labs
Policy researchers, advocates, and government officials
Startup founders and operators
Journalists and bloggers
Academics and independent researchers
Grantmakers and VCs

What will they all have in common? They expect AI to be a transformative technology, are working to shape its trajectory, are exceptional at what they do, and engage constructively.

The experience

"So many conferences are thoughtlessly designed or run. This was such a remarkable exception." — Misha Glouberman, Consultant

We design the event to prioritize small group and one-on-one conversations. You're encouraged to skip sessions during the day in favor of talking with your fellow attendees – supported by a thoughtfully designed roster to help you find people to connect with. The venue is set up around conversation nooks, and we’ll keep it open late into the night to accommodate those long, winding, fruitful discussions.

Sessions skew toward interactive workshops, debates, and fireside chats, which dive into topics you won’t find discussed elsewhere, and most talks segue into an office hour for deeper engagement with the speaker. We will also have a dedicated track of talks under Chatham House rules, giving speakers the opportunity to go beyond their public positions.