The Foundation for American Innovation and the Stanford Cyber Policy Center are hosting an invitation-only symposium dedicated to exploring the changing landscape of social media and the emerging role of middleware.

The symposium’s goal is to convene experts in technology, policy, and academia to discuss ways to craft a pragmatic approach to shaping the future of social media as it increasingly reshapes human discourse, blending innovation with ethical considerations and societal impact. The culmination of this symposium will be a comprehensive white paper, offering insights and recommendations for builders, investors, and policymakers.

If you are interested in attending, please contact Director of Outreach Luke Hogg at 

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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