Silicon Valley comes to Cambridge

​Most people talk about Silicon Valley. Very few can tell you what it actually feels like to be inside it — the pace, the conversations, the way people think about risk, ambition, and what a real company looks like.

​This is an evening dedicated to exactly that. An honest conversation about how that ecosystem works, how decisions get made, and why it produces the companies it does. No slides, no keynotes — just the things that are hard to understand until someone who's been there tells you.

​Speakers

• ​Ashwin Iyer - Founder at INSTINCT (YC W25)

• ​John Cirenza - 17th employee at Applied Intuition (now valued at $15B)

• ​Simon Huang - Serial Entrepreneur with Exit Experience & YC S16 Founder

• ​Stephen Irvine - Early PM at Uber (joined 2014)

• ​Victor Neumann - Strategy at Corgi (YC S24)

​Why come

• ​Get a real feel for what Silicon Valley culture, pace, and ambition actually looks like day to day

• ​Understand how decisions get made and how teams move fast enough to turn ideas into companies

• ​Get practical lessons on fundraising, GTM, hiring, and founder mindset

• ​Ask honest questions in a room small enough for real answers

​Format
Living-room style. Sofas and chairs, no stage, no slides. Moderated conversation, open Q&A, informal hangout after.

​Location: King's College, Cambridge

​Host

• ​BridgeFellows — One-week program taking the most ambitious founders from Cambridge to Silicon Valley. First cohort: Summer 2026.

​If you want to understand Silicon Valley beyond the headlines, be in the room.