How To Go Viral – with Louis Gleeson (@chatgptricks), Leanne Melody, Gabe Padilla & Lance Toledo | AI & Social Media In 2026
CULVER CITY, LOS ANGELES
Join us for an intimate evening with Sentient co-founder Louis Gleeson (Over 25M followers across social media) and Leanne Melody (award winning social media strategist) for a relaxed meet-and-greet, open conversation, and Q&A with a small group of people from the community.
This is a rare chance to pull back the curtain on what’s actually working in AI content, creator tools, and the future of social media. No fluff, no slides, just honest conversation.
We’ll be covering:
AI avatars and faceless content creation
How Leanne generates 1M+ monthly impressions using AI-generated content without ever filming herself
Building Sentient and scaling a 25M+ follower distribution network
AI workflows and tools the team uses daily
The future of AI and social media
AI agents: what’s overhyped vs. what’s actually moving the needle
Opportunities most people are still massively underestimating
Physical AI and wearables
There’ll be plenty of time for networking, questions, and hanging out with others who are excited about AI, startups, media, and tech.
Spots are very limited.
Early bird tickets: Free, then $10, so grab yours now before they’re gone.
YOUR SPEAKERS:
Louis Gleeson is the co-founder of Sentient, an AI-focused media and distribution company helping startups, creators, and brands grow through social media, content, and online attention.
Through Sentients network of owned and pages, Louis has built a distribution ecosystem reaching over 25 million followers across platforms including Instagram, X, LinkedIn, TikTok, and YouTube, collectively generating nearly 1 billion monthly impressions.
His work focuses on the intersection of AI, media, branding, and internet culture, with a particular focus on how AI is reshaping content creation, audience growth, and online leverage.
https://www.instagram.com/ohitsjustlance/
Leanne Melody is an AI and personal brand strategist & global speaker who has generated 100M+ views for clients and built content systems for Grammy-winning artists and 7-figure CEOs. She helps founders turn their expertise into a magnetic personal brand that gets them seen, known, and paid.
http://instagram.com/leannemelody_
https://bit.ly/personalbrand-leanne
Lance Toledo turns Youtube & Tiktok Creators into revenue machines. Lance is on the Founding Team Poppy AI, the world's first multiplayer AI whiteboard for creators and founders. Drag and drop YouTube videos, TikToks, PDFs, and voice notes onto a visual canvas where your team creates together in real time. Built for the people shipping viral content and building in public every week
https://www.instagram.com/ohitsjustlance/
Gabe Padilla is a creator turned tech founder with over 10 years experience in social media growth and monetization. Before founding Ellipsend, his agency helped personal brands and creators generate over $30m in revenue purely from organic content. Now his company helps companies, personal brands, and creators turn attention into revenue on social media and track revenue from each post.