founder coworking + pizza night (ft. first OpenAI UK hire)
This event is FREE for members. Apply for a membership here :)
this day is brought to you with ❤️ in partnership with
The Generalist Company - a talent matching platform that helps ambitious founders hire when they don’t have time to search.
&
Lightfern - the telepathic AI writing tool. Finish thoughts before fingers hit keys. Now available on Gmail.
Don’t Build Alone
Find your people at our founder’s coworking day:
plug in with us and get shit done, connect with fellow builders
plug out together over pizza & drinks, and games
Theme: Fundraising
Fundraising - for founders who need to raise, sharpen their pitch, or access investors. Everything ladders up to one outcome: close the round.
THE AGENDA
PLUG IN — 10am → 6:30pm
[All day] Deep work alongside fellow founders: drop in and out as it suits you
[14:00] Managing Teams at the Bleeding Edge
In this conversation, we’ll explore what it takes to lead teams building frontier technology.
Before founding Lightfern, Doug spent years operating at the cutting edge - managing engineering teams at Facebook and later joining OpenAI as its first UK hire, where he led engineering for human data systems.
We’ll dive into:
Lessons from Facebook: managing teams shipping across virtual reality—and why product obsession still matters (and is hard to vibe-code)
Inside OpenAI: why engineers can be fantastic AI researchers
Leading in the unknown: how leaders navigate uncertainty when building tech that doesn't have a playbook
What great teams and cofounders have in common
[16:30] Content Roast: bring your pitch deck, landing page, cold email, or whatever you're working on. We'll tear it down and build it back better.
PLUG OUT — 6:30pm →
Close your laptop. Set Slack to snooze.
[18:30] Pizza + Chill - break bread with your new founder friends.
Facilities
Our space is fully equipped with meeting rooms, phone booths & super-fast wifi 😊
What is Plugged?
Come to co-working days, workshops, dinners, and events designed to help you find your people, crack GTM, and close your round — all with founders who actually get it.
more about our partners
The Generalist Company
the talent matching platform for high-growth founders with small teams and big dreams.
they help founders hire high-agency operators with builder mindsets — the ones who move fast, think for themselves, and should probably be founders someday too.
learn more → https://www.generalist.company/
Oneder
Oneder has given us a space at Shoreditch Exchange to build a vibey clubhouse for all-in founders ✨
we’re hosting open houses like this so you can help us shape it — and get a taste of the ✨ vibe ✨.