Save The Per Diem - Drinks and Conversation Before the Summit

​An evening above the city with a small, curated group of senior data and AI leaders. Cocktails, skyline, and the kind of conversation that doesn't happen in a conference hallway.

​We're gathering at the Starlite, the legendary lounge on the 21st floor of the Beacon Grand in Union Square. Pouring drinks since 1928 and recently refreshed, it's all velvet, vinyl, and 360-degree views of San Francisco.

​The evening flows however you want it:

• ​Great cocktails and bites, with room to work the crowd or claim a quiet corner and watch the fog roll in.

• ​No agenda and no programming. Just enough of a crowd to make the room hum and enough space to actually talk to someone.

• ​The kind of conversation that only happens a few drinks in, with people you didn't know that morning.

​The list is small on purpose: CDOs, VPs of Data, and heads of AI platforms from F500 companies and the labs shipping the work the rest of us read about. No panels, no name badges.

​Invite-only.