Jeffersonian Dinner: The Future of Human Centered Tech
An Intimate Dinner for the Investors Shaping the Future of AI
On May 13, 2026, during Human+Tech Week in San Francisco, a select group of investors and capital allocators will gather for an invitation only Jeffersonian Dinner on the future of human-centered artificial intelligence.
This is a structured, off-the-record conversation among the people deciding how AI will be funded, governed, and deployed.
The Investment Thesis Behind This Dinner
As AI accelerates beyond model performance into real-world deployment, the binding constraint on durable value creation is no longer algorithms, it is intention. The capital decisions made in the next 24 months will determine whether AI strengthens human sovereignty and shared prosperity or concentrates power further. This dinner exists to ensure the investors in the room are thinking clearly about that distinction, together.
What’s Included
• A curated, off-the-record dinner with senior AI investors and capital allocators
• A special invitation to the Human+Tech Week VIP Pre-Grand Opening
• A 20% discount code for the Human+Tech Week Conference (May 11–15, 2026)
• Direct introductions to co-hosts and fellow participants
Apply for Your Seat or Become a Sponsor
Participation is intentionally limited to preserve the quality and intimacy of the conversation. Every application is reviewed by the hosts. If you are a senior investor or capital allocator focused on AI, we encourage you to apply below.
Sponsor and Elite Donor packages available upon request. Contact the host for details.
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Your Hosts: A Cross-Disciplinary Coalition
This dinner is convened by a cross-disciplinary group of investors, technologists, social scientists, philanthropists and institution builders whose collective experience spans Goldman Sachs, Google, Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, Berkeley, INSEAD, NASA, XPRIZE, AWS, Dentsu, Paramount, the BBC, US Women’s National Soccer Team, and the Esalen Institute.
Your dinner co-hosts include:
Angel Gambino: Five-time entrepreneur. $2B+ in exits. WIRED Top 100 innovator. BRITS and BAFTA award-winning sports, media, and entertainment executive. Investment banking advisor. Angel investor, Angel Capital Association Angel Investing Summit 2026 and European Business Angel Network Annual Congress 2026 keynote speaker. Founder of the Angel Club, a global syndicate of founders and investors deploying capital with purpose.
Benjamin Tauber: Former CEO of the Esalen Institute. Host of the Becoming Superhuman Podcast. Executive coach to top growth-stage technology CEOs. Bridging contemplative wisdom with frontier technology.
Joseph S. Spence II: Chairman & CIO of NativelyAI (200,000+ developers, 120+ countries) and Champion24x7 family office, partnering with sovereign funds on AI infrastructure. Previously Goldman Sachs, AllianceBernstein (Global Head of Risk, $60B alternatives), NASA Goddard, and S&P. Featured in Adam Grant's Hidden Potential. Trained in Zen, Japanese swordsmanship, and Sāṃkhya-Yoga — integrating philosophical tradition with AI as a lever for human abundance.
Mika Onishi: Co-Founder & Chair of The Positive Technology Institute and architect of its innovation framework. GP at PORTAL Venture Partners, investing in the AI Trust & Sovereignty infrastructure required to make AI actually work for humans. Previously Square, Sony, Dentsu, Guthy-Renker incubator, and Who What Wear (Founding President & Publisher, acq.). Early contributor to ISO DRM, MPEG-21, and blockchain standards, helping define data sovereignty before it was mainstream. Teacher at House of Remembering, guiding awakened leaders to embody deeper wisdom in their leadership and everyday life.
Additional co-hosts include the Leaders & Advisors of the The Positive Technology Institute: Dr. Karina Alexanyan, Jason Bateman, Peter Loukianoff, and Dr. Tom Kehler. The Institute's The Positive Technology Pledge serves as a “Hippocratic Oath” for technology funders, researchers, and builders, committing signatories to innovations that strengthen human sovereignty, well-being and shared prosperity.
The Jeffersonian Format
The Jeffersonian Dinner format ensures that every participant contributes to and benefits from a single, structured conversation—no side discussions, no presentations, no selling. This format is specifically chosen for senior investors who value depth, candor, and genuine peer exchange over transactional networking. All discussion is held under Chatham House Rule.
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