About

OpenStages builds the communities that grow AI companies.

OpenStages is a Bay Area community company that helps AI, Tech, and SaaS companies grow through curated events — salons, panels, and summits designed, curated, and run end to end.

rooms run end to end

5

rooms run end to end

people through the door

1,450+

people through the door

speakers on our stages

40

speakers on our stages

curated, application-only

100%

curated, application-only

• Sep 12, 2026Sunnyvale100 in the room

  AI Infra Signal — Build, Operate, and Monetize Intelligence

  A 100-person, application-only room for the people who build, operate, and monetize the AI stack — four featured sessions, six lightning talks, and a closing infrastructure panel.

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• Aug 26, 2026San Francisco116 in the room

  Scaling Beyond the Founder — GTM Series No. 2

  The second OpenStages GTM session — channels, budgets, and pricing power: a closed-door room of 116 on what decides whether an AI product scales past its first ten customers — the channels you pick, the budget you commit, and the price you charge. Cohosted with Numix.

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• Aug 6, 2026Redwood City106 in the room

  AI Tech Salon Night

  Ten AI-native companies, three minutes each, into a screened room of 106 researchers, founders, and investors. Cohosted with Inference.ai.

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• Jul 31, 2026San Francisco150 in the room

  Beyond Founder-Led Sales — GTM Series No. 1

  A closed-door GTM panel for 150 founders on stuck deals, channel math, and the jump past founder-led sales. Sponsored by Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP and GMI Cloud.

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• Apr 10–12, 2026San Francisco1000 in the room

  Soulscape 2026 — Global AI Film Summit

  Three days at KQED San Francisco — a thousand attendees, two hundred filmmakers, and thirty-nine films made in a 48-hour Cinema Lab.

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What is OpenStages?

OpenStages is a Bay Area community company that builds the rooms where AI, Tech, and SaaS companies meet the people who drive their growth. We design, curate, and run offline events — closed-door salons, GTM panels, founder dinners, demo nights, and multi-day summits — and we run them end to end rather than renting out a stage.

What does OpenStages do for companies?

OpenStages plans and hosts go-to-market events for companies that want pipeline, credibility, positioning, and talent from one room. That covers the event concept, the guest list and speaker curation, moderation and run-of-show on the night, and the recaps and content that keep working afterwards.

Who attends an OpenStages event?

OpenStages rooms are application-only and screened one guest at a time. Attendees are founders, frontier AI researchers, enterprise infrastructure leaders, GTM operators, and investors — curated against what the host company actually needs in the room rather than filled to a headcount.

Where does OpenStages run events?

OpenStages runs events across the San Francisco Bay Area — San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Redwood City, and the wider Peninsula. Past venues include KQED in San Francisco.

How is OpenStages different from a typical networking event?

OpenStages curates for fit instead of volume. Every person who signs up is checked against a list built from the host company's actual needs, the formats are closed-door so people can speak plainly, and the follow-up — recaps, speaker profiles, introductions — is treated as part of the product rather than an afterthought.

How can I speak at an OpenStages event?

OpenStages keeps a public roster of everyone who has taken the mic in our rooms, and an open call for speakers on new formats. Founders and operators can apply through the speaker call on the homepage, or browse open speaking opportunities on the OpenStages opportunities board.