An invitation-only lunch

Tech for Impact:
Silicon Valley

The energy behind AI.

Family offices, private investors, founders and industry leaders around the same table. A lunch on the power, hardware and materials behind AI, and the capital needed to build them.

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Guests in conversation at Tech for Climate in Munich, September 2026
Tech for Climate, Munich, 24 September 2026. Photo: Julian Kühne.
Date
Time
11am-2pm PST Local California time
Location
Silicon Valley Venue to be announced →

The conversation

What does AI need
to run cleaner?

The answer involves the people financing infrastructure, the founders building it and the companies that put it to work.

We start with small, chaired roundtables, then continue over lunch and a fireside chat. Bring a question from your work and hear how others are approaching it.

Part of the Tech for Impact series, following gatherings in Tokyo and Munich.

Who the lunch is for

Investors
Family offices, private investors, fund-of-funds and corporate investors.
Founders
Teams building power, cooling, chips and materials for AI.
Industry leaders
People operating energy, data-centre and semiconductor businesses.

Participation is by invitation. Seat requests are reviewed individually.

Discussion themes

One question per table.

Proposed themes. Tables and chairs will be confirmed before the event.

Power and the grid

What will it take to connect AI infrastructure to clean power?

Grid access, new generation and who carries the development risk.

Cooling and chips

Where can better hardware cut energy use?

Cooling, compute efficiency and the path from a working technology to deployment.

Materials and capital

Who finances a cleaner, more resilient supply chain?

Critical materials, industrial capacity and the capital needed to build them.

Roundtables follow the Chatham House Rule: you may use what you learn, without revealing any participant's identity or affiliation.

The day

Coffee, conversation,
then lunch.

Wednesday, 18 November 2026
All times are PST (California).

  1. 11:00

    Doors and coffee

    Meet the people joining your table.

  2. 11:30

    Roundtables

    One question per table, with a peer chairing the discussion.

  3. 12:30

    Lunch and fireside chat

    Continue the conversation over lunch. Speakers will be announced once confirmed.

  4. 14:00

    Close

    Time to return to the day, or keep talking.

San Francisco Bay Area

Meeting in Silicon Valley.

Venue to be announced

Our venue search is focused on Menlo Park and Palo Alto. The final address will be shared with confirmed guests.

18 November 2026 · Silicon Valley

Join the conversation.

Tell us about your work and the discussion you'd like to be part of. We'll email you if your request is approved.

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