About Us
Where the people shaping AI
actually get to know each other
The AI Dinner Club is a members' community built around curated, intimate dinners in London — great food, deep conversation, and zero small talk.
Our Story
The best conversations about AI were never happening on stage. They were happening afterwards — over dinner, off the record, between people who were genuinely building the field. So in 2019 we started hosting those dinners on purpose. Our very first table sat a NASA rocket scientist next to a poet — a good sign of the kind of room we were after.
What began as a handful of friends around one table has grown into a community of researchers, founders, operators, and investors who keep coming back. We host the London AI Dinner on the last Tuesday of every month, keep each table small enough for one real conversation, and open every evening with a short talk from someone with something worth saying.
The dinners are the heart of it, but they're not the whole of it. Members stay connected between events through a weekly online Growth Session, a member directory, and the kind of introductions that only happen once you've actually broken bread together.
What We're About
The Right Room
Every seat is curated. We bring together AI researchers, founders, operators, and investors — people building and backing what comes next — so the person beside you is worth the evening on their own.
Zero Small Talk
No name-badge networking, no pitch decks. Just honest, high-signal conversation over dinner, guided by a short talk from someone with something real to say.
Food Worth Turning Up For
Intimate settings and genuinely great food. The evening is designed to feel like a dinner with sharp friends — not a conference with a buffet.
A Community, Not a Mailing List
Between dinners the room stays in one place: a 177-member WhatsApp community where every single person has sat at a dinner, a weekly online Growth Session, and a member directory. Members also unlock The Vault — a growing archive of talks and recordings from past dinners — plus the kind of introductions that outlast any single night.
Community profile · June 2026
A snapshot of the room
Around 42 guests joined the June dinner — Practical AI to Autonomous Scale — across six tables. This aggregate profile covers the 33 who consented to be profiled; it's anonymised from member data held with consent, and no individual details are shared.
Who was there
Sectors at the table
A room of decision-makers. 25 of the 28 profiled guests lead a company they founded or own; the rest hold C-suite or senior advisory roles.
Many hats
Around the table
Most guests count in several rows.
On the menu
Conversations at the table
From pilots to autonomous operations
Turning AI from experiments into dependable, measured production workflows.
Governance, evals & trust
Guardrails, monitoring and accountability as autonomy increases.
Go-to-market & growth systems
Applying AI to acquisition, positioning and revenue operations.
Leadership under pressure
How incentives, habits and decisions change when AI enters core workflows.
Scaling & deal experience
Founder experience of scaling, exits, acquisitions and investment decisions.
A Glimpse Inside
April 2026 AI Dinner - From C-Level to AI Solo: What Changes When Your Team Becomes 30 Agents
Come to a Dinner
A seat at the table is the fastest way to understand what we do. Browse the upcoming dinners, or become a member to join the community year-round.
The AI Dinner Club is operated by Digital Entrepreneur Ltd · United Kingdom · duncan@digital-entrepreneur.com