MEETUP · SAN FRANCISCO
The AI Search Operators Dinner
Search used to mean ten blue links and a rank tracker. Now buyers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI Mode, and get one answer with a few citations.
- When
- Wed, Nov 18
6:30 PM to 9:30 PM PT - Where
- San Francisco
- Host
- The Marketing Collective
- Entry
- Free to attend
About this event
Search used to mean ten blue links and a rank tracker. Now buyers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI Mode, and get one answer with a few citations. If you own search at a fast-growing startup, your job is now to be in that answer.
Most people doing this work are figuring it out alone, without benchmarks or peers to compare notes with. This dinner is that peer group: a small table of people leading AI search at top San Francisco startups, for one long, off-the-record evening.
The format
- 14 seats at one table, in a private room - No vendor pitches, no slides, no panel - Chatham House Rule: share real numbers and real failures, nothing leaves the room with a name on it What we'll talk about
- What actually moves citations: docs, community threads, comparison pages, earned media or structured data. What have you tested, and what turned out to be noise? - Measurement: how are you tracking AI visibility and tying it to signups or pipeline when referral data is thin? - Team and budget: who owns AI search inside your company, and how did you get headcount for it? Who it's for
Heads of SEO, AEO, AI search, growth and content at Series A to late-stage startups in San Francisco, plus a few founders and operators who have built AI search programs. One seat per company, so every voice at the table brings a different playbook.
Evening
6:30 PM · Arrivals and drinks 7:00...
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