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The outdoors feels like a garden. But actually, it is a building site.

Builders of different species, all here. Founders, bankers, scientists, doctors, researchers, VCs and professors cross paths, off the record, before there is a deal to talk about. Our Orbit comes to these. The advisors and investors you’d wait a month to meet are often by the fire.

The fire at dusk, a palm against the sky
It looked like a garden party.It was a hiring round.
A small circle talking around the fire
around the fire
The fire, late
the flame, late
Guests standing around the fire at nightfall
nightfall
The pool, a palm and two loungers in the afternoon
Beta Sundays, by the pool
Next up · NAR Nights

Living in beta

Saturday, October 10 · from 4pm · fire lit at sunset

Most founders tell the finished version. Around this fire we tell the one in progress, off the record: the decision that was a guess, the month the money ran short, what couch you were living on at the time.

  • The first night of the series
  • A small circle, by approval
  • 60 seats, on Persian rugs, under the redwoods
  • Outdoors: comfy clothes and a layer
  • No pitching, by design
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People around the fire

Hans Paul Pizzinini Founder of SpeedLegal, a legal AI company that came through Berkeley SkyDeck, TechCrunch Disrupt and Slush 100. He writes the weekly newsletter “from 0 to 1”.

Tarun Odedra Founder of Desk One, backed by a16z speedrun.

The schedule.

Small tables, real questions. Seats are by invitation.

Monthly · Sunday afternoonOpen house

Beta Sundays

Open house by the pool. Meet everyone living in beta, once a month.

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Monthly · a Saturday, at sunset60 seats

NAR Nights

Our monthly fireside series: a Saturday night by the fire, on Persian rugs. The theme is always living in beta.

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Table, in ArabicEight seats

Tawla

Eight seats. No board. One table and one topic for the whole dinner. A chef cooks; the guest list stays private.

By invitation
On the deckResidents and the Orbit

DAR Hours

Office hours, without the office. An hour on your problem with an advisor who has had it. Free, on the deck, for residents and the Orbit.

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Partners

Who we run with.

  • Llama Lounge
  • AIIFY
  • Thursday Gatherings

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Tell us before you come and we will do what we can. Use the last box of the form.

Access and comfort
Step-free access, a chair by the fire, a quiet corner.
Food
Allergies or dietary needs for Tawla and Beta Sundays.
Something else
Bringing a guest, arriving late, or hosting a night of your own here. Ask.
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