Forums & working rooms
Curated, in-person sessions where leaders pressure-test live AI and technology decisions with peers who have relevant operating experience.
GILD NETWORK
The people layer behind better AI decisions.
GILD is a network of senior technology and product leaders. We curate the rooms, introductions, and firsthand context around the decision in front of you, instead of asking you to navigate a giant community on your own.
- Leaders
- 500+
- Leaders
- Companies represented
- 400+
- Companies represented
- Curated introductions
- 200+
- Curated introductions
- Active Forum markets
- 4
- Active Forum markets
WHO IS IN THE NETWORK
The value starts with who is in the room.
Senior operators responsible for consequential product, engineering, AI, data, platform, security, and technology decisions, across startups, growth companies, and large enterprises.
Technology leadership
CTOs, CIOs, CISOs, VPs and Heads of Engineering.
Product leadership
CPOs, VPs and Heads of Product, senior product operators.
AI, data & platform
Heads of AI, Data, ML, Platform, Infrastructure and transformation.
Technical founders
Founders and CEOs still directly responsible for product and technical execution.
Leaders in GILD rooms work at
HOW GILD ACTIVATES THE NETWORK
You should not have to browse 500 people to find the right three.
The Network becomes useful when GILD routes the right people and context toward a real operating question.
Curated connections
Tell GILD what you are trying to solve. We identify the few people worth meeting and facilitate a warm, double opt-in introduction.
Peer intelligence
Get practical context from leaders dealing with similar rollout, workflow, organizational, governance, and adoption questions.
Vendor intelligence
Reach operators who have evaluated, bought, implemented, or rejected a product before you commit budget or roadmap.
WHAT THE NETWORK IS NOT
Not a directory. Not a group chat.
GILD is intentionally concierge-supported. The goal is not maximum connection volume. It is to make the network useful at the moments when a relevant person, room, or piece of firsthand context can change a decision.
Not browsing
Tell us the problem. GILD helps find the right people.
Not cold outreach
Introductions are hand-selected and double opt-in.
Not follower count
Quality, relevance, and firsthand experience matter more than size.
Not prospecting
Private needs and participant data are not turned into hidden lead lists.
WHEN THE NETWORK BECOMES USEFUL
Bring the decision. We help find the lived experience.
Evaluating an AI vendor
Talk with peers who have already tested, bought, implemented, or walked away from the category.
Rolling AI into real workflows
Find operators working through adoption, measurement, governance, quality, and organizational friction.
Changing the team
Compare how other leaders are structuring roles, ownership, hiring, and AI-native ways of working.
Build, buy, or wait
Pressure-test the tradeoffs with people whose budgets and roadmaps have already forced the same choice.
CURATED CONNECTIONS
Introductions worth taking.
The connection layer is intentionally simple.
- Share the goal
Tell us what you are solving.
A concise intake captures the decision, challenge, person, company, or category where outside context could help.
- GILD curates
We narrow the network.
We look across relevant participants and relationships to identify the few people genuinely worth meeting.
- Double opt-in
The introduction lands.
When both sides agree, GILD makes a warm, personal introduction. Direct, relevant, and never a cold blast.
NETWORK + MEMBERSHIP
One network. Two levels of relationship.
The GILD Network
Be part of the broader community.
Register free to join the Network. Request Forum seats, introductions, and other GILD experiences that fit your work.
- Free to join
- Forum seat requests
- Relevant introductions and opportunities
GILD Membership
Make the Network an ongoing resource.
Membership creates an active 12-month relationship with earlier Forum RSVP access, recurring eligibility across active markets, and Member services such as Network Activation.
- Ongoing Forum eligibility
- Earlier RSVP access
- Network Activation support
TRUST IS INFRASTRUCTURE
The Network only works if people can use it without becoming inventory.
Consent-based introductions
Useful connections happen with agreement on both sides.
No participant-data harvesting
Private network information is not sold or broadly distributed.
No paid recommendations
Commercial support does not buy preferred vendor status.
Private room boundaries
Candid conversations are protected by clear conduct and recording rules.
FAQ
About the GILD Network
Is the GILD Network an online community?
No. GILD may use digital channels to communicate, but the Network is fundamentally a curated relationship layer. Its value comes from the people, the rooms, the introductions, and the firsthand context GILD can route around a real decision.
Who can join?
GILD is built for senior product, engineering, AI, data, platform, security, and technology leaders, plus technical founders and other operators with meaningful responsibility and firsthand experience.
Do Network participants automatically get access to every Forum?
No. Network participants may receive invitations to selected Forums based on topic, market, role, experience, and room fit. Membership provides an ongoing relationship and broader recurring eligibility.
Can GILD help me find someone who has dealt with a specific problem?
Yes. Curated Connections and Member Network Activation are designed around exactly that use case: finding relevant firsthand experience inside the network and facilitating a useful connection when a strong match exists.
Is the Network used for sponsor lead generation?
No. GILD does not turn private participant needs or contact information into hidden lead lists. Partnership and network participation remain separate.
JOIN THE NETWORK
When the decision matters, know who to call.
Register free and tell us your role. We point you to the rooms, people, and context where the network can help.