Enterprise AI leaders, solving the same problems — together.
Join 50–100 enterprise AI leaders in monthly, closed-door sessions you can't find anywhere else. An invited leader talk and candid Q&A under Chatham House rules, then hands-on unconference breakouts on the problems you bring.
- Fellow technology leaders
- Real case studies
- A peer circle that actually helps
This term is pro-rated — 3 sessions, July → September 2026. It starts July 15.
Every AI leader is solving the same problems — in isolation.
The AI landscape is moving at breakneck pace, but the chances to compare notes are rare — so leaders spend months solving the same challenges alone, reinventing what a peer may have already figured out.
- How do we elevate developer productivity with AI — and how do we actually measure it?
- As leaders and non-developers vibe-code apps into production, who will manage them?
- AI-assisted coding is reshaping development team structures — which ones deliver more value, faster?
Someone in your peer group is figuring out parts of the answer right now.
Two hours, once a month
Invited leader talk + candid Q&A
A 20-minute experience report from a technology leader, then 40 minutes of off-the-record Q&A under Chatham House rules. Candid stories, nothing recorded.
Unconference breakouts
Self-organize with fellow travelers on the real problems attendees pitched in advance — worked alongside peers who may have already solved them.
Bring the problems keeping you up at night
- Before
Submit your hardest problems. We publish them so you come prepared.
- During
Join the group tackling what matters most to you and work it with peers facing the same challenge.
- After
Groups document what they discover and present findings back to the community.
For the past ten years, ETLS Forum cohorts have used this exact model to produce position papers, guidance documents, experiments, videos, and case studies (browse them here). The Monthly AI Forum scales it — monthly. Maybe you'll build the next one.
Upcoming sessions
Dustin Warner
Director of Software Engineering, NRC Health
Jess Szmajda
VP, One Pipeline, Capital One
Michael Winslow
Vice President of Engineering, Platform & SRE, Thrive Market
Built for ETLS leaders — and their rising stars.
Designed for the technology leaders who attended the Enterprise Tech Leadership Summit in 2024 or 2025 — and the rising stars you want to bring along. It's for leaders who want to build a trusted network of fellow travelers, contribute back to it, and apply what they learn in their own context.
This isn't passive content consumption.
A membership, not a webinar
- Three live monthly sessions (July → September 2026, pro-rated)
- A 20-minute invited leader talk + 40-minute candid Q&A under Chatham House rules
- Hands-on unconference breakouts on the problems you pitch in advance
- Member-only analyst summaries and a growing artifact library
- Gene Kim–authored session summaries to bring learnings back to your team
- Access to project cohorts and peer circles that keep working between sessions
Per-seat, pro-rated for the 3-session term
Team of 2–4
$1,000per seat
Bring your rising stars.
Team of 5+
$500per seat
Scale it across your organization.
Team of 2+? Email us for team seats. Annual billing standard; quarterly invoicing on request — and you can split it across budget codes.
Easy to expense. Hard to beat on value.
$5,000/year for 11 sessions works out to about $455 a session — versus a single day at Gartner Symposium (~$4,000) or one executive-coaching session ($3,000–$5,000). Instead of sending one more person to a generic annual conference, invest in 11 months of working sessions with leaders solving your exact problems. In this environment, none of us can wait a year for these insights.
Budget codes this typically gets approved under:
- Conferences & Events
- Executive Education / Leadership Development
- AI Program / Innovation Budget
Annual billing standard; quarterly invoicing available on request. Can split across budget codes (e.g., Conference + L&D).
"By far the best place to get industry leaders into a small room to talk about the important changes in AI and how it affects us. We share knowledge, understand the problem space, and execute."
"This isn't an AI enthusiasm group. It's a leadership forum for people dealing with the real consequences of AI at scale — flow, constraints, and ownership. Unusually practical."
"I want my rising leaders to meet people outside the company, find mentors, and import important ideas so they can solve ever-larger problems."
Closed-door, Chatham House: share learnings, not secrets. We produce anonymized summaries for members only. These are the same rules that have run the ETLS Forum for a decade — and the NYC and SF CTO Clubs.
Reserve your seats for this term.
Three sessions with the enterprise AI leaders solving the problems you're solving. The term starts July 15 — and it's pro-rated, so now is the time.
Reserve your seatsQuestions? Email Gene Kim or Marjorie Kessler.