Khosla Ventures Brings Engineering and AI Leaders Into One San Francisco Dinner

The most consequential AI conversation may begin after the demo, when the model has to enter a mine, a materials system or an industrial process that refuses to behave like a benchmark.

Khosla Ventures' Engineering & AI Leaders Dinner brings that work into one San Francisco room on November 19. Rajesh Swaminathan is convening engineering and AI leaders, senior researchers and founders alongside the CEOs of Mariana Minerals, Xterra and Terra AI.

Why this room matters

Industrial AI carries a different burden than software that lives entirely behind a screen. The system has to meet physical constraints, operating teams, scientific uncertainty and infrastructure that cannot simply be restarted when the experiment goes sideways.

A smaller dinner gives the unfinished questions somewhere to travel. The useful conversation is not only what the technology can do. It is where the model meets the material, the machine and the person responsible for what happens next.

Event details

• Date: Thursday, November 19, 2026
• Time: 6:00-9:00 p.m. PT
• Location: San Francisco; exact venue shared with approved guests
• Organizer: Khosla Ventures
• Hosts: Diana Reyes, Irene Joo, Rajesh Swaminathan and Ian Robinson
• Featured founders: Turner Caldwell, Hussein Mehanna and John Mern
• Access: Private event; approval required
• Register: Official event page

Registration and location access are controlled by the organizer. Use the official page for the latest availability.