Become a Resident Expert
The people this community is built around
Why become a Resident Expert?
Stay close to the frontier
The fastest-moving knowledge in AI is not sitting in a blog post. It is with the people who tried something last week. As a Resident Expert, you are in the middle of that exchange. You spend time around founders running live experiments, sharing what worked, what failed, and what changed before any of it gets stale. For experienced operators, it is one of the best ways to stay current.
Meet the next wave first
The founders who will shape the next decade of AI are already building here. Resident Experts get to know them early, as advisors, angels, board members, co-founders, or future colleagues. The relationships that turn into your next move often start in rooms like this.
Put your experience to work
You have hard-won lessons about pricing, hiring, scaling, fundraising, product, and the parts of company-building that never make it into the playbook. Resident Experts pass that knowledge to founders who are in it now. It is high-leverage mentorship for people who will actually use it.
A home base on the Seattle waterfront
Resident Experts have a standing place at Pier 70, with open desks in the heart of the community. Come to work, advise, join events, or just be where the momentum is.
Who we look for?
Resident Experts bring real technical or operating depth and a genuine pull toward community. We look for three things.
Deep domain expertise
You have operated at a high level in your field, technical or commercial, and have the scar tissue to prove it.
Genuine curiosity about AI
You want to keep learning and building at the edge of what is now possible, not just trade on what you already know.
A pull toward people
You get energy from connecting others, answering hard questions, and helping founders avoid mistakes you have already made.
How it works
It is lightweight by design. Resident Experts spend time at Pier 70, join the events and groups that fit, and make themselves available to founders who would benefit from their depth.
You give what you can. What you get back tends to compound: the relationships, the early look at what is being built, and the pulse on where AI is actually going.
Current resident experts
Our community is anchored by Resident Experts who bring real technical and operating depth. They include applied AI research leaders, founders, builders, engineering executives, product and design leaders, and startup operators who have built through the problems others are still figuring out.
Where to find us
Pier 70
2801 Alaskan Way,
Seattle, WA 98121
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