From the desk of Jiri Fiala, Palo Alto, California
Dear Builders,
The machines are about to take over the manual labor. That is a done deal.
What is left for us is the thinking. And the highest-level thinking doesn’t happen in fluorescent-lit boardrooms with PowerPoint slides. It happens late in the evening, over exceptional food and wine, behind closed doors.
Last April, I hosted Dinner #1. It was quiet, it was intense, and the alliances forged around that table are actively dictating the direction of Europe’s AI landscape right now.
On Friday, October 30, 2026, I am doing it again.
I have booked a private room in San Francisco. I am paying for the tasting menu and the wine. I am holding exactly 14 seats.
Here is my single strict rule for the night: Leave your pitch deck at home.
This is not a networking mixer for wantrepreneurs. Nobody pitches—including me. There are no slides. There is only an unhurried, brutally honest conversation about where intelligence, and the physical systems beneath it, are heading over the next fifteen years.
What We Will Tear Apart Before The Cheese Arrives:
The Capacity Race: Which gets built first—the power or the compute? And more importantly, who is actually signing the check?
The “Ghost” Data Center: When does the first facility run 90 straight days without a single human crossing the threshold? (And what proof will the market accept?)
The Danger Zone: Can a handful of human operators and a fleet of AI agents safely manage gigawatts of compute? What must a company like that never be allowed to touch?
The Sovereign Question: Does Europe build its own foundation, or are they doomed to rent it from abroad forever?
The Ultimate Question: What are we actually building all this infrastructure for, once the intelligence begins funding the very hardware that hosts it?
Why should you listen to me?
I am Jiri Fiala, founder and CEO of DCXPS. I design, build, and operate intelligence factories. We deploy modular, liquid-cooled AI data centers in roughly eight months using existing power. I also architect “dark startups” where software does the heavy lifting and only four humans hold the signatures. I write about this evolution for 9,000 top-tier decision-makers at AI of the Coast.
My forecast: By 2030, no human will work inside these buildings.
I want you to sit across from me, look me in the eye, and tell me where my model breaks.
Who I Am Letting In The Room:
I am looking for the operators. Founders and researchers at frontier labs. The people buying or building compute at hyperscalers and neoclouds. Grid developers. Roboticists. And the heavy-hitting investors backing them.
(Note: I am reserving exactly two seats as “wildcards” for readers who ask sharper, more dangerous questions than I do.)
We operate under strict Chatham House Rules. You can use the million-dollar insights you hear, but you take the names of who said them to your grave.
How To Apply (If You Qualify):
I am hand-picking the guest list.
Click the link below and tell me your name, company, role, and the single most critical thread you want the table to pull apart.
Do it before Wednesday, October 28 at 6:00 PM PT. When the clock strikes 6:01, the doors are locked. No exceptions.
If you are approved, you will hear from me personally on Thursday with the secret venue address. If you don’t hear from me, you didn’t make the cut.
(If your employer has corporate hospitality restrictions, note it on the form. We will sort the red tape.)
Apply for your seat here: [ LINK TO APPLICATION ]
Do not miss this. The future is being built right now. You are either at the table, or you are on the menu.