BUILD THE
NEXT BILLION.
Three days for the $25M+ founders rebuilding their entire operating system with AI as the multiplier. Limitless. Uncapped. Clear.
REBUILD THE OPERATING SYSTEM. NOT THE FEATURE.
04 principles
Billion-scale ambition
10⁹ is the mathematical destination. We don't talk 10x. We build for the next zero — the one that bends the trajectory of an industry.
Clarity, not noise
Every founder here has a $25M+ company and an AI strategy. None of them have time for a feed. Three days. Decisions made. Direction locked.
AI as multiplier, not feature
Not how to bolt AI onto your business. How to rebuild your operating system so AI compounds every function — sales, ops, talent, capital.
The room you can't replicate
Curated peers. No spectators. No audience. Every conversation is between operators at the same altitude.
THE FACULTY
Vision · Soil · Literacy · Applied · Autonomy
VISION · 5-Year Org Design & Strategic AI Future
InvitedSam Altman
CEO, OpenAI
InvitedReid Hoffman
Co-Founder, LinkedIn · Inflection AI
InvitedDemis Hassabis
CEO, Google DeepMind · Nobel Laureate
InvitedKai-Fu Lee
Founder, Sinovation Ventures · Author, AI Superpowers
Daniel Burrus
CEO, Burrus Research · NYT-bestselling futurist
Robert Tercek
Author of Vaporized · Former President of Digital Media, OWN
Simon Mainwaring
Founder & CEO, We First · Author, Lead with We
Allie K. Miller
AI Advisor & Operator
Tristan Handy
CEO, dbt Labs
Barr Moses
CEO, Monte Carlo
Zack Kass
Fmr. Head of GTM, OpenAI
Andrew Ng
Founder, DeepLearning.AI · Co-Founder, Coursera
Lenny Rachitsky
Fmr. PM, Airbnb · Author, Lenny's Newsletter
Steph Smith
Head of Trends, a16z
Julian Shapiro
Founder, Demand Curve
Shelly Palmer
CEO, The Palmer Group · Prof. of Advanced Media, Syracuse Newhouse
Tobi Lütke
CEO, Shopify
Alexandr Wang
CEO, Scale AI
Raj De Datta
CEO, Bloomreach
Harley Finkelstein
President, Shopify
Bret Taylor
Co-CEO, Sierra · Fmr. Co-CEO, Salesforce
Yoav Shoham
Co-Founder, AI21 Labs · Stanford emeritus
Amjad Masad
CEO, Replit
Scott Wu
CEO, Cognition (Devin)
Roster confirmed in waves · Final lineup published 30 days before summit · 100% operator
FIVE TRACKS. ONE TRAJECTORY.
VISION
The visionaries setting the trajectory for the next decade.
SOIL
What you build AI on. The data stack, governance, and operational discipline that decides whether your AI compounds or collapses.
LITERACY
How your operators think. Pattern recognition, vocabulary, decision speed — the cultural rebuild that decides who multiplies and who watches.
APPLIED
What it actually looks like in production. Battle-tested architectures from operators who've shipped AI inside companies you transact with daily.
AUTONOMY
Where the next zero gets built. Agentic systems, autonomous workers, multi-agent reasoning — the architectures that quietly turn $50M companies into $5B ones.
Who this is for
- ✓Founders / CEOs of $25M – $1B+ revenue companies
- ✓C-level operators leading the AI rebuild inside scaling companies
- ✓Growth-stage founders with the appetite — and capital — to multiply
- ✓Operators who treat clarity as a competitive advantage
- — Pre-revenue founders looking for inspiration
- — Investors looking to source deal flow
- — Service providers prospecting for clients
- — Anyone treating AI as a content topic
“I came thinking I was building a $200M company. I left knowing I was building a $5B one. The room recalibrated my ceiling in two conversations.”
TWO WAYS INTO THE ROOM.
The room. The signal. The shift.
- —All three summit days, all keynotes, all workshops
- —Curated breakouts based on stage + vertical
- —AI-matched founder intros (3 pre-summit, 5 on-site)
- —Personality profile + business compatibility report
- —Full session recordings + frameworks library (90-day access)
- —Welcome reception + closing dinner
- —Summit app + private attendee directory
Front row. Private rooms. Permanent peer set.
- —Everything in General Admission
- —Front-row reserved seating, all sessions
- —Pre-summit 1:1 strategy intensive with curated co-founder match
- —Private Inner Circle suite — invitation-only sessions with speakers
- —Founder dinner Night 1 — 12 operators, no agenda
- —90-day post-summit mastermind cohort (6 group calls + private Slack)
- —First access to 2027 summit + Inner Circle pricing locked for life
- —Lifetime priority intros across every future 10nine gathering
BEFORE YOU ASK.
- What does 10nine mean?
- 10⁹. One billion. It's the mathematical marker for billion-scale ambition — and the standard we hold the room to. Not 10x. The next zero.
- Is this for me?
- If you run a company doing $25M+ in revenue and you're rebuilding for AI as the multiplier across every function — yes. If you're earlier or later in your journey, the room won't serve you. We've designed it for one specific trajectory.
- What's the difference between General and Inner Circle?
- General gets you the full summit experience — every session, every workshop, every keynote. Inner Circle is a curated 50-person room within the summit. Front-row seating, private sessions with speakers, a founder dinner, and a 90-day post-summit mastermind. Inner Circle is application only because we curate the table.
- How do you match founders for intros?
- Every attendee completes a personality profile (Big Five) and a business profile (stage, vertical, what you're seeking, what you can offer). Our matching engine surfaces your top compatible peers — weighted by complementarity, not similarity. The conversations that move companies forward.
- Can I bring my CFO / COO / Head of AI?
- Yes. Each ticket is per-seat. Many companies bring 2–3 operators because the rebuild requires alignment. Email us for team pricing on 3+ seats.
- Is there a refund policy?
- Tickets are non-refundable but transferable to another qualifying operator from your company until 30 days before the summit. Inner Circle seats are non-transferable.
- What happens after the summit?
- General attendees keep frameworks library access for 90 days. Inner Circle members enter a 90-day mastermind cohort with six group calls, a private Slack, and lifetime priority for future 10nine gatherings.
- Who's behind the summit?
- Groundforce Capital in partnership with Bell Innovation Group. Curation lead: the 10nine leadership council.
ARE YOU 10nine?
The room is curated, not crowded. Tell us what you are building.