What is the FORKOFF NeurIPS Lite activation?

Single-track entry tier by application: 14 days of pre-NeurIPS narrative cadence + 30-account researcher-aligned cluster activation + paper-track intro engineering, OR a single workshop-day dinner, OR a side-event slot. You leave with the audit ledger of qualified researcher intros surfaced before you land in San Diego. Lets you test fit before committing to Standard or Full tier.

Event activation · NeurIPS 2026 · San Diego · Applied AI + ML research▸ Event in--d·--h·--m·--s

The NeurIPS activation that shipsqualified researcher intros.

FORKOFF NeurIPS activation is a 14-day operating cycle for AI/ML researcher-founders, applied-AI startups, and frontier-lab-adjacent recruiting teams shipping into the AI research ecosystem. Pre-event paper-track narrative, on-site workshop cadence, post-event citation compounding, audit-tracked outcomes.

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Dec 7-12, 2026Dates

San Diego, CACity

15,000+Attendance (2025)

60+ across weekWorkshops

▸ The wedge

Most labs sponsor a NeurIPS booth and watch it drown. Some host a recruiting dinner and bounce. FORKOFF runs the NeurIPS week as a 14-day operating cycle.

NeurIPS circuit · 2026

Researcher-founders, applied-AI labs, and frontier-lab recruiters on the FORKOFF NeurIPS radar.

OpenAIAnthropicDeepMindMeta AIGoogle ResearchMicrosoft ResearchNVIDIA ResearchCohereStability AIHugging FaceTogether AIReplicateModalLangChainPineconeWeights & BiasesScale AIAnyscaleMistral AIxAIOpenAIAnthropicDeepMindMeta AIGoogle ResearchMicrosoft ResearchNVIDIA ResearchCohereStability AIHugging FaceTogether AIReplicateModalLangChainPineconeWeights & BiasesScale AIAnyscaleMistral AIxAI

Anonymized post-engagement. Names surfaced are NeurIPS 2025 ecosystem operators FORKOFF either ran intros into or co-attended workshop sessions with.

Why activate at NeurIPS

Four reasons NeurIPS is the highest-leverage
AI/ML week of the year.

The AI research ecosystem compounds in ways no other AI conference week does. 15k attendees plus paper-track density plus frontier-lab recruiter presence plus applied-AI founder concentration inside one 6-day window.

15,000+

AI/ML researchers + applied-AI builders + frontier-lab recruiters concentrated across the San Diego Convention Center plus the workshop-day circuit.

6 days

Frontier labs, applied-AI startups, and big-tech recruiters all in-market across the same 144-hour window.

60+

Workshop days make researcher-founders reachable.

30 days

AI Twitter and arxiv-adjacent press cluster compound on residual.

NeurIPS intel · the room you are activating into

What NeurIPS 2026 actually looks like.

The week breaks into a main-conference paper-track at the San Diego Convention Center, a workshop-day circuit running parallel, and an applied-AI recruiting dinner web. Activating well means picking the right stripe of the week.

Date + venue

Dec 7-12, 2026

Main stage at the San Diego Convention Center. Workshop-day circuit at adjacent Marriott + Hilton venues. Applied-AI recruiting dinners concentrated in the Gaslamp Quarter + the Embarcadero. Vancouver retained as historical-alternate venue per NeurIPS Foundation rotation.

Expected attendance

15,000+ in 2025: 44% AI/ML researchers + PhD students, 24% applied-AI startup founders + builders, 18% frontier-lab + big-tech recruiters, 14% press + analysts + KOLs.

AI/ML researchers + PhD students44%

Applied-AI startup founders + builders24%

Frontier-lab + big-tech recruiters18%

Press + analysts + KOLs14%

Key tracks

Where the buyer-relevant rooms live. Pick 2 max for any single activation week.

Foundation ModelsReinforcement LearningMultimodal + AgentsML SystemsDatasets + BenchmarksWorkshop Day

FORKOFF receipts at NeurIPS

Two prior cycles run on the FORKOFF audit ledger. Applied-AI lab paper-drop narrative, AI infra recruiting funnel pre-build. Both ledger entries delivered within T+30 of close.

2 prior activationsT+30 ledger closeCitation-aligned comms

Operating week

From a poster session and a stack of paper handouts
to compounded researcher-aligned recruiting funnel.

Six days across the San Diego Convention Center main stage, the workshop-day circuit, and the applied-AI recruiting dinner web. Pre-event paper-track narrative, daily on-site cadence, post-event citation cascade. One operator carries every phase. Every phase closes with a ledger entry.

Visual ledger

Six days of operating cadence across the main conference, the workshop circuit, and the recruiting dinner web.

NeurIPS activation · 4 layers × deliverables

Every motion
across four layers.

PHASE 01[PRE-EVENT]

Narrative + intros

Founder narrative locked T-30 to T-7.

Deliverables (3)

▸T-30 to T-7
▸30-account cluster
▸Paper-track intro engineering

PHASE 02[EVENT WEEK]

Cadence + side events

Daily founder posts from the convention center, Mon-Sat of NeurIPS week.

Deliverables (3)

▸Daily cadence
▸Workshop-day adjacency
▸On-site clipping

PHASE 03[ON-SITE]

KOL + clips

On-site AI Twitter and frontier-lab-adjacent KOLs activated through bot-screened placements.

Deliverables (3)

▸KOL placement
▸Podcast recording
▸Real-time clips

PHASE 04[POST-EVENT]

Compound + ledger

Clip cadence compounds T+1 to T+30.

Deliverables (3)

▸T+1 to T+30
▸Citation-aligned ledger
▸Compounding distribution

Activation timeline

The 90-day operating cycle, week by week.
Operating cadence.

Strategy 12 weeks out. Production 4 weeks out. Execution event week. Compounding 30 days post. Each phase closes with a ledger entry.

0112 weeks out
024 weeks out
03event week
04post-event

StrategyProductionExecutionCompounding

FK · NEURIPS LEDGERLIVE

Operating cycle90 days

Phases closed4 / 4

Cadence2026

StatusACTIVATING

Event-week cadence

NeurIPS 2026 week-of cadence (recommended).

Sample schedule for a Standard-tier engagement. Tier-specific deliverables shown in the next section.

Day	Date	Motion	FORKOFF owns
Sun (D-1)	Dec 6, 2026	Land in San Diego · pre-event applied-AI recruiting dinner setup	Venue + invite list + intro choreography
Mon	Dec 7	Opening day attendance · founder posts from main stage	Daily post + on-site clip cadence
Tue	Dec 8	Paper-track 1:1s · ICP-account meetings · workshop-day adjacency	Meeting calendar + paper-track intro routing
Wed	Dec 9	FORKOFF side event (recruiting dinner / panel / researcher discussion)	Production + KOL invites + recording
Thu	Dec 10	On-site podcast recording day · 3-4 researcher interviews	Studio + production + same-week clip pipeline
Fri	Dec 11	KOL placements live · workshop-day adjacency closes	KOL ledger + per-post tracking
Sat	Dec 12	Founder thread recap of week · AI Twitter cluster reciprocation	Thread craft + cluster activation
Sun (D+7)	Dec 13	Departure · post-event clip cascade live	Distribution sequencing + audit ledger weekly

Proof of work · NeurIPS lanes

Real outcomes fromreal applied-AI activations.

Three NeurIPS-circuit campaigns, three lanes: pre-launch researcher pipeline, applied-AI recruiting funnel, post-event citation compounding.

NeurIPS 2024 · Standard

Applied-AI lab paper-drop narrative.

Pre-event narrative across 14 days locked the lab's positioning around the paper drop before the cluster landed in San Diego. Workshop-day adjacency + podcast recording fed a 14-clip post-event cadence. Audit ledger closed T+30 with qualified-researcher-intro math.

5xResearcher-intro funnel · 90 days post-NeurIPS

Ascending FK_RED growth chart for applied-AI researcher network expansion

Distributed mesh of applied-AI recruiting funnel nodes

NeurIPS 2025 · Lite

AI infra recruiting funnel pre-build.

Single-track Lite tier: 14-day pre-event narrative + 1 on-site podcast recording timed to the founder's recruiting funnel announcement. Audit-ledger entry shipped T+14 with the qualified-researcher-intro list surfaced before the founder landed in San Diego.

Cascading threads as multi-day workshop narrative metaphor

NeurIPS 2025 · Full

Multi-day workshop production layer.

Workshop-day production across 2 adjacent venues + 5 podcast recordings on-site. AI Twitter cluster activated for 30 days post-event. Sponsor-grade activation for an applied-AI lab roster, audit close T+60.

Fit map · NeurIPS activation ICP

For founders. Run a NeurIPS activation that compounds
without paying by application for a poster-session booth fee.

Who you are

›Applied-AI startup founder presenting (or attending paper sessions) at NeurIPS to recruit + benchmark + signal credibility
›Research lab head shipping NeurIPS papers and needing a structured GTM week tied to the paper drop
›AI infra founder (eval / deployment / RAG / agents) using NeurIPS attendance to engineer 30-50 introductions to lab researchers + applied-ML buyers
›Founder open to spending the operating week in San Diego (not parachuting in for one keynote)

What FORKOFF delivers

›14-day pre-event narrative engineering across 30 ICP accounts (AI/ML researchers + applied-AI founders + frontier-lab recruiters + ML systems teams)
›Daily on-site cadence Mon-Sat of NeurIPS week + applied-AI recruiting dinner + workshop-day adjacency
›AI-ecosystem KOL stack activated through bot-screened placements with per-post tracking
›T+30 audit ledger close with citation-aligned pipeline report tied back to every qualified-view receipt

Not the right fit

×Pre-paper teams without NeurIPS-track credibility. NeurIPS activation needs a real research artifact to anchor on
×Brands wanting general AI conference exposure. NeurIPS audience is research-heavy, not enterprise-buyer-heavy
×Founders unwilling to invest in the technical credibility layer required to engage with the room
×Teams unwilling to commit to a 90-day operating cycle (T-30 to T+30) around the event

Sandbox · 14 days · refund if no qualified-intro list

by application NeurIPS lite pilot. Refund if we do not deliver the qualified-researcher-intro list pre-San-Diego.

14-day pre-event narrative + 30-account researcher-aligned ICP map + qualified-intro list shipped before you land in San Diego. If we do not deliver the intro list inside 14 days, the by application comes back.

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FORKOFF runs the only NeurIPS activation we have seen built around a 14-day operating cycle, not a poster-session booth. The audit ledger told us exactly which researcher intros compounded into our recruiting funnel.

Founder · Applied AI lab

NeurIPS 2025 standard tier · workshop-day adjacency

5xQualified-researcher intros · 90 days post-NeurIPS

LITE ACTIVATION · BY APPLICATION · 5 ENGAGEMENTS PER QUARTER

by application

Lite activation floor

by application NeurIPS Lite activation. Single-track pre-event paper narrative or workshop-day dinner.

Two weeks of pre-event narrative + 30-account researcher-aligned cluster activation + NeurIPS-specific intro engineering. You leave with the audit ledger of qualified researcher intros surfaced before you land in San Diego. Lite tier scopes a single track. Selective on ICP, capped per quarter.

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Single-track entry tieraudit-ledger reportingpairs with Standard or Full upgrade

Activation vs the alternatives

How a FORKOFF NeurIPS activation compares.

Receipt-by-receipt, on the same five dimensions every buyer asks about. No tier shell games, no asterisks.

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Feature	FORKOFF activationOutcome-priced	DIY booth + sponsorLogo on banner	Traditional PR firmPress retainer
Pricing model	Outcome-priced. Per-event commit. by application to by application tier band.	Booth fee plus AV plus founder hours. Often by application plus before any sourced researcher intro.	Monthly retainer regardless of event outcome. by application to by application per month.
Pre-event narrative	30-day researcher-founder cluster activation plus 30-account paper-track intro engineering	Tweet announcing booth and poster number two days before	Press release embargoed until paper-track day
On-site cadence	Daily founder posts, workshop-day adjacency, applied-AI recruiting dinner, KOL placements	Founder behind a poster, hopes the right reviewer walks past	Press wrangling around the keynote, no operating cadence on-site
Post-event compounding	30-day clip cascade plus citation-aligned ledger sourced from researcher network	Folder of paper photos and a vague Slack debrief from the airport	Coverage clipping report, often disconnected from researcher-aligned pipeline
Audit ledger receipt	Signed by operator, qualified-intro math, T+30 close	Whatever the founder remembers from the poster session	Vanity coverage report, no researcher-network math

Activation tiers

NeurIPS 2026 activation tiers.

All tiers carry the audit ledger + qualified-intro reporting. Tier scales scope, not philosophy.

3 tiersLite · Standard · Full

5/quarterEngagements per cycle

By applicationSelective on ICP

Lite

by application

Pre-event narrative lock + 14-day researcher-aligned cluster activation
Daily founder posts during NeurIPS week (drafted by FORKOFF, founder approves)
1 podcast recording on-site (founder interview)
6 clips post-event distributed across X / TikTok / Reels / Shorts
Weekly Slack-delivered audit ledger

Recommended

Standard

By application

Everything in Lite, plus:
1 FORKOFF-produced side event (applied-AI recruiting dinner / panel / researcher discussion)
3-4 podcast recordings on-site (founder + researchers + applied-AI builder guests)
12-18 clips post-event across all surfaces
Bot-screened KOL placement (1 placement matched to your ICP)
Intro engineering on 30 ICP accounts attending NeurIPS
Post-event qualified-intro ledger T+30 days

Full

By application

Everything in Standard, plus:
Multi-day workshop production (2 adjacent venues across the week)
5+ podcast recordings on-site (founder + researchers + applied-AI builders + AI Twitter voices)
24-36 clips post-event across all surfaces
3-5 bot-screened KOL placements (AI Twitter + frontier-lab-adjacent + arxiv-adjacent voices)
Intro engineering on 60 ICP accounts (extended pre-event window)
AI startup recruiting funnel layer for frontier-lab-adjacent talent routing
Post-event qualified-intro ledger T+60 days
1 dedicated FORKOFF operator on-site for the full week

More events on the FORKOFF roster

Other activation weeks. Same operator. Same ledger.

AWS re:Invent 2026

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Sep 2026 · San Francisco · Standard tier by application to by application

HubSpot Inbound 2026

Sep 2026 · Boston · Standard tier by application to by application

Korea Blockchain Week 2026

Sep 2026 · Seoul · Standard tier by application to by application

Token2049 Singapore 2026

Oct 2026 · Singapore · Standard tier by application to by application

FAQ · 9 questions

Frequently asked questions

NeurIPS is the Conference and Workshop on Neural Information Processing Systems, the world's pre-eminent academic+industry AI/ML conference. The 2025 edition drew 15,000+ attendees across the main paper-track plus 60+ workshops. NeurIPS 2026 runs December 7-12 in San Diego (with Vancouver retained as the historical alternate venue per NeurIPS Foundation rotation). The room is the highest-density gathering of AI/ML researchers, applied-AI founders, frontier-lab-adjacent recruiters, and ML systems teams in the world.

Most labs sponsor a poster-session booth and watch it drown. The FORKOFF activation is a 14-day operating cycle: pre-event paper-track narrative + 30-account researcher-aligned intro engineering, on-site cadence + applied-AI recruiting dinner + workshop-day adjacency, post-event clip cascade + citation-aligned ledger. Same operator, same dashboard, audit-tracked outcomes. Specifically tuned for AI/ML researcher-founders, applied-AI startups, and frontier-lab-adjacent recruiting teams.

Three tiers: Lite by application (single-track pre-event paper narrative or workshop-day dinner or side-event slot), Standard by application (recommended, full week-of presence + workshop-day adjacency + paper-track intro engineering), Full by application (sponsor-grade with multi-day workshop production + 5+ recruiter-track dinners + AI startup recruiting funnel layer). All tiers carry the audit ledger + qualified-intro reporting. Tier scales scope, not the underlying philosophy.

Yes. Standard + Full tiers include FORKOFF-produced side events (applied-AI recruiting dinner, workshop-day adjacency, moderated researcher discussion) at Marriott + Hilton + Gaslamp Quarter venues. We handle venue, invite list, KOL outreach, and on-site recording. Side events are the highest-leverage on-site moment. 30 right researcher-founders in one Gaslamp-adjacent room beats 3,000 random attendees at a poster session.

Our Full tier includes an AI startup recruiting funnel layer. We coordinate with the founder's existing recruiting team before any pre-event narrative goes live, route 30-account intros across researchers who match the funnel ICP, and structure side events so frontier-lab-adjacent talent can participate in conversations without the optics of poaching. This is critical for applied-AI startups who treat NeurIPS as the budget-anchor week for technical-hire decisions.

Yes. FORKOFF has working relationships with researcher-founders, applied-AI builders, and AI Twitter operators across the AI ecosystem. Standard tier includes 1 ecosystem KOL placement; Full tier extends to 3-5 placements across AI Twitter, frontier-lab-adjacent voices, and arxiv-adjacent press. NeurIPS is the one event week where applied-AI builders are reachable in the same room as researchers, and our intro engineering is built around that crossover.

Every podcast recorded on-site feeds the clipping pipeline at clips.forkoff.xyz. One 60-minute recording produces 8-12 cross-platform clips (X / TikTok / Reels / Shorts), distributed over the 30 days following NeurIPS. Each clip is tracked in the qualified-view ledger and reported in the T+30 audit close. The post-event cadence is what compounds the week's investment. For NeurIPS specifically, the AI Twitter cluster (researcher-founders + applied-AI builders + arxiv-adjacent analysts) keeps the residual attention curve elevated and citation-aligned signal compounds for the month following.

Yes. NeurIPS is one of 8 plus events on the FORKOFF event roster. AWS re:Invent, Dreamforce, HubSpot Inbound, Korea Blockchain Week, Token2049 Singapore, ETHCC, Devcon, Consensus. Each event has its own activation page with cadence + tier pricing tuned to the event format and ICP. Applied-AI, SaaS, and Web3 ICPs map cleanly across events; see /for/ai-startups and /for/ai-founders for ICP-side detail.

Related FORKOFF surfaces

Where NeurIPS activations compound in your stack.

AI startups

Beyond NeurIPS week. Applied-AI ICP playbook for researcher-founder + AI infra teams.

AI founders

Founder-side ICP playbook for AI/ML researchers shipping applied-AI products.

Founder funnel

Pre-event narrative + intro engineering across 30 ICP accounts attending NeurIPS.

Founder podcast

On-site podcast recording day during NeurIPS week. Studio + crew booked at partner venue.

KOL marketing

Bot-screened AI Twitter + frontier-lab-adjacent KOL placements during NeurIPS week.

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Every event activation on the FORKOFF roster. Same operator, same audit ledger.

The brand line

Stop sponsoring NeurIPS.
Run an activation.

Lite activation by application single-track. Standard tier by application end-to-end. Full tier by application sponsor-grade with multi-day workshop production. Audit ledger on qualified researcher intros across every tier.

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Pricing the qualified view

Day

Date

Motion

FORKOFF owns

Sun (D-1)

Dec 6, 2026

Land in San Diego · pre-event applied-AI recruiting dinner setup

Venue + invite list + intro choreography

Mon

Dec 7

Opening day attendance · founder posts from main stage

Daily post + on-site clip cadence

Tue

Dec 8

Paper-track 1:1s · ICP-account meetings · workshop-day adjacency

Meeting calendar + paper-track intro routing

Wed

Dec 9

FORKOFF side event (recruiting dinner / panel / researcher discussion)

Production + KOL invites + recording

Thu

Dec 10

On-site podcast recording day · 3-4 researcher interviews

Studio + production + same-week clip pipeline

Fri

Dec 11

KOL placements live · workshop-day adjacency closes

KOL ledger + per-post tracking

Sat

Dec 12

Founder thread recap of week · AI Twitter cluster reciprocation

Thread craft + cluster activation

Sun (D+7)

Dec 13

Departure · post-event clip cascade live

Distribution sequencing + audit ledger weekly

by application NeurIPS Lite activation. Single-track pre-event paper narrative or workshop-day dinner.

Single-track entry tieraudit-ledger reportingpairs with Standard or Full upgrade

Feature

FORKOFF activationOutcome-priced

DIY booth + sponsorLogo on banner

Traditional PR firmPress retainer

Pricing model

Outcome-priced. Per-event commit. by application to by application tier band.

Booth fee plus AV plus founder hours. Often by application plus before any sourced researcher intro.

Monthly retainer regardless of event outcome. by application to by application per month.

Pre-event narrative

30-day researcher-founder cluster activation plus 30-account paper-track intro engineering

Tweet announcing booth and poster number two days before

Press release embargoed until paper-track day

On-site cadence

Daily founder posts, workshop-day adjacency, applied-AI recruiting dinner, KOL placements

Founder behind a poster, hopes the right reviewer walks past

Press wrangling around the keynote, no operating cadence on-site

Post-event compounding

30-day clip cascade plus citation-aligned ledger sourced from researcher network

Folder of paper photos and a vague Slack debrief from the airport

Coverage clipping report, often disconnected from researcher-aligned pipeline

Audit ledger receipt

Signed by operator, qualified-intro math, T+30 close

Whatever the founder remembers from the poster session

Vanity coverage report, no researcher-network math

Frequently asked questions

The NeurIPS activation that shipsqualified researcher intros.

Researcher-founders, applied-AI labs, and frontier-lab recruiters on the FORKOFF NeurIPS radar.

Four reasons NeurIPS is the highest-leverageAI/ML week of the year.

15,000+

6 days

60+

30 days

What NeurIPS 2026 actually looks like.

From a poster session and a stack of paper handoutsto compounded researcher-aligned recruiting funnel.

Every motionacross four layers.

Deliverables (3)

Deliverables (3)

Deliverables (3)

Deliverables (3)

The 90-day operating cycle, week by week.Operating cadence.

StrategyProductionExecutionCompounding

Strategy + booking

Production

Execution

Compounding

NeurIPS 2026 week-of cadence (recommended).

Real outcomes fromreal applied-AI activations.

Applied-AI lab paper-drop narrative.

AI infra recruiting funnel pre-build.

Multi-day workshop production layer.

For founders. Run a NeurIPS activation that compoundswithout paying by application for a poster-session booth fee.

by application NeurIPS lite pilot. Refund if we do not deliver the qualified-researcher-intro list pre-San-Diego.

by application NeurIPS Lite activation. Single-track pre-event paper narrative or workshop-day dinner.

How a FORKOFF NeurIPS activation compares.

NeurIPS 2026 activation tiers.

Lite

Standard

Full

Other activation weeks. Same operator. Same ledger.

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Dreamforce 2026

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Frequently asked questions

Where NeurIPS activations compound in your stack.

AI startups

AI founders

Founder funnel

Founder podcast

KOL marketing

Browse the full 2026 event calendar

Stop sponsoring NeurIPS.Run an activation.

Receipts, deep dives, and playbooks.

Crypto Conference Sponsorship ROI: 2026 First-Party Cohort Data

Are Crypto Conferences Worth It? An Operator's Math on the Net-Negative-ROI Debate (2026)

How to Host a Side Event at a Crypto Conference: The 30-Day Playbook

The NeurIPS activation that shipsqualified researcher intros.

Researcher-founders, applied-AI labs, and frontier-lab recruiters on the FORKOFF NeurIPS radar.

Four reasons NeurIPS is the highest-leverageAI/ML week of the year.

15,000+

6 days

60+

30 days

What NeurIPS 2026 actually looks like.

From a poster session and a stack of paper handoutsto compounded researcher-aligned recruiting funnel.

Every motionacross four layers.

Deliverables (3)

Deliverables (3)

Deliverables (3)

Deliverables (3)

The 90-day operating cycle, week by week.Operating cadence.

StrategyProductionExecutionCompounding

Strategy + booking

Production

Execution

Compounding

NeurIPS 2026 week-of cadence (recommended).

Real outcomes fromreal applied-AI activations.

Applied-AI lab paper-drop narrative.

AI infra recruiting funnel pre-build.

Multi-day workshop production layer.

For founders. Run a NeurIPS activation that compoundswithout paying by application for a poster-session booth fee.

by application NeurIPS lite pilot. Refund if we do not deliver the qualified-researcher-intro list pre-San-Diego.

by application NeurIPS Lite activation. Single-track pre-event paper narrative or workshop-day dinner.

Four reasons NeurIPS is the highest-leverage
AI/ML week of the year.

From a poster session and a stack of paper handouts
to compounded researcher-aligned recruiting funnel.

Every motion
across four layers.

The 90-day operating cycle, week by week.
Operating cadence.

For founders. Run a NeurIPS activation that compounds
without paying by application for a poster-session booth fee.

Stop sponsoring NeurIPS.
Run an activation.

Four reasons NeurIPS is the highest-leverage
AI/ML week of the year.

From a poster session and a stack of paper handouts
to compounded researcher-aligned recruiting funnel.

Every motion
across four layers.

The 90-day operating cycle, week by week.
Operating cadence.

For founders. Run a NeurIPS activation that compounds
without paying by application for a poster-session booth fee.

Stop sponsoring NeurIPS.
Run an activation.