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Events Lead Location: San Francisco, CA  Team: Communications Reports To: Co-Founder / Communications Partner About Laude Laude is a research organization built by and for computer scientists who ship their research. We back impact-driven researchers turning breakthrough ideas into open-source infrastructure and real-world tools. Our goal is to accelerate the most important research and get it into people's hands faster. We are funded by individual technologists and anchored by a $100M commitment from Andy Konwinski. Our inaugural $150M ventures fund is backed by top institutional LPs and 50+ of the world's leading computer scientists. Our community is a who's who of AI and computer science researchers from the most advanced labs in the world, and we convene them regularly to push the frontier forward together. About the Role Laude's events are not ancillary to the mission. They are one of its primary expressions. We bring together the people defining the frontier of AI and computer science, and the rooms we create, the atmospheres we set, and the moments we engineer have lasting effects on how that community sees itself and what it builds together.  We're hiring an Events Lead to own this function end to end across both Laude Institute and Laude Ventures. You'll produce our flagship gatherings, including the Ship Your Research (SYR) Summit, Open Frontier, as well as Laude Lounge VIP activations at NeurIPS and other major conferences. You'll book and execute our programming at our San Francisco venue Laude Lab, which serves as homebase for the leading edge of the computer science research community. You'll pull together salon-style conversations, VIP dinners, our Annual General Meeting, and researcher gatherings. And you'll develop and steward the aesthetic and experiential identity that runs through all of it. We take strong cues from the music industry. Laude creates rare air for the living edge of the frontier AI research community. The standard here isn't polished corporate marketing. It's something with more energy, more intention, and more soul than that. This role requires deep event production experience, genuine hospitality instincts, and enough technical and scientific literacy to earn the trust of the community we serve. You should be as comfortable managing a budget and negotiating a venue as you are briefing a keynote speaker or setting the right tone for a late-night dinner. You're a builder and a host in equal measure. This is a mostly on-site role based out of Laude Lab in San Francisco, with travel (at times internationally) to produce activations on the ground. What You'll Do Produce major Laude events from concept through close: the Ship Your Research (SYR) Summit; Open Frontier; Laude Lounge activations at NeurIPS, ICML, and peer gatherings; and other flagship convenings as the calendar grows Produce our Annual General Meeting for Laude Ventures investors and the broader community Own Laude Lab programming: book speakers, curate experiences, manage the venue calendar, and maintain the space as homebase for the leading edge of the computer science research community Produce salon-style conversations, VIP dinners, and intimate researcher gatherings that reflect the depth and culture of our community Own budgets across the full events portfolio: forecasting, tracking, vendor negotiation, and post-event reconciliation Lead vendor relationships, venue sourcing, contract negotiation, and logistics management Develop and execute event run-of-show, staffing plans, speaker logistics, and on-site operations Shape the experiential identity of Laude events: environment, music, food and beverage, pacing, and the arc of the room Collaborate on event promotion, pre- and post-event content, and coverage strategy Build and manage RSVP and registration flows, guest list curation, and attendee communications Coordinate w