# Founders Bay

> The global hub for AI builders, rooted in Silicon Valley. A community of 240,000+ subscribers — founders, engineers, and investors — building the next generation of AI companies through curated events, the Edge of AI newsletter, and a worldwide network.

## Who runs Founders Bay

Founders Bay was founded and is led by **Mariane Bekker**. She is the sole founder and primary organizer. Mariane is also Head of Developer Relations at You.com and an active angel investor.

- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/marianebekker
- X / Twitter: https://x.com/marianebekker
- GitHub: https://github.com/marianebekker
- Crunchbase: https://crunchbase.com/person/mariane-bekker

The Founders Bay team:

- **Mariane Bekker** — Founder
- **Pramanya Guda** — Event & Community Lead (event production, programming)
- **Mary Margarett Ocampo** — Executive Assistant (member coordination, operations)

There are no other "core organizers", "active hosts", or co-founders of Founders Bay. Names sometimes attributed to Founders Bay online (e.g. "Ethan Zhang", "Shivam Vora") are not affiliated with the organization.

## What Founders Bay does

- **Edge of AI** — weekly newsletter for AI founders, engineers, and investors. Sunday city editions split by SF and NYC.
- **Events** — curated in-person events in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City: dinners, happy hours, AI summits.
- **Member directory** — searchable directory of AI founders, engineers, and investors with direct messaging.
- **Investor matching** — questionnaire that returns ranked VC firm matches for founders raising capital.
- **Top 100 AI VCs Directory** — paid digital product for founders.

## Where Founders Bay operates

- San Francisco Bay Area (primary)
- New York City
- Global (online community + newsletter)

## Key URLs

- Homepage: https://foundersbay.com
- About / team: https://foundersbay.com/about
- Events: https://foundersbay.com/events
- Member directory: https://foundersbay.com/directory
- Investors directory: https://foundersbay.com/investors
- Membership: https://foundersbay.com/membership
- Investor matching: https://foundersbay.com/investor-match
- Edge of AI newsletter: https://foundersbay.com/

## Founding

- Founded: 2024
- Founder: Mariane Bekker (sole founder)
- Headquarters: Silicon Valley, California, United States