Red-Team Arena
You present an idea, a product, or a paper. The group's job is to find its weaknesses and make it stronger.
THE WAR ROOM OF SAN FRANCISCO
A Working Council of Builders.
Purpose
Ideas are brought here to be hardened or broken.
This is a recurring, off-the-record gathering to pressure-test work, solve hard problems, and advance their mission. We believe the scarcest resource is rigorous, honest feedback from a tiny room of maximally ambitious builders. This is that room.
The Code
- Proof of Work. The price of admission is building things that matter. Status is irrelevant.
- Absolute Trust. What is said in the room dies in the room. Identities are sacrosanct.
- Intellectual Violence. Truth seeking over consensus. No herd mentality.
Rituals
Decision Council
You bring one high-stakes decision you're facing. The group acts as a board of directors and helps you model the outcomes. You commit to a path.
Signal Dinners
Small Off-the-record conversations
Membership
Membership is invite-only and by unanimous consent of the existing members.
We accept technical founders, engineers, researchers and a small number of investors who are building things of consequence. The primary requirement is a relentless, demonstrated ambition.