51%
of Gen Z feel lonely on a typical weekend* — highest of any generation (+37 pts vs Boomers)
Women builders · Better together
Build together.
In real life.
Short teaching. Hands-on build time. Real peers in the room. Not a panel. Not a pitch fest. Better together — rooms opening in Houston, SF, Miami, Denver, LA, NYC, and builders rising worldwide.
Free · Bring a laptop · RSVP on Luma
Why now
The most-connected generation is craving real rooms again.
We’re not launching another Zoom hang. We’re opening a door back to IRL — affordable, low-pressure, skillful rooms for women who build with AI — weeknights or weekends, whenever the room opens. The data (Harris Poll Gen Z Weekend Report, 2026) is the urgency:
49%
don’t have enough friends to hang with in person
65%
experience social life more through their phone than face-to-face
74%
stay in at least half their weekends* — saving money & recharging, not “antisocial”
68%
say going out isn’t worth the damage to their wallet
62%
wish online friendships would turn into real-life plans
Intellectual life
Stimulating conversation dried up a median of about three years after leaving school. Maxwell Social asked 905 adults whether anything replaced that side of adult life. Mostly, no. Same craving as the loneliness numbers — sharper ask: rooms built around ideas, not another night yelling over music.
~3 yrs
median until stimulating conversation dries up after school
1 in 3
adults: no deep conversation with someone new in 1+ year
49%
of millennials feel intellectually lonely
53%
say making intellectually curious friends as an adult is harder than dating
66%
of people who still go to bars would rather spend the night somewhere built around ideas
61%
would consider paying for a membership in a social club centered on ideas
We’re not a panel. We’re not a pitch fest. We’re a room where women builders talk, teach, and ship — the idea night people said they’d show up for.
AI IRL is the answer we want in the room: learn something useful, build something real, leave with people — not another lonely scroll. Motto: better together. Loneliness is why we gather. Idea rooms are why we stay. AI job requirements are why the skill matters.
*Survey asked about weekends; AI IRL meets whenever the room opens — weekdays included.
Loneliness stats: Harris Poll, The Gen Z Weekend Report (May–Jun 2026; n=603 Gen Z) — covered in the NY Post.
Jobs: UBS AI proficiency requirement for 2027 Global Banking & Markets grads/interns (FT, Sep 2026); Santander trainee AI-skill asks in the same coverage cycle.
Intellectual life: Maxwell Social survey (n=905 adults) and rankings of the 50 largest U.S. metros — museums, libraries, bookstores, universities, adult education, graduate degrees, and intellectual search interest, not IQ — covered in Vice, Sep 2026.
The vibe
Teach (up to 20 min)
One sharp idea. No slide marathon. Respect the attention span.
Build together
Open laptops. Ship something small with women who get it.
Actually connect
Proximity is power. Community you can walk around in — not another Discord ghost town.
Who it’s for
Growth-minded women builders — founders, operators, creators — who want IRL connection and practical AI build time. Houston is first. SF is Oct 8. Miami is Oct 21, 4–6pm ET, with Women In AI. LA, NYC, Denver in Spring 2027, and cities worldwide are next.
- You use AI to ship real work
- You want peers, not performance
- You’re done with lonely nights scrolling alone
- You’re ready to show up — laptop in hand
Cities & baddies
Built locally. Better together.
AI IRL kicks off in Houston — then grows city by city with baddies who hold the room. SF on Oct 8 at Canopy. RSVP for Oct 8 → Miami Oct 21 · 4–6pm ET × Women In AI. RSVP for Oct 21 → LA, NYC, and Denver (Spring 2027) already in the works. More cities worldwide coming.
HTX
Houston
First gathering · Sep 21
Builders need intentional IRL idea spaces here. That’s the gap we fill.
SF
San Francisco
First night · Oct 8 · 3–5pm PT
Canopy · 353 Kearny St. #3 most intellectual U.S. metro.
RSVP for Oct 8MIA
Miami
Wed, Oct 21 · 4–6pm ET
× Women In AI
Venue TBD · Miami
RSVP for Oct 21DEN
Denver
Spring 2027
In the works — baddie and night TBD.
LA
Los Angeles
Coming soon
NYC
New York
Coming soon
the visionary
Isabell Alzate
Builder, connector, and believer that we do our best work together. Isabell is kicking off AI IRL so women who ship with AI get real rooms — skill, community, and proximity — starting in HTX and growing city by city.
Baddie in the room · Miami
Dr. Eva Wolf
Founder, Big Plans Media
Big Plans Media is an AI consultancy in Miami, Florida. Dr. Eva Wolf helps expert-led B2B and professional-service firms get found in Google and AI search, then adopt AI where it actually pays off. She also teaches AI marketing at the college level, is a Claude Certified Architect, and runs Miami AI Women, a monthly meetup for women building with AI in South Florida. Miami's night gets her fire.
Your city
Be a baddie in the room
Want AI IRL where you live? Idea-space access is uneven — 53% urban, 39% suburban, 28% rural. We’re opening rooms worldwide with builders who care about vibe + skill.
First gathering · kickoff
Mon, Sep 21 · 4–6pm
The McKinley in Memorial
9757 Katy Fwy · 8th Floor
Houston, TX