What AI Circle does

AI Circle, LLC is a private, membership-based professional community that connects AI founders, C-Suite executives, VP-level leaders, and technical leaders such as ML engineers and AI researchers. The organization operates two subscription tiers — Fellows at $99/month or $990/year for technical leaders and individual contributors, and Executive at $149/month or $1,490/year for founders and senior executives — and claims roughly 500+ global members with representation from approximately 90% of top AI research labs.

The product surface is built on the Circle.so community software and does not involve proprietary AI technology. Members receive access to a private global community, WhatsApp groups, a member directory, a curated job board, mentorship and coaching, virtual and in-person events (summits, hackathons, panels, round tables), and (for Executive tier) quarterly advisory board sessions and an annual offsite. AI Circle complements the subscription product with an AI Circle Marketplace for member deals and perks and a year-round events program hosted in partnership with frontier AI labs including Anthropic, Cohere, VAST Data, and Crew AI in New York City and London.

Revenue mechanics are dominated by recurring subscription fees, supplemented by event ticket revenue via the Luma platform and any partnership-driven sponsorship or co-marketing value. Go-to-market is community-led and event-driven, with prospective members applying through the website and selecting a tier; LinkedIn, a monthly newsletter, word-of-mouth, and curated events serve as the primary acquisition channels. The company is independently operated, incorporated in New York, and serves a global membership base.

Name

AI Circle

Legal name

AI Circle, LLC

Website

https://ai-circle.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AI Circle is a private, vetted membership community connecting AI founders, C-Suite executives, VP leaders, and technical builders, offering tiered subscriptions, curated events, a private community platform, a job board, and a member marketplace.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Membership Subscriptions: AI Circle generates revenue through paid membership subscriptions with two tiers: Fellows ($99/month or $990/year) and Executive ($149/month or $1,490/year). The annual plans offer 12 months for the price of 10, providing a discount for annual commitment. Membership grants access to the private global community, events, mentorship, job board, and various networking opportunities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AI Circle operates a paid, vetted membership community for AI leaders, founders, C-Suite executives, and technical experts. It sells two subscription tiers — Fellows ($99/month or $990/year) and Executive ($149/month or $1,490/year) — that grant access to a private global online community, WhatsApp group, member directory, deals and perks, mentors and coaches, virtual and in-person events, a job board, and (for Executive members) quarterly advisory board sessions and an annual executive offsite.

Product overview

AI Circle is a professional networking and community platform for AI leaders, offering two membership tiers: Fellows (for technical leaders at $99/month or $990/year) and Executive (for founders and executives at $149/month or $1490/year). Both tiers provide access to a private global community, virtual and in-person events, mentorship, and career resources. The ecosystem is complemented by the AI Circle Marketplace for member deals and career opportunities, and a structured events program featuring summits, hackathons, panels, and curated gatherings with leading AI companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fellows Membership Monthly or annual membership tier priced at $99/month or $990/year, designed for technical leaders and individual contributors building state-of-the-art AI. Includes access to the private global community, a private WhatsApp community, the member directory, deals and perks, mentors and coaches, virtual events, in-person events, and industry roundtable sessions.
• Executive Membership Premium monthly or annual membership tier priced at $149/month or $1,490/year, targeted at founders, CEOs, and senior executives driving innovation. Includes all Fellows-tier benefits plus access to quarterly advisory board sessions, an annual executive offsite, mentorship opportunities, speaking opportunities, and thought leadership partnering.
• AI Circle Marketplace Online marketplace at marketplace.ai-circle.org connecting AI Circle members to exclusive career opportunities, deals, and perks from third parties across the AI ecosystem.
• Events Program Recurring program of AI Circle-hosted summits, hackathons, panels, speaker series, in-person gatherings, round tables, and community calls featuring speakers and sponsors from leading AI companies; ticketed and managed through the Luma platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• 500+ global members
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Crew AIcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025AI Circle partnered with Crew AI at their New York City summit, indicating a strategic collaboration between the two AI-focused organizations for event programming and community engagement.
• CoherecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025AI Circle hosted a Frontier Human Data Panel at Cohere's London Office, demonstrating collaboration on thought leadership and event programming.
• AnthropiccoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025AI Circle hosted a post-training inference panel with Anthropic at their rooftop office in New York City, collaborating on technical AI discussions and community events.
• VAST DatacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025AI Circle co-hosted a post-training inference panel with VAST Data at their New York City office, partnering on AI infrastructure and technical content events.
• SuperAnnotateminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025AI Circle Miami Chair Julia, who is VP of LLM Ops at SuperAnnotate, speaks at AI Circle events. This represents an individual leadership connection rather than formal company partnership.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Summit: Software platform that powers paid membership communities and creator businesses. Directly relevant to AI Circle both as a potential platform alternative to Circle.so and as a benchmark for SaaS-enabled community businesses.

Direct peers

• Pavilion: Paid membership community for go-to-market executives (sales, marketing, RevOps). Closely comparable to AI Circle in business model — tiered subscriptions, vetted membership, private community, and global events — applied to a different functional persona.
• Hampton: Paid CEO/founder membership community with curated peer groups, summits, and Slack channels. Directly comparable to AI Circle's Executive tier model of monetizing senior operators through recurring dues and in-person programming.
• OnDeck: Founder/operator community that has explicitly repositioned toward AI founders. Same paid-membership, event-heavy, curated-community model as AI Circle, with a substantial AI cohort now.
• MLOps Community: Global community of AI/ML practitioners with meetups and Slack channels. Adjacent model (community + events) targeting overlapping AI builder personas, though largely free rather than paid.
• Reforge: Subscription-based professional community and education platform for senior product, growth, and engineering leaders. Closely comparable to AI Circle in monetization (tiered subscriptions for senior tech leaders) and content/event-driven programming.
• Lenny's Newsletter: Subscription product community for product leaders and operators. Comparable to AI Circle as a paid, content-and-community-led business serving senior tech practitioners.

Broad incumbents

• First Round Capital: VC firm that operates First Round Network, a longstanding founder community with events and content. Comparable to AI Circle in operating a community for startup leaders, though embedded within a venture firm rather than as a standalone business.
• a16z: Andreessen Horowitz operates one of the largest active tech/AI content and community ecosystems. Runs overlapping functions (newsletters, podcasts, events, communities) for the same AI builder and executive personas, scaled far beyond AI Circle's reach.

Emerging players

• Hugging Face: Operates one of the world's largest AI practitioner communities (Hub, Discord, forums). Overlaps AI Circle on serving AI builders and researchers, but free rather than paid, and product-tool-driven rather than membership-driven.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/joinaicircle

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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