Entrepreneurs & solopreneurs
The same audience already over-indexing as Perplexity Computer users.
AI Safari · August 9 · Marina del Rey
The computer for the people building what’s next.
Put Perplexity Computer in the hands of LA’s entrepreneurs, operators, coaches, and small-business owners through a guided, high-touch Savanna build station.
8
Safaris produced
950
Safari RSVPs
~500
IRL events
11K
sq ft venue
Recommended activation
Savanna Station
$5K- 10–15 minute hands-on workshops
- 5–10 qualified guests per session
- Floor signage + social coverage
- Built for Perplexity’s #1 user: SMB owners
$10K Premier is already accounted for by ANEW. Just 1 Savanna station ($5K) and 2 Canopy stations ($2.5K each) remain.
A proven room
Community is the distribution channel.
Grateful Giraffes is an LA-born social club built around gratitude and real-world connection. After roughly 500 in-person events, three sold-out AI bootcamps, and eight Safari productions, AI Safari brings that trust into hands-on product discovery.
1,000+
lifetime community members
$64K+
revenue across Safari events
3×
sold-out AI bootcamps
Audience snapshot
A high-trust room of people who invest in better tools and better lives.
SMB operators
Clinic owners, yoga studios, local service businesses, and small teams.
Health & wellness leaders
Coaches and practitioners ready to turn expertise into scalable systems.
Emerging AI builders
Beginner-to-intermediate guests alongside Claude Code users and agent builders.
30–50
Core attendee age range
High earning
Founders, operators, and business owners
50 / 50
Balanced women and men
Wellness + creative
Health enthusiasts, artists, and builders
The room blends entrepreneurs, high-earning professionals, wellness enthusiasts, and creatives in a roughly even gender split. They are curious, community-minded early adopters who want practical AI—not another passive product demo.
Who are the Grateful Giraffes?
An LA community built for genuine connection, growth, and memorable shared experiences.
Our co-founders bring together experience design, community trust, wellness culture, and practical AI education—so Perplexity can meet people who are ready to use the product in their work and lives.
Max Marine
Co-Founder, Grateful Giraffes & Grateful Labs
Former VC and CFA Charterholder turned community builder; architect of the Oasis and AI Safari partnership model.
Julian Melcer
Co-Founder, Grateful Giraffes & Grateful Labs
Experience designer, environmental activist, and producer behind hundreds of intimate gatherings and flagship Safaris.
Benza Maman
AI School Lead Instructor
#1 AI instructor on Udemy, with 500,000+ students and corporate AI programs for leading global brands.
The community
Built on trust, not impressions.
Grateful Giraffes is the connective tissue: an active LA community of entrepreneurs, wellness leaders, creators, and investors who return for real relationships, practical learning, and shared experiences.
The assembled AI team
Dom
Head of Shopify AI Growth · app and website building
Adi
Popcorn.co · AI video and short-film creation
Marco Hansell
Life-alignment systems, goals, and habits
Suno
AI music studio and song production
The ecosystem
In good company.
ANEW
Premier partner · claimed
MANUS
AI agent platform
REPLIT
AI build platform
LOVABLE
AI app-building platform
SUNO
Canopy music studio
POPCORN
AI film station
From our community
The room leaves an impression.
4.8/5 average across our largest events
“Every Giraffe event is full of unforgettable memories, great music, dancing, collaboration, and authentic connection.”
“I enter each event with curiosity and leave full of inspiration.”
“I met people who were thoughtful, inspiring, intelligent, and most importantly, warm and welcoming.”
Ready to partner?
Choose the depth of the product experience.
Savanna is the strongest fit for a staffed Perplexity Computer activation and the audience Emily and Asya described.
Accounted for · ANEW
Premier Partner
$10,000
- Broadest presence across the venue
- Top billing throughout the day
- Stage and digital visibility
1 station remaining · Recommended
Savanna Station
$5,000
- High-traffic floor station
- 10–15 minute mini workshops
- Signage and social coverage
- Live SMB product feedback
2 stations remaining
Canopy Classroom
$2,500
- Upstairs classroom placement
- Deeper small-group instruction
- Lower traffic, longer conversations
No physical presence
In-kind Codes
Promo only
- Codes shared by email and text
- Oasis platform distribution
- No staffed activation or signage
Current availability: 1 Savanna station at $5,000 and 2 Canopy stations at $2,500 each. We’ll update Emily and Asya immediately if another placement closes.
AI SAFARI
BYOL
Bring your own laptop
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