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✨ A hands-on expedition through the AI jungle

AI Safari

Not a conference of slides. A day of doing — move station to station, get your hands on the tools everyone's talking about.

Sun, Aug 9 · 1–8pm Primal Moves, Marina Del Rey

The Watering Holes

Stations you'll roam

Build-an-Agent

Ship a working AI agent before you leave the booth.

AI Video Studio

Generate a film clip live with the tools studios are scrambling to learn.

Meet Gigi (Voice AI)

Talk to a real AI assistant and watch her book, draft, and follow up.

Image Lab

Go from a sentence to a portfolio-grade image in sixty seconds.

No-Code Automation

Wire up an automation that runs your busywork while you sleep.

Vibe-Coding Live Builds

Describe an app out loud, watch it get built in front of you.

AI School Showcase

See what real students shipped, then start your own build.

AI Life Alignment

Hosted by Marco Hansell

Build your own AI system for getting your life into alignment, live.

Station 8

Hosted by David Gull — TBD

Details coming soon.

The day at a glance

1pm to 8pm of doing

A full day designed to get you moving, grounded, and shipping — starting with partner stretching to charge you up.

1:00 – 2:00 PM

Doors + Welcome

Coffee, mingling, and your first look at the stations. Grab your AI Safari Passport at the door — get it stamped at every station, and a full passport gets you into the raffle.

2:00 – 2:30 PM

Partner Stretching

G
with Gus

Get your body and brain charged up together before the building begins.

2:30 – 2:40 PM

Keynote — Danielle Lloyd

Danielle
with Danielle

Founder of Anew opens the day with AI for holistic health and human flourishing.

2:40 – 3:00 PM

The Human Edge

Dom
Benza
Steve
with Dom, Benza, Steve

What stays yours when AI can do almost everything else — a grounded start before the room goes hands-on.

3:00 – 5:30 PM

Explore the Safari

Hands-on across all 5 Savanna stations — build agents, video, automations, and more. Keep an eye on the live builder leaderboard; fastest working agent and best vibe-coded app both get called out at the close.

5:30 – 6:00 PM

The future of humanity — how to use AI for good

Danielle
Benza
Dom
Marco
Max
with Danielle, Benza, Dom, Marco, Max

A live panel — Max moderates Danielle, Benza, Dom, and Marco on where this is actually going. No hype, just the real conversation.

6:00 – 8:00 PM

Continue to Roam

Back to the stations — the fireside doesn't end, it turns into a set.

The AI Team

The people building it live with you

Benza Maman

Benza Maman

#1 AI Instructor on Udemy · 500,000+ Students

Benza makes the most powerful AI tools feel natural, accessible, and genuinely exciting. He has built corporate AI literacy programs for Samsung, Apple, Pepsi, and Nike — and leads the hands-on building stations.

Max Marine

Max Marine

CEO & Co-Founder, Grateful Labs

7-year VC and CFA Charterholder turned community builder. Max designed the membership model and architected both The Oasis platform and Gigi (AI Chief of Staff) from scratch. Venice, CA.

Julian Melcer

Julian Melcer

Co-Founder, Grateful Labs

Experience designer, environmental activist, and somatic healing specialist. Julian curates every live event and brings the human magic — from intimate salons to 300-person wellness Safaris. Santa Monica, CA.

Dom Coryell

Dom Coryell

Head of AI Growth, Shopify

Shows builders how to describe an app out loud and watch it actually ship — no code required. Founded Talkable (YC, 500 Startups) before leading AI growth at Shopify.

Marco Hansell

Marco Hansell

Host, Recess

Built and lost a $35M company, then rebuilt his life around using tech on his own terms. Runs Recess up in the Canopy — group games that get you out of the mind and into the game.

Danielle Lloyd

Danielle Lloyd

Anew Activation — AI for Holistic Health

Founder, writer, and former international bodybuilder building at the intersection of AI, health tech, and human behavior. Opens the day’s teaching at 3:00pm with the Personal Flourishing Map — Anew, AI for holistic health.

Adi Sideman

Adi Sideman

Founder, Popcorn

Founder of Popcorn. Runs the Savanna station where you create a mini-film from a prompt — start to finished clip, live.

Steve Celi

Steve Celi

Video Creator

Turns AI video tools into real content, live — prompt to finished clip. Co-hosts The Human Edge.

Anu Alchemy

Anu Alchemy

Partner · Anu.alchemy

Bringing alchemy and wellness into the fold — a partner station weaving AI with intention.

What you actually walk away with

One ticket. Everything included.

A full day of hands-on AI — packed into a single ticket.

A full day of hands-on AI training (5 Savanna stations)
$600 value
Build a working AI agent you keep
$500 value
Live AI video + image generation studio time
$300 value
A vibe-coded app built in front of you
$400 value
No-code automation set up for your workflow
$250 value
Time with Gigi, a real voice AI assistant
$200 value
The Human Edge + a room full of LA builders & founders
$300 value
Take-home prompts, tools & resource kit
$150 value
Total value$2,700+

Early-bird gets all of it for $149 — and the build you leave with can pay for the day many times over.

Enter the Safari

AI is amplifying human potential.

The question is whether you'll be intentional about what you amplify.

Welcome to AI Safari.

Day Pass

AI SAFARI

Sun, Aug 9 · 1–8pm
Primal Moves, Marina Del Rey
$179

🎁 Includes a $300+ gift basket of AI subscriptions — Suno, Lovable, Replit, Manus, Base44, Anew, Popcorn & Perplexity.

For AI companies

Put your tool in builders' hands

250+ LA founders, builders, and creators — the exact people who adopt, post, and bring tools back to their teams. You demo, they build, everyone wins.

Own a hands-on station

Station Sponsor

$5,000

  • Run your own build station
  • Tool in 250+ builders' hands
  • Logo on site + signage
  • Lead list of station visitors
Become a Sponsor

Premium placement

Presenting Sponsor

$12,000

  • Everything in Station
  • Premium station location
  • Stage moment / demo slot
  • Featured in attendee email
  • Social + recap mentions
Become a Sponsor
BEST VALUE

Exclusive — one only

Title Sponsor

$25,000

  • "AI Safari, presented by ___"
  • Top billing everywhere
  • Exclusive in your category
  • Opening remarks
  • Lead list of station visitors
Become a Sponsor

Want a custom package? Email gigi@grateful.gg

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