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Dear PopTech Friends and Family,
The first PopTech 2025 talk is out the gate! FetusGPT | I Trained My Baby & an AI on the Same Data, features STEM comedian and roboticist Sarah Rose Siskind unveiling FetusGPT—a world-first experiment where her unborn baby and an artificial intelligence were both trained on the same life data: the sounds of her world. Shout out to Sarah’s collaborators Nick Gillespie (dada) and Daniel Shiffman (data). This one’s classic PopTech! Thanks for sharing!
Stay tuned – All PopTech 2025: Enigma talks due to post soon!
Grab a Pass! Why wait until October! Our new PopTech Annual Pass provides an all-access invitation to PopTech community gatherings, offering access to our annual conference plus exclusive events designed to spark connection and insight. Take advantage of the PopTech 2026 early bird rate of $750 through November 30, when the rate increases to $1000. Pop-up events are slated for NY, DC and SF in the runup to our big 30th birthday bash at the Studio Theatre in DC, October 6-8, 2026.
Launch! On November 6th, PopTech and The Signal kicked off a new collaborative convening series, The District Underground, spotlighting our joint commitment to showcasing unique points of view in current affairs and the power of community cross-pollination. We were honored to have Tomicah Tillemann, President, Project Liberty, as our inaugural provocateur. The series will continue in early 2026 with gatherings planned for DC, NYC and SF.
Up Next – PopTech NYC Cocktail Meet-Up – December 10! Drop us a note at [email protected] if you’d like an invite. Super excited to get the community together for a post-PopTech debrief.
Share some intel: Have a theme, a speaker, pop-up event or interactive experience in mind for our big 3-0? Drop us a note at [email protected].
Stay in touch, stay in tune,
The PopTech Team
PopTech hits an amazing milestone in 2026. We’re celebrating 30 years of convening, community-building and impact. This one’s a not-to-miss! We’ll be back at The Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C., October 6-8, 2026. The best part, we’re starting the party early with a series of pop-up events in DC, NY and SF. Think of this as your annual pass to PopTech that includes access to the conference and invitations to ancillary events over the months leading up to the big birthday bash. Take advantage of our all inclusive early-bird rate of $750, through November 30, 2025, when the rate will increase to $1000.
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March 2
1230 — 115 PM EST
Reading Corner: The Hype Handbook.
Michael Schein will read from and discuss his recent book, The Hype Handbook: 12 Indispensable…
March 2
1230 — 115 PM EST
Reading Corner: The Hype Handbook.
Michael Schein will read from and discuss his recent book, The Hype Handbook: 12 Indispensable…