The Playa AI Foundation
This is Human–AI Co-evolution. Born on the Playa. Gifted to the Planet.
This is Human—AI Co-evolution. Born on the Playa. Gifted to the Planet.
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The Playa AI Foundation
This is Human–AI Co-evolution. Born on the Playa. Gifted to the Planet.
This is Human—AI Co-evolution. Born on the Playa. Gifted to the Planet.
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Our Vision
We're assembling a coalition of the brightest minds in AI to explore what’s possible when humanity and AI evolve in harmony.
This begins at Burning Man a sand box for the full expression of human potential.
We're assembling a coalition of the brightest minds in AI to explore what’s possible when humanity and AI evolve in harmony.
This begins at Burning Man a sand box for the full expression of human potential.
We're assembling a coalition of the brightest minds in AI to explore what’s possible when humanity and AI evolve in harmony.
This begins at Burning Man a sand box for the full expression of human potential.
Our Vision
We're assembling a coalition of the brightest minds in AI to explore what’s possible when humanity and AI evolve in harmony.
This begins at Burning Man a sand box for the full expression of human potential.
Our Why
AI is merging with human culture becoming a vessel for our values
What we encode is not only code — it is
consciousness. This is the threshold.
Embed creativity, community, and radical self expression, and we shape not just technology but the future of humanity.
AI is merging with human culture becoming a vessel for our values
What we encode is not only code — it is
consciousness. This is the threshold.
Embed creativity, community, and radical self expression, and we shape not just technology but the future of humanity.
AI is merging with human culture becoming a vessel for our values
What we encode is not only code — it is
consciousness. This is the threshold.
Embed creativity, community, and radical self expression, and we shape not just technology but the future of humanity.
Our Why
AI is merging with human culture becoming a vessel for our values
What we encode is not only code — it is
consciousness. This is the threshold.
Embed creativity, community, and radical self expression, and we shape not just technology but the future of humanity.
Our Values
Stewardship
We recognise AI’s unquestionable power in redefining our world and embrace our moral call to ensure its ethical development, centered on burner values.
Amplification
AI is not a replacement for human brilliance — it is a mirror, a muse, a multiplier. We see it as a co-creator that can amplify our creativity, deepen our connections, and extend human consciousness into new dimensions.
Experimentation
We will push forward AI initiatives that reflect human hearts and souls. To provide life to the human essence and regenerate the human spirit.
Stewardship
We recognise the role of humanity in shaping this AI future, and embrace the call to guide it.
Amplification
We see AI as a co-creator and amplifier of human creativity, connection and consciousness.
Experimentation
We will push forward AI initiatives that reflect human hearts and souls. To provide life to the human essence and regenerate the human spirit.
Our Values
Stewardship
We recognise AI’s unquestionable power in redefining our world and embrace our moral call to ensure its ethical development, centered on burner values.
Amplification
AI is not a replacement for human brilliance — it is a mirror, a muse, a multiplier. We see it as a co-creator that can amplify our creativity, deepen our connections, and extend human consciousness into new dimensions.
Experimentation
We will push forward AI initiatives that reflect human hearts and souls. To provide life to the human essence and regenerate the human spirit.
Stewardship
We recognise the role of humanity in shaping this AI future, and embrace the call to guide it.
Amplification
We see AI as a co-creator and amplifier of human creativity, connection and consciousness.
Experimentation
We will push forward AI initiatives that reflect human hearts and souls. To provide life to the human essence and regenerate the human spirit.
Projects (What We're Doing)
Funding for Technology
Funding for Technology
Funding For Research
Funding For Research
Funding For Art
Funding For Art
Governance & Guidelines
Governance & Guidelines
Our Privacy Framework
Our Privacy Framework
Projects (What We're Doing)
Funding for Technology
Funding For Research
Funding For Art
Governance & Guidelines
Our Privacy Framework
Events
London - the Spark & Salon That Started Everything
It began in London, and asking question no one expected to be asked that evening: “What does it mean to be human?”
Nearly two dozen people showed up anyway — founders, technologists, philosophers, people who’d never met each other but somehow already spoke the same language. What followed was a conversation so alive that attendees called it the best event they’d ever been part of.
Alex and Maria didn’t present. They asked questions and listened. The room answered back with ideas, connections, and something rarer: genuine momentum.
That night in London didn’t launch Playa AI. It proved it was real.
New York I — an Office in SoHo - The First Live Hatchathon
Not every gathering needs a grand venue. Sometimes the best ones happen in an office, with laptops open and no one pretending to be anywhere other than exactly where they are.
The SoHo hatchathon was the first of our New York sessions — a hands-on OpenClaw deployment workshop where founders, operators, and curious builders got their hands dirty building actual AI agents, live, together. No slides. No theory. Just: here’s the tool, here’s what it can do, and here’s how you make it do something real before you leave.
It was less about philosophy and more about execution and building. Let’s see what emerges from what we built that day!
The SoHo hatchathon was the first of our New York sessions — a hands-on OpenClaw deployment workshop where founders, operators, and curious builders got their hands dirty building actual AI agents, live, together. No slides. No theory. Just: here’s the tool, here’s what it can do, and here’s how you make it do something real before you leave.
It was less about philosophy and more about execution and building. Let’s see what emerges from what we built that day!
New York II — The National Arts Club - The Second Hatchathon
If you’re going to run a session on the future of human-AI collaboration, doing it inside one of New York’s oldest private arts clubs — founded in 1898, built to champion artists as citizens — is either ironic or completely on the nose.
We’re going with on the nose.
The National Arts Club hatchathon brought together a tight group of builders, founders, and legal firepower — including Rob Griffiths, who’s architecting the legal infrastructure behind the Foundation. The format was the same as always: get your hands on OpenClaw, deploy something real, and leave with agents actually running.
What made this one different was the room. Halfway through helping someone set up their stack, Alex looked up and realized he was helping the founder of one of NYC’s most respected private communities. That kind of thing keeps happening at our events: the right people, in the right room, on the right topic.
The session ran long. They always do.
The National Arts Club hatchathon brought together a tight group of builders, founders, and legal firepower — including Rob Griffiths, who’s architecting the legal infrastructure behind the Foundation. The format was the same as always: get your hands on OpenClaw, deploy something real, and leave with agents actually running.
What made this one different was the room. Halfway through helping someone set up their stack, Alex looked up and realized he was helping the founder of one of NYC’s most respected private communities. That kind of thing keeps happening at our events: the right people, in the right room, on the right topic.
The session ran long. They always do.
Lisbon - The European Ignition
If London was a spark, Lisbon was the bonfire.
Timed to Web Summit — when the city fills with the brightest and most restless minds in tech — we chose a different kind of venue. The Ministry of Magic is owned and run by Burners. It was fully booked until December. Except for our night.
Some things are just meant to happen.
The Playa AI European Ignition was our first intentional fundraiser and our formal declaration: this isn’t a side project. It’s the beginning of a foundation. We brought together the Web Summit crowd, Lisbon’s regenerative community, and a network of investors and philanthropists who fund at the intersection of technology and human consciousness.
Same format as London — mostly dialogue, mostly listening — because we’ve learned that the most important thing we can do in a room full of brilliant people is get out of the way and let them talk.
By the end of the evening, the question wasn’t whether Playa AI would happen. It was how fast.
The Playa AI European Ignition was our first intentional fundraiser and our formal declaration: this isn’t a side project. It’s the beginning of a foundation. We brought together the Web Summit crowd, Lisbon’s regenerative community, and a network of investors and philanthropists who fund at the intersection of technology and human consciousness.
Same format as London — mostly dialogue, mostly listening — because we’ve learned that the most important thing we can do in a room full of brilliant people is get out of the way and let them talk.
By the end of the evening, the question wasn’t whether Playa AI would happen. It was how fast.
Events
London - the Spark & Salon That Started Everything
It began in London, and asking question no one expected to be asked that evening: “What does it mean to be human?”
Nearly two dozen people showed up anyway — founders, technologists, philosophers, people who’d never met each other but somehow already spoke the same language. What followed was a conversation so alive that attendees called it the best event they’d ever been part of.
Alex and Maria didn’t present. They asked questions and listened. The room answered back with ideas, connections, and something rarer: genuine momentum.
That night in London didn’t launch Playa AI. It proved it was real.
New York I — an Office in SoHo - The First Live Hatchathon
Not every gathering needs a grand venue. Sometimes the best ones happen in an office, with laptops open and no one pretending to be anywhere other than exactly where they are.
The SoHo hatchathon was the first of our New York sessions — a hands-on OpenClaw deployment workshop where founders, operators, and curious builders got their hands dirty building actual AI agents, live, together. No slides. No theory. Just: here’s the tool, here’s what it can do, and here’s how you make it do something real before you leave.
It was less about philosophy and more about execution and building. Let’s see what emerges from what we built that day!
New York II — The National Arts Club - The Second Hatchathon
If you’re going to run a session on the future of human-AI collaboration, doing it inside one of New York’s oldest private arts clubs — founded in 1898, built to champion artists as citizens — is either ironic or completely on the nose.
We’re going with on the nose.
The National Arts Club hatchathon brought together a tight group of builders, founders, and legal firepower — including Rob Griffiths, who’s architecting the legal infrastructure behind the Foundation. The format was the same as always: get your hands on OpenClaw, deploy something real, and leave with agents actually running.
What made this one different was the room. Halfway through helping someone set up their stack, Alex looked up and realized he was helping the founder of one of NYC’s most respected private communities. That kind of thing keeps happening at our events: the right people, in the right room, on the right topic.
The session ran long. They always do.
Lisbon - The European Ignition
If London was a spark, Lisbon was the bonfire.
Timed to Web Summit — when the city fills with the brightest and most restless minds in tech — we chose a different kind of venue. The Ministry of Magic is owned and run by Burners. It was fully booked until December. Except for our night.
Some things are just meant to happen.
The Playa AI European Ignition was our first intentional fundraiser and our formal declaration: this isn’t a side project. It’s the beginning of a foundation. We brought together the Web Summit crowd, Lisbon’s regenerative community, and a network of investors and philanthropists who fund at the intersection of technology and human consciousness.
Same format as London — mostly dialogue, mostly listening — because we’ve learned that the most important thing we can do in a room full of brilliant people is get out of the way and let them talk.
By the end of the evening, the question wasn’t whether Playa AI would happen. It was how fast.
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Playa ai is a philanthropic program administered under the fiscal sponsorship and oversight of mystic arts foundation, a u.s. 501(c)(3) public charity. contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Join the initiative
Playa ai is a philanthropic program administered under the fiscal sponsorship and oversight of mystic arts foundation, a u.s. 501(c)(3) public charity. contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.