The Research Circuit
SAIL Events
The conference circuit for AI researchers who build, publish, and ship.
2026 Season
Five Conferences. One Coalition.
SAIL operates across the world's most important AI research conferences.
GTC
March 2026 · San Jose
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ICML
July 2026 · Seoul
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COLM
October 2026 · San Francisco
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SAIL Summit
Coming 2026 · San Francisco
NeurIPS
December 2026 · Sydney
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The Data
NeurIPS 2025 Results
Who shows up, what we produce, and why it matters for your brand.
750
attendees across three activations
NeurIPS 2025 — aggregate across ModelShip, SAIL Interviews, and Context Window.
680
decision-makers across three activations
The people shaping AI strategy, procurement, and research direction.
1,950+
projected researcher interactions in 2026
Every interaction produces content that reaches 1.10M+ subscribers across nine newsletters and six social platforms.
Not a booth. Not a banner.
Your brand in conversations that last hours, not seconds — and live permanently across 1.10M+ subscribers.
SAIL Analytics, NeurIPS 2025
Activations
Four Ways We Show Up
Each activation is designed for a different kind of connection.
SAIL Interviews
10-minute researcher conversations, professionally produced
On-site recorded interviews with the researchers building open models. Hosted by SAIL authors, published as long-form and short-form content.
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The Context Window
Where researchers trace their intellectual journey
144 of the most influential AI/ML papers on display. Researchers select favorites, share their stories, and leave with a custom-bound keepsake book.
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ModelShip
Dinner cruises for the world’s leading AI researchers
The signature event. Gatherings alongside COLM in San Francisco and NeurIPS in Sydney — where brilliant minds connect over great conversations and unforgettable views.
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SAIL Summit
AI research, policy, engineering, and the business of AI media
SAIL’s flagship one-day conference in San Francisco. Author talks on the forces shaping AI, plus a half-day on the business of AI media.
The Signature Event
ModelShip
Invite-only dinner cruises that bring together 200–300 of the world's leading AI researchers. Past attendees include teams from DeepMind, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Brain, and top universities worldwide.
“The hottest party one night was an invite-only cruise around the bay.”
— Wall Street Journal
COLM — San Francisco
Dinner cruise on San Francisco Bay alongside the Conference on Language Modeling.
NeurIPS — Sydney
Dinner cruise on Sydney Harbour alongside the world's largest AI research conference.
Video Interviews
SAIL Interviews
Technical conversations with the researchers building open models. SAIL Interviews highlight emerging voices in AI & ML — young, ambitious researchers bringing their work to world-class conferences.
Each 10-minute segment is professionally produced and published as both long-form and short-form content. Hosted by SAIL authors, these conversations provide poster-session teasers and evergreen content that amplifies researcher visibility across the AI community.
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10-Minute Segments
Focused conversations highlighting key research insights
Professional Production
Long-form and short-form videos for maximum reach
Emerging Voices
Young, ambitious researchers at world-class conferences
800+ Annual
200 per conference, targeting 1,000 in 2026
Paper Experience
The Context Window
Inspired by the Criterion Closet, The Context Window immerses researchers in a visually stunning space featuring 144 of the most influential AI/ML papers ever published.
Participants select their 3–7 favorite papers and share the stories behind why these papers shaped their thinking. Each researcher leaves with a custom-bound book of their selected papers — a tangible keepsake celebrating their intellectual journey.
Partner With Us
Built for the companies building AI
Whether you're launching chips, scaling infrastructure, or shipping models — SAIL events put your brand in front of the researchers who matter.
AI Infrastructure & Compute
Your brand alongside the researchers evaluating GPU clusters, training runs, and inference platforms.
AI Labs & Developer Tools
Reach the engineers and researchers who choose the tools, frameworks, and APIs that power their work.
Investors & Advisors
Access the founders, researchers, and technical leaders shaping the next generation of AI companies.