Every's First Thesis: 2027 Conference to Explore Human Work in the AI Era

Every announced its first conference, Thesis: 2027, on November 5 at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, bringing together roughly 400 founders, executives, and creators to discuss what good human work looks like after AI automation becomes ubiquitous. The date, venue, scale, and speaker lineup are confirmed across official channels, with Gumroad's founder disclosing a notably telling compute-spending datapoint.

Confirmed

• The conference is named Thesis: 2027, taking place November 5 at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, with about 400 founders, executives, and creators attending.
• Speakers include Notion CEO Ivan Zhao, Cat from Anthropic (last name not fully disclosed), Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia, creator Natalie Fratto, and Fortune senior writer and editor Allie Garfinkle (confirmed to attend).
• Sahil Lavingia shared that June 2026 was the first month in Gumroad's history when AI token (compute) spending equaled employee payroll.
• Natalie Fratto, who drew millions of views in 30 days with hand-drawn tech videos, argues that in an era of content abundance, "proving human work"—visible mistakes and effort—is highly valuable.
• Conference themes also include the question of when efficiency erodes humanity.

Why it matters

• Gumroad's compute spend matching payroll is a landmark datapoint in the shifting cost structure of AI, showing that AI investment at mid-sized tech companies is approaching the scale of labor costs.
• The conference pushes the question of human value after automation from abstract debate toward concrete creator practices and business cases, offering reference value for anyone tracking AI's impact on work.

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