AI companies' creative community events criticized as just 'club venue + DJ' with no real collaboration
round · x · 2026-09-23
Katie Wasserman argues that well-funded AI companies trying to engage creative communities through events remain superficial — limited to "club/gallery venue + DJ" formats or dinner talks by celebrity figures like Rick Rubin types — and calls for deeper, more genuine collaboration with creative communities.
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