Why Lighthaven became the Bay Area's best-value venue for AI conferences

AaronBergman18 · x · 2026-09-29

Lighthaven, the Berkeley venue built by the Lightcone team, is praised as the nicest affordable conference center in the Bay Area — hosting 200-person events at a price no comparable venue matches.

Responding to conspiracy talk about Manifest and ILIAD sharing the location, allTheYud notes real historical links (Robin Hanson invented prediction markets; Less Wrong split from his blog) but says the venue is mostly the work of 'highly optimizing people.'

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