“We shape our tools and
then our tools shape us.”
Pre-Alpha is a private club for anyone (mainly non-programmers) who use AI to build their own tools, reshape their practice, or question what all of it changes.
Pre-alpha is the moment before something has a name, a roadmap, or an audience. It is the raw phase when an idea might take shape and momentum. We borrowed the term because it describes exactly where we focus our observations, thinking and work. Members of the club share that posture more than a profession. They notice friction before others do. They experiment before there is a roadmap. They articulate what they see happening before there is a consensus.
Together, we think out loud, share early ideas and ill-formed questions, and build knowledge through making, reflection and feedback.
Membership gives you a place to share concerns, encounter peers, different models of thinking and the opportunity to turn questions and ideas into tools, arguments, and positions. What you develop here serves your own practice and the larger conversations around you.
What you produce is yours: notes, sketches, essays, tools, talks, prototypes. The community is what motivates you to deliver them.
Membership includes:
Members may propose and facilitate tertulias, workcasts, and studios, turning their expertise into shared knowledge.
Pre-Alpha is a small, deliberate gathering of perpetual learners who welcome and respect a format of intimacy and trustworthiness. Our mood is closer to a dinner table than a conference. You will find people driven by constant curiosity about others and the world around them.
We welcome members from diverse domains including technology, design, art, culture, entrepreneurship, science and politics who take AI seriously as a tool, a question, or both. This diversity enriches our community and creates unexpected connections between ways of thinking. We favor individuals who are avid listeners and generous contributors, whether they approach AI as creatives, pragmatists or skeptics.
We are opening Pre-Alpha with a founding tier of 30 memberships. Founders are the people who show up before something has proven itself, help shape what it becomes, and carry the added significance of having been there first.
450€ / year
30 founding memberships
Come ready to think, make, and question. We will meet you there.
I am interestedWe are Lisa Gansky and Fabien Girardin, partners at Próximo Lab and technologists active since the early days of the web. We are driven by curiosity and by the intent to shape our future rather than conform to styles imposed by others.