Country.Club · Club Founders
Be the person
your field
gathers around.
your field
gathers around.
Start a Country.Club around what you know.
Our AI organizer handles the rest.
Our AI organizer handles the rest.
Why now
02
AI is rewriting every job.
A trusted network is the one asset it can’t replace.
99%
of CEOs expect AI to cut headcount within two years.1
Your network is the asset that lasts.
75%
of CEOs believe they could lose their job this year because of AI.2
CEOs, CTOs and CISOs want people they trust around them.
Start the club professionals come back to.
¹ Mercer, 2026 (825 C-suite leaders). ² Dataiku & The Harris Poll, Global AI Confessions, 2026 (900 CEOs).
Why you
03
Leaders in your field already listen to you.
A trusted name brings the right people to the table.
You lead, or have led, teams or functions at a large company.
Leaders in your field value your view.
You would enjoy bringing them together.
Your club
04
A club built around your name and expertise.
Most clubs are named [X] Country Club.
X is your niche. For example:
Responsible AI Country Club
Real Estate Country Club
Security Leaders Country Club
“I’m the founder of Responsible AI Country Club.”
You own your club’s name and niche. Members belong to the Country.Club network and can visit other clubs.
Club #1
05
No.
1
◇ CLUB CHARTER · NO. 1 ◇
The 1% Club
Santana Row
Founder
Amin Vatani
Goal
Buy commercial real estate together.
Who
People earning $700K+ who want to invest in real estate. Most are enterprise decision-makers.
Cadence
Monthly, at Santana Row.
Style
No pitches. Friendly, big laughs, a luxurious feel.
Members
750 have attended. 210 opted into the club’s goal. 85% booked their next dinner within a week.
Funded by
Companies that want to meet its decision-makers. Membership dues later.
Members join for their personal goals.
Companies sponsor for who they are at work.
Companies sponsor for who they are at work.
Club Founders
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You’ll be in good company.
Leaders already starting their clubs.
Min Wang
ex-CTO
Splunk
Nabarupa Banerjee
ex-CPO
Clear
Swamy Kocherlakota
Chief AI Officer
Zscaler
Chetan Pungaliya
Co-founder
Poshmark
Saker Ghani
Chief Digital Officer
Citrin Cooperman
Sanjeev Katariya
Head of AI Platform Architecture
Airbnb
Sam Hamilton
ex-SVP of Data
Visa
Quinn Zuo
VP of Product
Uniphore
Siamak Nazari
Sr. Dir. Engineering
NVIDIA
Kourosh Amiri
CBO, Home & Health
Google
“Very much like Uber and other travel companies, but natively born of AI.”
Sanjeev Katariya, Head of AI Platform Architecture, Airbnb · Club Founder
Your role
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You lead the room.
Our AI organizer handles the rest.
You
Set the club name.
Connect your LinkedIn so our AI organizer can invite your network.
Tell AI your criteria, no contact list, etc.
Be present at the dinner.
Country.Club
Builds the guest list from your network.
Sends invitations and books the venue.
Plans the seating and logistics.
Handles payments, reminders, and follow-up meetings.
Two kinds of dinner
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Community dinners and sponsored dinners.
Community dinner
Members pay for their own dinner.
No vendors. Leaders in your field, around one table.
Sponsored dinner
A vendor pays to meet the guests it chose.
Members accept the invite with no pressure. Guests eat free. Vendors never pitch at the table.
You approve the guest list. Your name stays protected.
On Oct 14 at Club#1: 15 guests in the vendor’s room, 47 members in the general area.
Vendors
09
Vendors want to meet leaders in your field.
Demand for small, curated rooms is growing.
BELIEF
80%
of B2B event marketers find intimate, in-person formats more effective than large conferences for engaging senior audiences.1
PLANS
59%
of marketers plan to increase small, hosted in-person events.2
At Club #1: 10 sponsored dinners. 74 vendors on the waitlist.
¹ B2B Events Intelligence Report 2026. ² Forrester, 2025 State of B2B Events Survey.
Business model
10
Two ways your club earns, one club.
Sponsorship
Today
Companies pay to meet the members they choose.
You
50%
Country.Club
50%
Membership
From Q2 2027
Members pay annual dues to belong.
You
90%
Country.Club
10%
Your members pay you. Sponsors pay the club, and you share half.
What you earn
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You earn when vendors join your table.
$13K
paid by one vendor to host 15 guests
$6.5K
to the Club Founder (50%)
No cost to you.
Community dinners pay for themselves. Members cover their own food.
No schedule and no minimum. We suggest one dinner a month.
One night at Club #1, not a guarantee. 50% of what the vendor pays for guests from your community. Food is billed separately and not included.
Next step
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Start your Country.Club.
Lead your first dinner in two weeks.
01
Define your club with our AI organizer. Say who you want in the room and how the club should work.
02
Schedule 2–3 test dinners with no vendors.
03
We build each dinner. Our AI invites people from your network, and you approve who is invited.
04
Settle into a rhythm. We suggest one dinner a month.
When your club has an audience, we bring your first sponsor.
Country.Club · Club Founders