By invitation · Vetted room · Dubai
Escape
Velocity.
Real businesses built with AI agents. Bold ideas for a better society.
- Invited presenters show real projects or businesses built with AI agents
- 10 minutes to present, 10 minutes for the room to question and brainstorm
- Every presenter and every brainstormer is vetted
Every seat is reviewed. 30 founding members.
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Founding circle30 seats · free
Sign-upsOct to Dec 2026
How an evening works
Present
Ten minutes. A real project or business built with AI agents, or an idea you plan to build with them.
Discuss
Ten minutes. The room questions the work, brainstorms and talks it through.
Partner
Vetted builders and operators. Where it fits, the work leaves with partners.
What this is
Ideas worth building.
Escape Velocity is a vetted room in Dubai where bold ideas for a better society get built. Invited presenters show projects or businesses built with AI agents, or ideas they plan to build with them, and walk through how. The room questions the work, adds to it and, where it fits, partners with the founders. Every evening, you learn something new about putting AI agents to work.
Proposed themes
- Longevity
- Climate
- Education
- Civic tech
- Corporate reinvention
Why now
AI is creating a separate, accelerated economy.
Escape Velocity gives that economy a small, exclusive stage in Dubai and points it at problems worth solving.
It is already happening
A workforce of agents.
Polsia
Ben Cera, no employees
$250Mvaluation in a $30M raise, May 2026
~$10Mannual run rate five months after launch
AI agents run Polsia's support, refunds, bug fixes and email. They also handled the data room and investor questions in its latest raise. $250M valuation in a $30M raise, May 2026; ~$10M annual run rate five months after launch.
Figures reported by the founder · Mixergy interview, 27 May 2026
Polyfork
Lucas Martinic, Germany
$500KBuild with Gemini XPRIZE, picked from 26,000+ builders
175+new models a week from the agents
An agent factory designs and publishes Polyfork's 3D models. Each model is a small program that buyers can resize, recolor and remix. $500K Build with Gemini XPRIZE, picked from 26,000+ builders; 175+ new models a week from the agents.
XPRIZE, awarded at Moonshots LIVE, Los Angeles, 25 Sep 2026
Two examples of businesses where AI agents do the work. This is what Escape Velocity puts on stage in Dubai.
What happens in a session
Ten minutes to present. Ten to talk it through.
01Present · 10 minutes
A vetted presenter shows a real project or business built with AI agents, or an idea they want to build with them. Pitching for partnerships or financing is welcome.
02Discuss · 10 minutes
Open conversation. How does it work? Where does it break? How did you build it with AI agents?
03Brainstorm
The room adds ideas and iterations, and offers what moves the project forward: partnerships, financing or introductions from its network.
04Stay on
After the presentations, the conversations continue over the evening in our selected venue: cozy, exclusive and reserved for the room.
The format
Every evening is a mix.
Done
Projects already built with AI agents. Show the work, how you built it, how it makes money, what it earns, and the run rate and forecast. A plain walkthrough beats a produced demo. The founder's story and grit count more than a resume. The room discusses it.
In progress
Ideas before or during the build. Share what you want to build with AI agents, or where a build stands. No revenue needed. The room weighs commitment, progress, how fast the team learns and how the founders work under pressure. Come for validation, improvements and partners to co-build.
Who is in the room
Bright people. No title or degree required.
Senior leaders at CXO, VP and EVP level sit next to founders and bright people at any level. What counts is what you bring to the room. Presenters show a project or business built with AI agents, or an idea they want to build with them. Brainstormers question the work, add ideas and iterations, and vote for the projects they back.
Every quarter
Prize Night
The Escape Velocity Prize. One winner every quarter.
Who enters
Businesses built with AI agents, already earning revenue.
Who votes
Five UAE judges from our themes, plus the whole room.
What the winner gets
Set by the founding circle before the first Prize Night.
Principles
House rules.
Show the work
Done projects and early ideas both get the stage.
Pitch inside the clock
10 minutes to present, then 10 minutes of open conversation.
Titles stay at the door
No title or degree required.
Every seat is vetted
Presenters and brainstormers alike.
Any AI agent is welcome
With Grok Bot as the house tool.
Ideas leave with a next step
Feedback, new iterations and, when it fits, financing and partners to co-build with AI agents.
The ask
Join the founding circle.
30members, free to join
- Sign-ups October to December 2026.
- First evening early 2027.
- The founders decide the venue, the themes and the Prize.
Questions
Plain answers
What is Escape Velocity?
Escape Velocity is a vetted, invitation-only evening in Dubai. Invited presenters show projects or businesses built with AI agents, or ideas they plan to build with them, and walk through how. The room questions the work, adds to it and, where it fits, partners with the founders to take it further.
Who can join?
Presenters and brainstormers. Senior leaders at CXO, VP and EVP level sit next to founders and bright people at any level. No title or degree is required. What counts is what you bring to the room. Every presenter and every brainstormer is vetted.
What does it cost?
The founding circle is free to join. There are 30 seats. Sign-ups run from October to December 2026.
When is the first evening?
The first evening is in early 2027. The founders decide the venue, the themes and the Prize.
How do I present?
Submit a project on the present page. You have ten minutes to show a real project or business built with AI agents, or an idea you want to build with them. Pitching for partnerships or financing is welcome, and it stays inside those ten minutes. Ten minutes of open conversation follow.