First Community Gathering

Launch Night

Jerusalem's AI scene, in one room. Put the human back in AI.

The Jerusalem AI Center is launching. Before the new year begins, we are opening the doors for one evening of sharp ideas, live demos, and the people who will build what comes next. No lectures, no panels that drag: three short talks, one live build, and a room full of people worth meeting.

Request a Seat Free · 30 seats only · every approved guest joins the JAC WhatsApp community
When

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

9:30 – 11:00 PM · spill-over welcome

Where

ICE — Beit Ha-Defus St 30

Building 6, Floor 4, Jerusalem 9546112

On Stage
  • Bryant Oberg (Human Co-Pilot) demos Instinct.co
  • Zevi Kaufman (Cedar Media Studios)
  • One more 10-minute presenter — announced next week
169,500

Torah scholars in Israel — a generational talent reserve

$52B

Annual cost of underintegration (Israel Democracy Institute)

30

Seats at the first Launch Night - September 16

5

Institutional pillars: Fellowship · Cohorts · Executive Ed · Convenings · Ventures

Why the Jerusalem AI Center

Built for the era of judgment

01

Torah judgment as civilizational capital

Two thousand years of dialectical reasoning, multi-layered abstraction, and intellectual honesty produce exactly the cognitive profile the AI era demands. We make that capacity legible — and deployable.

02

Permanence, not program

The Jerusalem AI Center is not a cohort or a campaign. It is a permanent institution — a physical home, a long-horizon mission, and an enduring asset for Jerusalem, Israel, and the Jewish world.

03

World-class at every layer

Pristine facility. Elite fellows. Renowned faculty. Frontier compute. Exquisite convenings. We are not building the adequate option. We are building the definitive institution.