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EIGHT OWNERS. every seat carries a payroll and a P&L TWO DAYS. live demos of the systems running their companies NO AUDIENCE. no talks, no panels, no recording REAL NUMBERS. headcount, margin, what the stack costs
The Problem

You're the furthest ahead on AI in every room you walk into.

Nobody at your agency is ahead of you. So nobody can pull you forward. You learn alone, by reading, guessing, and shipping.

Meanwhile the calls get more expensive. Headcount. Roles. Pricing. What to rebuild.

You need a room where some people match you and some are past you. This is that room.

Guess-Or, hooded sorcerer in fog
Guess-Or · At Large
What This Is

Eight owners, open screens, real numbers.

Everyone demos their best AI system live, then gets twenty minutes of blunt feedback. You see the agents, tools, and org charts nobody posts publicly, with the real costs and the failures.

One rule protects it all: what gets shared here stays here.

Every tool and prompt from the weekend goes home with you in one shared doc.

The Builder raising a sword of code
The Builder
Who Gets a Seat

The bar is what you have shipped.

WORTHY

  • You own the agency, the payroll, and the P&L.
  • Your team uses an AI system you shipped, every week.
  • You could demo live tomorrow, no slides.
  • You will say your real numbers out loud.
  • You want blunt feedback from real peers.

UNWORTHY

  • Your AI experience is prompting ChatGPT well.
  • You want to learn the basics.
  • You sell AI more than you run it.
  • You need slides to explain your work.
  • You plan to post about what you saw.
What You Leave With

The questions this room answers.

Owners ask these privately because the public answers are marketing. Here they get worked in the open, screens and invoices out.

Money

  • Who is actually saving six figures, and where it lands on the P&L
  • What to charge for AI work
  • What the stack really costs per head
  • What nobody would buy again

People

  • The roles you still need, and the ones already gone
  • Who can be retrained, and how fast
  • Building an AI employee that works without a babysitter
  • Who owns the systems when the builder leaves

Stack

  • Is the Mac Mini in the closet worth it, or is that a hobby
  • Tools running on real client work, not in demo videos
  • Local vs. paying per token
  • Build vs. buy, from people who paid for the wrong answer

Delivery & Risk

  • What breaks when client data enters the loop
  • Who QAs machine output, and who signs off
  • What clients get told, and what goes in the contract
  • What to rebuild, what to leave alone
The Format

Two nights. Every seat demos.

I

Arrive Saturday

4:00 pm check-in. Welcome hour, private dinner, lightning intros at the table.

II

Demo Blocks

Eight slots. 20 minutes live demo, 20 minutes feedback. Hard stops.

III

Steal This Hour

Five minutes each, one screen. Favorite tools, prompts, workflows, shown fast.

IV

Hot Seats

Bring the problem you are stuck on. Seven sharp people, 15 minutes on it.

V

Commitments Round

Everyone names the one thing they will build in 30 days. We check on a group call.

The Full Agenda

Two nights, start to finish.

Arrive Saturday at four. Out Monday at ten. Everything below is covered by your seat.

Your room at The Westin Nashville
Saturday · 4:00 pm

Arrive and check in

A private king room at The Westin, two nights, in your name. Drop your bag and come find us.

L27 Rooftop Lounge at The Westin
Saturday · 5:00 pm

Welcome hour, 27 floors up

Drinks and snacks at L27, the rooftop bar. No agenda. Just the eight of us and the skyline.

A steakhouse spread with dry-aged steak and sides
Saturday · 7:00 pm

Dinner at Oak Steakhouse

Reserved for 8. Oak is downstairs in the same building. Lightning intros at the table: who you are, your stack, and the one thing you want help with.

The penthouse suite at The Westin Nashville
Sunday · All day

The work, in the war room

Breakfast at the hotel, then straight up to the penthouse. Demo blocks run all day, 20 minutes live and 20 minutes of feedback each. Lunch is catered into the war room so nobody loses the thread.

The dining room at the Iberian Pig Nashville
Sunday · 7:30 pm

Dinner at the Iberian Pig

Spanish tapas, five minutes on foot. Everything is shared, which is the point on night two. Then the room stays open as late as it stays useful.

Downtown Nashville from the rooftop
Monday · 8:00 am

Breakfast, hot seats, and out

Breakfast together, then hot seats on whatever you are stuck on. Everyone names the one thing they will build in the next 30 days. Out by 10:00 am.

Leak-Or, banished villain
NOTHING LEAVES
THE ROOM.

No screenshots. No posts. No "a friend of mine built" threads. People show unreleased products, internal numbers, and dead ends because they trust the room. Agreeing to this is part of applying.

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After You Leave

The room stays open for 90 days.

The Private Channel

A Slack channel for the eight, running 90 days after. Post at 11pm, someone who solved it answers.

The Stack Doc

Every tool, prompt, vendor, and cost figure, captured live in one doc.

The 30-Day Call

Everyone reports on their commitment. Saying it to these seven is why it gets built.

Seven Allies

They have seen your systems and know your numbers. That outlasts the 90 days.

Your Host

The man behind the power.

Jay Owen
Jay Owen · The Host

Jay founded Business Builders in 1999, runs Agency Builders, a community of 400+ agency leaders, and builds AI systems daily. He teaches what he learns at aiwithjay.com.

For years he has watched owners ask the same expensive questions in private, then answer them alone. This puts eight of them at one table.

What's Included

One price. You book the flight and show up.

Lodging
Two nights, your own bedroom
Feasts
Sat dinner · all day Sun · Mon breakfast
Coffee
Running all day, plus snacks
War Room
Demo screen, wifi, one big table
Secret Docs
Pre-read packet · stack doc · 90-day channel

Not included: your flight. The rate is $2,950 per seat, all inclusive.

The knowledge you gain will be worth at least 10x, and save you months.

You will see systems you can copy straight into your agency, spend you can stop wasting, and hires you no longer need to make. If Monday morning comes and it did not clear that bar, tell me and I will make it right.

$2,950
Per Seat · All Inclusive
Everything But Your Flight
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Your info goes to Jay and nobody else. No list, no spam.

Jamon and cheese boards at the Iberian Pig
Seating area in a king room at The Westin
The Destination
THE GATHERING
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
OCTOBER 24 – 26 · A PRIVATE HOUSE OUTSIDE THE CITY

Fly into BNA. The house location goes only to the eight.

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Questions

FAQ

What's not covered?

Your flight into BNA, valet if you drive ($55 a night at the hotel), extra nights before or after (ask me, I'll get you the group rate), and anything off-script like midnight room service. Everything on the schedule is covered.

What does it cost?

$2,950 per seat, all inclusive. That covers everything except your flight: two nights' lodging with your own bedroom, Saturday dinner, Sunday breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, coffee all day, Monday breakfast, the demo room, the pre-read packet, and the 90-day Slack channel. Both payment options are right here on this page.

How do I claim a seat?

Pay on this page, in full or with the deposit. ZERO seats are left and they go in the order they are paid. Questions first? Reply to any email from me or reach out directly.The room is full. Join the waitlist on this page and you are first in line if a seat opens, and first to hear about the next one.

Is this only for agency owners?

It is built for owners and operators who carry a team and a P&L. If you run ops or product inside a company like that and you ship the AI systems, you fit. Solo consultants selling AI advice do not.

Do I have to share my real numbers?

Yes. Margin, headcount, and what the stack actually costs are the whole point. The room rule is what makes that safe.

Is any of it recorded?

No. Nothing is recorded, streamed, or photographed except the group photo at the end.

Can I bring a colleague?

No. Every seat demos, and every seat is accepted by name.