Chappy Asel & AJ Green, AI Collective Leaders on AI Community Growth

Chappy Asel serves as Co-Founder and Executive Director of The AI Collective, the largest grassroots AI community in the US with over 25,000 members across major tech hubs, fostering in-person events and online forums for founders, researchers, operators, and investors to shape AI's future. A self-taught coder from age 12, he built and sold the world's #1 homework app with 338k installs before roles at Apple—contributing to Vision Pro prototypes, Apple Intelligence, App Intents, and AI/ML eye-tracking—and brief stints at Meta and Xevo. He also founded a top-rated weightlifting app (70k+ installs), Cofactory, and a stealth project on social capital allocation, while pursuing competitive natural bodybuilding, reading 50-100 books yearly, and scouting for ventures like Madrona.AJ Green is the Founding Director of Growth at The AI Collective, where he leads the expansion of the world’s largest AI nonprofit community. He views AI as the most disruptive force humanity has ever discovered and is dedicated to building systems that provide asymmetric leverage, transforming compounding intelligence into exponential opportunities. AJ aims to create defining cultural moments in AI history through his work, driving impactful growth and engagement within the AI ecosystem.Topics:

• Building the Largest Grassroots AI Community
• Patterns among the top early-stage AI teams
• What the AI Talent Stack Looks Like in 2026

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