What if the future of tech in Arizona doesn’t start on a stage… but at a table with your laptop open? In a midtown Phoenix office, sixty people sat shoulder-to-shoulder—not to listen, but to build. No slides. No panels. No “circle back next week.” Just real-time AI workflows being created on the spot.
In this episode of Inside the Ascent, Anisia Corona and The AI Collective, Phoenix shares why she’s done with passive tech events—and how the AI Collective grew from a small San Francisco apartment gathering into a 150,000-member global community fueled by one thing: shared curiosity in action.
“We’re tired of the lectures,” she says. “We want you to walk out knowing something.” This isn’t networking for the sake of it. It’s a builder movement—and it’s landing in Phoenix.
If you care about:
- Where Arizona’s tech scene is actually headed
- And why community might be the real competitive advantage
- How AI is moving from hype to hands-on
This episode will challenge how you show up. 🎧 Listen in—and then tell us: Are you showing up to consume… or to build?
