At HypeTribe, we’re allergic to that kind of experience. So we stopped throwing “events” and started curating rooms, high-context, founder-heavy, creatively-charged spaces where you don’t have to explain what you do, because everyone already gets it. You skip the pitch. You get to the point. You leave sharper.

May 2025? Four cities. Four rooms. Four very different kinds of people. One thing in common: everyone was building.

Let’s break it down.

San Francisco, May 4, The Design-Led Builders Room

In collaboration with Grace Ling (CoCreate)

This was for the ones who think in Figma, prototype in code, and pitch with clean decks. It was quiet confidence, not clout. We brought together UI/UX leads, indie product teams, and early-stage founders to talk about building tools, not just using them.

• Real critiques of portfolio work

• Open conversations about burnout, imposter syndrome, and creative pressure

• How to position design as a business asset, not an afterthought

Why it mattered: Because if you're a designer trying to become a founder, or a founder trying to design your way into traction, you need more than inspiration. You need friction. You need peers who speak your language. That’s what this room gave them.

San Francisco, May 9, The “Still Building” Room

With Ed Giansante, Grace Ling (Cocreate) & Dovetail

This wasn’t a business panel. It was a group therapy session for people mid-build, mid-burnout, mid-figuring-it-out.

No polished decks. No founder flexes. Just real people, deep in the trenches, trying to stay upright while launching something that actually works.

What we saw in the room:

• Founders asking each other “How are you making this sustainable?

• Creatives quietly admitting they’ve launched nothing yet, but they’re close

• Teams sharing the emotional side of building, not just the strategic

Why it mattered: Because most events reward performance. This one rewarded honesty. People didn’t come to pitch. They came to process. To think out loud. To get in front of the questions they hadn’t dared say out loud yet.

It wasn’t about growth hacks. It was about getting unstuck.

London, May 16, The Collision Room

In collaboration with Francisco Opazo (London Community Week) and CoCreate

This room was intentionally mixed. No echo chamber. Creators, operators, investors, and first-time founders all shoulder to shoulder. No one had time to posture. Everyone had something to offer.

• A solo ops lead finally admitting they need a co-founder

• A fashion founder explaining margins to a SaaS team

• Creators breaking down how storytelling builds trust before product

Why it mattered: Because industry-specific rooms are safe. Cross-industry ones are risky, but that’s where the best connections happen. London reminded us that collisions build momentum.

Dubai, May 26, The Food Builder Room

With Foodpreneurs Collective, Orderific, Delicrew, Short FOMO, and more

This was a beast of its own. Chefs, restaurateurs, POS engineers, delivery platforms, ghost kitchen operators. No pretension, just heat.

• Founders swapping suppliers mid-conversation

• Investors talking about food tech they’re actually backing

• Candid breakdowns of what it costs to scale a kitchen in this economy

Why it mattered: Because food founders are some of the most overworked and under-networked builders alive. We gave them a night where their pain points weren’t just understood, they were solved in real time by people next to them.

So... Why Should You Be in These Rooms?

Because here’s what doesn’t happen at our events:

• No one’s pitching for VC attention.

• No one's just there for content.

• No one’s faking it.

Here’s what does happen:

• You sit next to someone building what you thought only you cared about.

• You leave with new frameworks, not just new contacts.

• You hear someone say the exact thing you’ve been afraid to admit about your work.

You don’t come for photos. You come for friction.

You come because the right room at the right time will do more for your career than three months of cold outreach.

This isn’t a vibe. It’s infrastructure for creative people who think like founders, and founders who still create.

We’re not building hype. We’re building pressure.

And pressure makes diamonds.