Mox /mäks/

noun
1. Abbreviation for moxie: energy and pep, or courage and determination.
2. Rare artifacts in Magic: the Gathering, among the most powerful in the game.
3. Atypical acronym for Mixture Of eXperts, a modern machine learning technique.
4. An incubator & community space in San Francisco, on 1680 Mission Street

A gathering place for

  • Startups living in the future
  • EAs, and other doers of good
  • AI lab folks & their safety counterparts
  • Indie researchers and builders
  • Writers; artists; masters of craft

Mox offers

  • Space to work, learn, meet, and play
  • Desks and monitors aplenty
  • Industrial-grade wifi
  • Conference rooms and phone booths
  • Coffee, tea, and snacks

Become a member

Looking for a mission-driven space to work from? We offer coworking desks, private offices, and event space.

Tuesday, November 4

public

2 AM - 4 AM - Ryo Sakai

Reading and discussing classic machine learning papers as well as contemporary research!

public

3 AM - 4 AM - Radoslav Kirov

Let's build mathematics from scratch with Lean! We'll be working through Terence Tao's Analysis 1 Lean Companion.

Wednesday, November 5

public

3 AM - 5 AM - Ventali Tan

​Join us for a weekly reading group at the intersection of AI and the sciences. Each week, we’ll dive into a different area where artificial intelligence is reshaping discovery and research. This week, we will explore the "Resilience Gap" identified in the "Biosecurity" section of our shared document. We'll discuss how AI is simultaneously creating new potential threats (e.g., AI-assisted pathogen design) and offering powerful new solutions (e.g., rapid detection and counter

Thursday, November 6

private

Memoscene #2

2 AM - 5 AM - Saul Munn, Sameer Ismail

A private working group for studying spaced repetition systems.

Friday, November 7

members

2:30 AM - 3:30 AM - Rachel Shu

A weekly dinner for Mox members and plus ones. This week, we'll be joined by the [Patch Fellows!](https://www.joinpatch.org/)

members

5 PM - 3 AM - Rachel Shu

​Schelling day for coworking at Mox. If you’re only going to come in one day this week, pick this one! All members are welcome to drop by, and to bring up to 2 friends to cowork :)

Sunday, November 9

private

International AI Governance Meetup with the Simon Institute

8 PM - 10 PM

A lunchtime roundtable on International AI Governance hosted by the Simon Institute

Humans at Mox

Ansh Shukla
Aqeel Ali
Brian Benchoff
Caithrin Rintoul
Carolina Olive
Collin Gray
Ethan Alley
Gabe Fried
Gavin Ratcliff
Glen Taggart
Grigory Khimulya
Jack Wittmayer
Jennifer Zhou
Jessica Ocean
Mason Krug
Mattie Reyes
Michaël Trazzi
Peter E Lillian
Rachel Farley
Ramnik Arora
Ryo Sakai
Tengji Zhang
Twig T
Wei Zhou