Washington AI Network’s Winter Speakeasy Gathers Press and Policy Makers

You needed the secret password—llama—to slip into the Washington AI Network Winter Speakeasy, but once inside, it was full holiday magic. Guests traded coats for Meta smart glasses, with Meta’s Head of Global Communications, David Ginsberg, front and center as an A-list mix of media stars, policy pros, investors, and technologists leaned into cocktails, karaoke, and just the right amount of AI-fueled mischief. The crowd voted on their most-used AI tools, confessed their favorite chatbot prompts, and fueled the fun with Dog Tag Bakery’s legendary Do-nies (donut-brownies).

Here is how Politico playbook mentioned the event:

SPOTTED at a Washington AI Network winter speakeasy, presented by Meta, at the House at 1229 yesterday evening: David Ginsberg, Kaitlan Collins, David Gelles, Josh Dawsey, Andy Stone, Matt Kaplan, Jackie Rooney, Brian Roehrkasse, Donnie Fowler, Phil Rucker, Maryam Mujica, Craig Gordon, Jonathan and Betsy Fischer Martin, Helen Milby, Katelyn Bledsoe, Sabrina Singh, Janet Adamy, Annie Linskey, Christine Brennan, Colin Demarest, Sumi Somaskanda, Keenan Austin Reed, Katy Balls, Lauren Williams, Emily Wilkins, Maggie Eastland, Naomi Nix, Victoria Espinel, Matt Paul, Matt Gorman, Adrienne Elrod, Dannia Hakki and Tammy Haddad.