Café Coworking — The Open Table by AI Founders

Bring the thing you left half-finished.

One long table, coffee and builders who help you move forward. It's not networking, nor a masterclass: it's a third place where you sit down with your laptop and a blocker, and leave with one clear next step and people to keep building it with.

AI Founders builders working on laptops around a café table in Madrid
Real tables, real coffee.
People working with laptops, sticky notes and coffee during a Café Coworking session
Real tables, real coffee.

What do you need today?

Pick one. We collect no data — it only helps you know what to look for at the table.

Next table

The next pot of coffee is already brewing.

We're locking the date and venue for the next edition. Leave your details and we'll write when seats open.

An AI Founders Café Coworking session with the community gathered around the long table
A recent edition of The Open Table.

The table ritual

The topic changes, the city changes, the coffee changes. The sequence never does.

  1. 1

    The order

    You decide what you want to finish today.

  2. 2

    First round

    You share what you're building, what you need and what you can offer.

  3. 3

    Focus block

    Laptops open and real time to make progress.

  4. 4

    Refill

    Feedback, peer mentoring or a cross-table unblock.

  5. 5

    The bill

    You say what moved and what your next step is.

  6. 6

    Open tab

    You leave something open to continue at the next table.

The table changes topic. The ritual stays.

Formats menu

  • Reading Table

    One article or chapter, one question and a practical use.

  • Peer Mentoring

    Two people alternate problem, experience and advice.

  • Reverse Mentoring

    An exchange between generations or experience levels.

  • Skill Swap

    “I'll teach you this in 15 minutes, you teach me that.”

  • Hot Seat

    One blocker, one person and several useful perspectives.

  • Show Your Work

    Showing what isn't finished yet.

  • GTM Table

    Value proposition, distribution, content and first sales.

  • Agents Table

    Automations, agents and processes that already work.

70% building · 20% interaction · 10% special content

Never a masterclass, never a panel. You come to work and to show imperfect things.

The first time you come for the project. The second, for the people.

A recognisable cadence, hosts who remember what you're working on and a table where asking for help also means offering it. That turns an event into a community and a café into a third place.

  • Café Card

    A physical or digital memory of the tables you shared.

  • Asks & Offers

    I need this / I can help with that.

  • Open Tabs

    Projects that come back and move from one session to the next.

  • Resident Hosts

    People who protect the tone and connect the community.

A good community starts with someone who sets the table.

Four ways to open a table with AI Founders. Each side brings something concrete.

Venue or café

Set the table

Host a recurring community at strategic hours and turn your space into a place people want to return to.

You bring
Space, hospitality and coffee.
AI Founders brings
Format, audience, hosts and content.

Coworking or community

Co-create an edition

Activate your members around a topic and a hands-on experience without building an event from scratch.

You bring
Community, local or topical context.
AI Founders brings
Ritual, facilitation and brand experience.

Brand or tool

Bring a challenge

Open a useful conversation and let people build with your product, knowledge or question.

You bring
A question, experts, credits or tools.
AI Founders brings
Context, community and an experience with no sales pitch.

Host or ambassador

Activate a table

Bring the format to your city with a playbook, visual identity and shared ritual.

You bring
Local leadership and ecosystem knowledge.
AI Founders brings
Brand, support, materials and experience standard.

AI Founders community

Café Coworking is part of the AI Founders ecosystem.

AI Founders is the community of people building with AI from Madrid: hackathons, café coworking, technical sessions, demo nights and investor meetups. Everything we do is open to any entrepreneur, freelancer or digital nomad in the city.

  • AI hackathons and challenges with companies
  • Weekly café coworking in Madrid
  • Demo nights, workshops and meetups

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