What AI Lounge is
AI Lounge is where people who build with AI compare notes: developers shipping agents and models, founders growing AI products, and operators bringing AI into real companies. Profiles show what you have actually built. Masterminds are grouped by ARR band so the conversation matches where you are. The tools directory, news desk, deals and research are curated for builders, not for a general audience.
How it works
Membership starts free, with Ask AI, Stocks, Deals, Companies and the Revenue Leaderboard included. AI Lounge Pro adds the Weekly Masterminds with $1M+ AI Founders, in-person event invites, investor and press contacts, Warm Paths and the builder perks, see pricing. Every Thursday at 11 AM Central the whole community meets for the 60-minute Weekly AI Founder Mastermind to share what we learned that week.
Who runs it
AI Lounge is built by Ryan Allis (founder of iContact and SaasRise) and David, from Austin, Texas, with the help of 2,664 members in 841 cities. Rise Worldwide, Inc. is the operating company.
Principles
Real profiles over vanity metrics. Public, computable leaderboard rules. Sponsors are always labeled. Members own their data and can export or delete it any time, see privacy.
Contact
hello@lounge.ai · Want to offer members a perk or sponsor a session? See Sponsor the AI Lounge.
Frequently asked questions
What is AI Lounge?
AI Lounge is an online community for people who build with AI: founders of AI companies, developers shipping agents and models, operators bringing AI into larger companies, and the investors who back them. It has 2,664 members in 841 cities, a weekly founder mastermind grouped by ARR band, Builder Profiles, and public data desks on AI funding rounds, private AI company revenue, AI stocks, model benchmarks, AI tools and agent skills.
Who can join AI Lounge?
Anyone who builds with AI can join AI Lounge for free: developers, founders, operators, researchers and investors. Founders say their ARR band at signup so masterminds and boards match the stage of their company. Membership is free to start, with Ask AI, Stocks, Deals, Companies and the Revenue Leaderboard included; paid Pro plans add the weekly masterminds, in-person event invites, investor and press contacts, Warm Paths and perks.
How much does AI Lounge cost?
AI Lounge is free to join. AI Lounge Pro for Founders starts at $47 a month; a founder's plan is set from their profile when they sign in. AI Lounge Pro for Developers is $19 a month, AI Lounge Pro for Corporate $47 a month and AI Lounge Pro for Investors $97 a month. Every plan can be paid annually at a discount. Full details are at https://ai.lounge.ai/upgrade.
What is the Weekly AI Founder Mastermind?
The Weekly AI Founder Mastermind is a 60-minute call every Thursday at 11 AM Central where AI Lounge members share what they learned that week about building AI companies: pricing, hiring, models, distribution and fundraising. Founders are grouped with peers at a similar ARR band so the conversation matches their stage.
What is the AI Lounge Revenue Leaderboard?
The AI Lounge Revenue Leaderboard ranks private AI-native companies, and privately held SaaS companies with $100M or more in revenue, by annual recurring revenue (ARR). Each figure is the latest run-rate the company reported or that a credible outlet such as The Information, Bloomberg or TechCrunch published, with valuation, headcount and ARR per employee. Companies leave the board when they go public or are acquired. It is at https://ai.lounge.ai/arr.
Where does AI Lounge's funding data come from?
AI Lounge's deals desk records every AI venture round, secondary, debt facility and acquisition it can verify from company announcements, filings and press, with amount, valuation, lead investors and a short take on each deal. It is updated daily at https://ai.lounge.ai/deals, with company and investor pages built from the same records.
Who founded AI Lounge?
AI Lounge was founded by Ryan Allis, who previously founded and sold the email marketing company iContact for $169M and founded SaasRise, a community for SaaS founders. AI Lounge is run from Austin, Texas, by Rise Worldwide, Inc.
How is AI Lounge different from other AI communities?
AI Lounge groups founders by ARR band rather than mixing every stage, shows what members have actually built on their Builder Profiles, publishes its leaderboard rules so points are fully computable, labels every sponsor, and pairs the community with original data desks on AI funding, revenue, stocks and model benchmarks.
Updated October 2026.