The right people, already here.
The right people, already here.
Ventures, operators, investors, and institutions across the AI-energy stack — in one room. Not more networking. Fewer, better conversations with people who can actually help.
Future of AI Infrastructure
Sonoma Coast, California · October 2026
The AI era needs a better energy future
We believe AI can accelerate the energy transition — but only if the people building its infrastructure work together.
AI is one of the fastest-growing sources of energy demand on the planet. Data centers are being built at a scale our grids, water systems, and supply chains were never designed to support. The question is not whether this infrastructure will be built. It is whether we can build it in a way that serves both people and the planet.
That is why Unreasonable Group and Barclays are bringing together a cohort of growth-stage CEOs building the energy backbone of AI with a small group of hand-picked Mentors. The aim is simple: put the right people around the same table, work on the problems that matter now, and help proven solutions scale faster.
No panels, no pitches — an innovation studio for the people building the energy backbone of AI
In October 2026, we will gather on the Sonoma Coast and put the right people around the same table to work on the energy future of AI
A cohort of privately invited growth-stage CEOs — beyond the pitch deck and already building across one or more of five themes:
- Hyperscaler and AI infrastructure
- Power, grid, and energy
- Cooling, water, and facility operations
- Circularity, materials, and electronics
- Climate deployment capital
Senior operators and investors whose experience helps these CEOs make better decisions, forge the right relationships, and move faster. Business is not business; business is people.
If your work touches hyperscale computing, power and grid, cooling and facilities, materials and electronics, or deployment capital — you belong at the table.
RSVP to join us as a mentorWhat becomes possible when the right people gather
Fellows spend the full week on the Sonoma Coast. Mentors join for the core three days. We do not gather to watch pitches; we bring together CEOs already scaling what works and the people whose experience can help them move faster.
A collaborative advantage.
A collaborative advantage.
No single company solves this alone. Fellows and Mentors work alongside peers from hyperscale computing, utilities, power, manufacturing, semiconductors, and climate and AI investing.
Hard problems, on the table.
Hard problems, on the table.
Interconnection queues. First-of-a-kind financing. Offtake negotiations. Selling into hyperscalers and utilities. We create the trust to work through them honestly.
Experience, not a presentation.
Experience, not a presentation.
No panels, speeches, or slides. Come ready to listen, speak candidly, and help. We handle the details so you can be fully present.
The people around the table
At the center of the Lab are growth-stage CEOs already building and scaling the energy backbone of AI Every Fellow is privately invited from the Unreasonable Fellowship and beyond.
Around them, we bring together a small group of Mentors from hyperscale computing, power and grid infrastructure, cooling, facilities, materials, electronics, and deployment capital. Our partners at Barclays bring deep sector expertise, a global client network, and a shared belief in the power of growth-stage entrepreneurs to create lasting change.
Unreasonable wraps a global community of lifelong support around every Fellow. Today, Unreasonable includes 559 ventures across 48 countries. Together, they have raised $23 bn, mitigated 170,015,821 metric tons of CO2 equivalent, and are supported by a wider community of 1,180 Mentors.
We are grateful to our global community of 1,180 mentors — from Nobel Laureates to renowned executives & policy makers
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Arianna Huffington
Founder of The Huffington Post & Thrive Global. Author of 15 books.
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Megan Smith
3rd CTO of the United States, Former Advisor to Obama, Former VP at Google
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Matt Mullenweg
Founder of WordPress (powers ~25% of the internet)
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Kamran Elahian
High Tech Entrepreneur with 3 Unicorn IPOs, Chair of Global Innovation Catalyst
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Elizabeth Littlefield
Advisor; Former CEO of the Development Finance Corporation; Former Director of World Bank
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Jigar Shah
Director at U.S. Department of Energy; President of Generate Capital
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Beth Comstock
Author and Former Vice Chair at GE
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Hunter Lovins
TIME Magazine Hero & President of Natural Capitalism Solutions
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Janiece Evans-Page
CEO, Tides Foundation
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Tom Chi
Founder of Prototype Thinking, Lab Director of the Planet, Former Lead at Google X
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