The playbook is broken. Now what?
Learn from mistakes you haven't had to make
Gather.dev is the invite-only brain trust for CTOs* that are building the future of the engineering org
* We have communities for CTOs at Scale, Startup CTOs, DirectorPlus executives and Platform/AI leaders.
The problem
I've spent years talking with CTOs at every stage - from founders who just raised their Series A to executives at public companies. This year, the narrative changed.
The old playbooks are broken: stakeholder expectations are sky-high, teams don't know if their jobs will be transformed or eliminated, and best practices for running AI-enabled orgs shift every week. Meanwhile, quarterly OKRs keep coming - there's no time to pause.
The solution
The leaders who win are the ones who learn fastest. And you can't do that alone. That's why I created Gather.dev: to bring together the most insightful engineering leaders I've worked with over 15 years of building CTO communities.
At Gather.dev, we share, test, and distill what's working across similar orgs - so instead of being limited to the experiments you can run internally, you gain from the collective wisdom of the group.
The result? Field-tested practices you can put to work immediately.
Free and private
There's no cost to join as a founding member, and we'll never share your contact information without your explicit consent.
How it works
Here's what you can expect as a member of Gather.dev:
In-person meetups
We're starting in New York with monthly gatherings - small, high-trust salons where the best conversations happen. Over time, we'll scale.
Online community
A private space to stay connected between events, swap advice, and learn from peers without the noise of open forums.
Monthly deep dives
Each month we dig into a single pressing topic to surface what's actually working.
Knowledge base
We're building a living library of insights and practices, distilled from member conversations and experiments.
Exclusive founder briefings
Get early looks and direct access to founders of the most promising AI and dev tools.
Weekly pulse
Propose questions, compare notes, and take the pulse of the community on what's top-of-mind right now.
Apply to become a founding member
The first people in the room set the tone. That's why being a founding member isn't just a title - you'll shape the culture, decide what we talk about, and define what "high-trust, high-signal" really means.
You can't buy your way in. Every member is vetted for experience, insight, and values. Membership is capped, and the people who join now will direct the conversations and always be recognized as the core contributors who helped define Gather.dev.